Image file names?

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   mattforteposted 12 years ago

   Ok - so as far back as I can remember, I've been making it a point to give my images specific SEO friendly filenames. It is a well known fact that image file names have an impact on their rankings in the image search, and possibly some effect on the ranking for the page itself.
   
   I only just now noticed, that HubPages CHANGES that file name to some garbage like 43dcie42_ef.jpg
   
   HP Staff - why is this the case?
   Why can we not name images as we'd like?
   
   And...consider this a feature suggestion. The only thing it can do is bring targeted traffic.

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      That Grrlposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I vote for that change! My own blog gets traffic just because of image file searches. I try to set image file names which will get picked up because I know this works! Please make this change for HubPages.
      
      But, give people a chance to opt out in the case where the image is one of their own which they do not want to be picked up and taken to be used by someone else 'borrowing' it.
      
      Actually, could we have a feature where we license images if they are our own? This is what keeps me from adding my own images here. I don't want them considered available to anyone and everyone. I usually keep them with a Creative Commons license. So they have at least that much to say the images are not free for the taking.

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   Marisa Wrightposted 12 years ago

   That's been the case on HubPages for as long as I can remember, and this isn't the first time it's been suggested that we should be able to name our images.

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   claudiafoxposted 12 years ago

   I aim to put keywords in the jpeg file name and write a detailed caption with keywords, as well and do the same with the capsule header. and give the image a source and an url, too.

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      mattforteposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      That's my point. You can't name the image filename. HubPages renames it to jargon.

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      sabrebIadeposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      That's the best thing you can do here.

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   Simone Smithposted 12 years ago

   The important thing is to add a search-friendly caption- we add that as a metatag which still makes the image more likely to show up in Google Image Search results.

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      mattforteposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      That should read "an" important thing. Filenames are important as well. Why is this not an option?

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      Marisa Wrightposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      But if you don't want to use a caption (which can upset the layout), you have no other options.  Whereas every SEO blogger tells you how vital it is to give a photo a SEO-friendly title and "alt" attribute , neither of which we can do.

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      That Grrlposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I've never used a caption as an image title. It's a work around but why does HP use the current system of renaming the file? There must be a logical reason for the current method?

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