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Arks

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I think I know the answer to this but will ask anyway. JB has reminded us many times that the names we give photos on our website are picked up by search engines, so we would always put the property name and town name in the names of the photos we post.
But does the photo name mean anything on Facebook? Does uploading it named "Fun at my place, my town.jpg" have any benefit over uploading it as "CIMG2330.jpg"?
 
FB gives the photos their own name/number when you upload them, so it really doesn't matter what you call them.
 
As Harborfields said, it doesn't matter what you name it. What does matter, is that you use some sort of photo software (free online..I use picmonkey) and put your inn's name, and/or web address on the photo. You want your name to follow that photo anywhere it travels.
 
That's what I figured. I don't guess FB stuff will ever show up in Google searches. I don't think they much like each other ;-)
 
Use the force luke.
Optimize any photo that is YOURS by putting your URL or guesthouse name on it. The actual file name is useless on FB, like everything else that gets sucked into the vortex there.
 
I'm so glad you posted this today, as a reminder to those of us that continually have good intentions, but never remember to do it. I am just about to upload new pictures to my site of a room that I remodeled (I'll post them here too, for fun :) ). So all I need to do is rename the picture www.myinn.com or guestroom_myinn.....something like that?
 
BananaE29 said:
I'm so glad you posted this today, as a reminder to those of us that continually have good intentions, but never remember to do it. I am just about to upload new pictures to my site of a room that I remodeled (I'll post them here too, for fun :) ). So all I need to do is rename the picture www.myinn.com or guestroom_myinn.....something like that?.
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BananaE29 said:
So all I need to do is rename the picture www.myinn.com or guestroom_myinn.....something like that?
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I give them names like...
X bedroom, Y Guesthouse, Z Arkansas USA.jpg
...where X is the name of the suite, Y is the name of my guesthouse, and Z is the name of my town. What you're after is to have them pop up in Google Images if somebody does a web search on your town or your property. So you wouldn't put your web address because if they know that, they can already find your site. The main thing, I guess, is the town name. That way, if someone Googles your town name, they're likely to find your place's photos in the images that come up for the town.
 
Arks said:
BananaE29 said:
I'm so glad you posted this today, as a reminder to those of us that continually have good intentions, but never remember to do it. I am just about to upload new pictures to my site of a room that I remodeled (I'll post them here too, for fun :) ). So all I need to do is rename the picture www.myinn.com or guestroom_myinn.....something like that?.
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BananaE29 said:
So all I need to do is rename the picture www.myinn.com or guestroom_myinn.....something like that?
Click to expand...
I give them names like...
X bedroom, Y Guesthouse, Z Arkansas USA.jpg
...where X is the name of the suite, Y is the name of my guesthouse, and Z is the name of my town. What you're after is to have them pop up in Google Images if somebody does a web search on your town or your property. So you wouldn't put your web address because if they know that, they can already find your site. The main thing, I guess, is the town name. That way, if someone Googles your town name, they're likely to find your place's photos in the images that come up for the town.
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Dang, that's a lot of typing. I better get busy :)
 
Arks said:
BananaE29 said:
I'm so glad you posted this today, as a reminder to those of us that continually have good intentions, but never remember to do it. I am just about to upload new pictures to my site of a room that I remodeled (I'll post them here too, for fun :) ). So all I need to do is rename the picture www.myinn.com or guestroom_myinn.....something like that?.
Click to expand...
BananaE29 said:
So all I need to do is rename the picture www.myinn.com or guestroom_myinn.....something like that?
Click to expand...
I give them names like...
X bedroom, Y Guesthouse, Z Arkansas USA.jpg
...where X is the name of the suite, Y is the name of my guesthouse, and Z is the name of my town. What you're after is to have them pop up in Google Images if somebody does a web search on your town or your property. So you wouldn't put your web address because if they know that, they can already find your site. The main thing, I guess, is the town name. That way, if someone Googles your town name, they're likely to find your place's photos in the images that come up for the town.
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Do you put spaces in between the words...As in Seaside Inn....or SeasideInn. I'm sure that seems like a dumb question, but I've seen it all kinds of ways, and I want to do it the right way.
 
BananaE29 said:
Arks said:
BananaE29 said:
I'm so glad you posted this today, as a reminder to those of us that continually have good intentions, but never remember to do it. I am just about to upload new pictures to my site of a room that I remodeled (I'll post them here too, for fun :) ). So all I need to do is rename the picture www.myinn.com or guestroom_myinn.....something like that?.
Click to expand...
BananaE29 said:
So all I need to do is rename the picture www.myinn.com or guestroom_myinn.....something like that?
Click to expand...
I give them names like...
X bedroom, Y Guesthouse, Z Arkansas USA.jpg
...where X is the name of the suite, Y is the name of my guesthouse, and Z is the name of my town. What you're after is to have them pop up in Google Images if somebody does a web search on your town or your property. So you wouldn't put your web address because if they know that, they can already find your site. The main thing, I guess, is the town name. That way, if someone Googles your town name, they're likely to find your place's photos in the images that come up for the town.
.
Click to expand...
Do you put spaces in between the words...As in Seaside Inn....or SeasideInn. I'm sure that seems like a dumb question, but I've seen it all kinds of ways, and I want to do it the right way.
.
Click to expand...
BananaE29 said:
Do you put spaces in between the words...As in Seaside Inn....
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Yes. It's almost like writing a photo caption, and indeed, when you hover the mouse over a photo on my website, the photo name pops up, so having it like a caption helps there too.
 
Arks said:
BananaE29 said:
Arks said:
BananaE29 said:
I'm so glad you posted this today, as a reminder to those of us that continually have good intentions, but never remember to do it. I am just about to upload new pictures to my site of a room that I remodeled (I'll post them here too, for fun :) ). So all I need to do is rename the picture www.myinn.com or guestroom_myinn.....something like that?.
Click to expand...
BananaE29 said:
So all I need to do is rename the picture www.myinn.com or guestroom_myinn.....something like that?
Click to expand...
I give them names like...
X bedroom, Y Guesthouse, Z Arkansas USA.jpg
...where X is the name of the suite, Y is the name of my guesthouse, and Z is the name of my town. What you're after is to have them pop up in Google Images if somebody does a web search on your town or your property. So you wouldn't put your web address because if they know that, they can already find your site. The main thing, I guess, is the town name. That way, if someone Googles your town name, they're likely to find your place's photos in the images that come up for the town.
.
Click to expand...
Do you put spaces in between the words...As in Seaside Inn....or SeasideInn. I'm sure that seems like a dumb question, but I've seen it all kinds of ways, and I want to do it the right way.
.
Click to expand...
BananaE29 said:
Do you put spaces in between the words...As in Seaside Inn....
Click to expand...
Yes. It's almost like writing a photo caption, and indeed, when you hover the mouse over a photo on my website, the photo name pops up, so having it like a caption helps there too.
.
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Thank You :)
 
BananaE29 said:
Arks said:
BananaE29 said:
I'm so glad you posted this today, as a reminder to those of us that continually have good intentions, but never remember to do it. I am just about to upload new pictures to my site of a room that I remodeled (I'll post them here too, for fun :) ). So all I need to do is rename the picture www.myinn.com or guestroom_myinn.....something like that?.
Click to expand...
BananaE29 said:
So all I need to do is rename the picture www.myinn.com or guestroom_myinn.....something like that?
Click to expand...
I give them names like...
X bedroom, Y Guesthouse, Z Arkansas USA.jpg
...where X is the name of the suite, Y is the name of my guesthouse, and Z is the name of my town. What you're after is to have them pop up in Google Images if somebody does a web search on your town or your property. So you wouldn't put your web address because if they know that, they can already find your site. The main thing, I guess, is the town name. That way, if someone Googles your town name, they're likely to find your place's photos in the images that come up for the town.
.
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Dang, that's a lot of typing. I better get busy :)
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BananaE29 said:
Dang, that's a lot of typing. I better get busy :)
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Remember the repeated stuff (property name and location) is the same on every one so can be copied and pasted as you name/rename the photo files. Of course, make sure renaming them doesn't break links to them! In Wordpress I can name media (image files) and WP handles keeping the website links intact.
 
Where it matters, the recommended formatting of images goes like this:
this-is-my-hotel.jpg
So basically, don't use spaces (just to be safe), don't use special characters, don't use uppercase, and use "-" to split the words instead of the underscore.
But yes, this is completely useless for FB.
 
dumitru said:
Where it matters, the recommended formatting of images goes like this:
this-is-my-hotel.jpg
So basically, don't use spaces (just to be safe), don't use special characters, don't use uppercase, and use "-" to split the words instead of the underscore.
But yes, this is completely useless for FB..
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dumitru said:
Where it matters, the recommended formatting of images goes like this:
this-is-my-hotel.jpg
So basically, don't use spaces (just to be safe), don't use special characters, don't use uppercase, and use "-" to split the words instead of the underscore.
But yes, this is completely useless for FB.
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Thanks!
 
dumitru said:
Where it matters, the recommended formatting of images goes like this:
this-is-my-hotel.jpg
So basically, don't use spaces (just to be safe), don't use special characters, don't use uppercase, and use "-" to split the words instead of the underscore.
But yes, this is completely useless for FB..
Click to expand...
Ok, so, if putting room name, inn name, and city name (as suggested), it would read as:

blue-room,seaside-inn,astoria-or.jpg

Correct?
 
BananaE29 said:
dumitru said:
Where it matters, the recommended formatting of images goes like this:
this-is-my-hotel.jpg
So basically, don't use spaces (just to be safe), don't use special characters, don't use uppercase, and use "-" to split the words instead of the underscore.
But yes, this is completely useless for FB..
Click to expand...
Ok, so, if putting room name, inn name, and city name (as suggested), it would read as:

blue-room,seaside-inn,astoria-or.jpg

Correct?
.
Click to expand...
BananaE29 said:
Ok, so, if putting room name, inn name, and city name (as suggested), it would read as:

blue-room,seaside-inn,astoria-or.jpg

Correct?
Click to expand...
Blue-room-seaside-inn-astoria-oregon.jpg
or for your own purposes, example:
Blue-room-web-seaside-inn-astoria-oregon.jpg
 
Joey Bloggs said:
BananaE29 said:
dumitru said:
Where it matters, the recommended formatting of images goes like this:
this-is-my-hotel.jpg
So basically, don't use spaces (just to be safe), don't use special characters, don't use uppercase, and use "-" to split the words instead of the underscore.
But yes, this is completely useless for FB..
Click to expand...
Ok, so, if putting room name, inn name, and city name (as suggested), it would read as:

blue-room,seaside-inn,astoria-or.jpg

Correct?
.
Click to expand...
BananaE29 said:
Ok, so, if putting room name, inn name, and city name (as suggested), it would read as:

blue-room,seaside-inn,astoria-or.jpg

Correct?
Click to expand...
Blue-room-seaside-inn-astoria-oregon.jpg
or for your own purposes, example:
Blue-room-web-seaside-inn-astoria-oregon.jpg
.
Click to expand...
Joey Bloggs said:
BananaE29 said:
Ok, so, if putting room name, inn name, and city name (as suggested), it would read as:

blue-room,seaside-inn,astoria-or.jpg

Correct?
Click to expand...
Blue-room-seaside-inn-astoria-oregon.jpg
or for your own purposes, example:
Blue-room-web-seaside-inn-astoria-oregon.jpg
Click to expand...
Ditto.
 
dumitru said:
Joey Bloggs said:
BananaE29 said:
dumitru said:
Where it matters, the recommended formatting of images goes like this:
this-is-my-hotel.jpg
So basically, don't use spaces (just to be safe), don't use special characters, don't use uppercase, and use "-" to split the words instead of the underscore.
But yes, this is completely useless for FB..
Click to expand...
Ok, so, if putting room name, inn name, and city name (as suggested), it would read as:

blue-room,seaside-inn,astoria-or.jpg

Correct?
.
Click to expand...
BananaE29 said:
Ok, so, if putting room name, inn name, and city name (as suggested), it would read as:

blue-room,seaside-inn,astoria-or.jpg

Correct?
Click to expand...
Blue-room-seaside-inn-astoria-oregon.jpg
or for your own purposes, example:
Blue-room-web-seaside-inn-astoria-oregon.jpg
.
Click to expand...
Joey Bloggs said:
BananaE29 said:
Ok, so, if putting room name, inn name, and city name (as suggested), it would read as:

blue-room,seaside-inn,astoria-or.jpg

Correct?
Click to expand...
Blue-room-seaside-inn-astoria-oregon.jpg
or for your own purposes, example:
Blue-room-web-seaside-inn-astoria-oregon.jpg
Click to expand...
Ditto.
.
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Well, back I go then. I don't know why I inserted commas. Thanks for the help
 
dumitru said:
Joey Bloggs said:
BananaE29 said:
dumitru said:
Where it matters, the recommended formatting of images goes like this:
this-is-my-hotel.jpg
So basically, don't use spaces (just to be safe), don't use special characters, don't use uppercase, and use "-" to split the words instead of the underscore.
But yes, this is completely useless for FB..
Click to expand...
Ok, so, if putting room name, inn name, and city name (as suggested), it would read as:

blue-room,seaside-inn,astoria-or.jpg

Correct?
.
Click to expand...
BananaE29 said:
Ok, so, if putting room name, inn name, and city name (as suggested), it would read as:

blue-room,seaside-inn,astoria-or.jpg

Correct?
Click to expand...
Blue-room-seaside-inn-astoria-oregon.jpg
or for your own purposes, example:
Blue-room-web-seaside-inn-astoria-oregon.jpg
.
Click to expand...
Joey Bloggs said:
BananaE29 said:
Ok, so, if putting room name, inn name, and city name (as suggested), it would read as:

blue-room,seaside-inn,astoria-or.jpg

Correct?
Click to expand...
Blue-room-seaside-inn-astoria-oregon.jpg
or for your own purposes, example:
Blue-room-web-seaside-inn-astoria-oregon.jpg
Click to expand...
Ditto.
.
Click to expand...
Are we talking about the actual image file name? Or the ALT TEXT? Guess I wasn't paying attention.
I know you should never leave it as it comes out of the camera.
wink_smile.gif

http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/name-your-website-files-for-better-seo-results.html
 
EmptyNest said:
dumitru said:
Joey Bloggs said:
BananaE29 said:
dumitru said:
Where it matters, the recommended formatting of images goes like this:
this-is-my-hotel.jpg
So basically, don't use spaces (just to be safe), don't use special characters, don't use uppercase, and use "-" to split the words instead of the underscore.
But yes, this is completely useless for FB..
Click to expand...
Ok, so, if putting room name, inn name, and city name (as suggested), it would read as:

blue-room,seaside-inn,astoria-or.jpg

Correct?
.
Click to expand...
BananaE29 said:
Ok, so, if putting room name, inn name, and city name (as suggested), it would read as:

blue-room,seaside-inn,astoria-or.jpg

Correct?
Click to expand...
Blue-room-seaside-inn-astoria-oregon.jpg
or for your own purposes, example:
Blue-room-web-seaside-inn-astoria-oregon.jpg
.
Click to expand...
Joey Bloggs said:
BananaE29 said:
Ok, so, if putting room name, inn name, and city name (as suggested), it would read as:

blue-room,seaside-inn,astoria-or.jpg

Correct?
Click to expand...
Blue-room-seaside-inn-astoria-oregon.jpg
or for your own purposes, example:
Blue-room-web-seaside-inn-astoria-oregon.jpg
Click to expand...
Ditto.
.
Click to expand...
Are we talking about the actual image file name? Or the ALT TEXT? Guess I wasn't paying attention.
I know you should never leave it as it comes out of the camera.
wink_smile.gif

http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/name-your-website-files-for-better-seo-results.html
.
Click to expand...
Thank you for the article. I am questioning the actual image file name? So...I know this must seem a stupid question...all the pictures that are currently on my website, that have been uploaded to my server...if I change the name of the pictures on MY computer, then will I need to go back in to the website and re-upload the pictures?
 

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