Hello everyone, I have noticed that unique images rank higher in google images, but im intersted if it helps rank higher in google major serp? By the way, do you post unique images in your post or buy on photostocks or take somewhere else?
Google doesn't read images, so didn't have any kind of related with SERPs ranking, and unique images or old images doesn't matter in ranking factors you have so many way to promote you images like using Alt, title tag etc...
I often use images for my website from google only but never forget to use ALt tag " main keyword " and do read how to optimize images for better ranking on google for more accurate result .
This is the one of the best way to promote your image. Keep in mind here is big different between unique image and unique content.
unique content is all what Google is about, and your unique images are a part of your unique content. Therefore, if you post unique content with unique pictures - you will be ranked much above crap sites with crap content, which was posted 1000 times before.
yes. if you use Alt tag with your image and put proper description while uploading image, then google will index your image and show in SERP. Google can also read image.
The image itself doesn't mater so people should stay saying it does. What matters is if you copy an image from the internet and use the same file name etc. Google cannot read the actual image but it can read any information attached to it.
Google and other SE's can NOT view images. They read their ALT and TITLE tags! So there is no difference if you use the same pic all over the internet or you make your own UNIQUE pic!
Google and other search engines are visually impared and they cannot see the contents with clearity. However, images with light or white background gets ranked higher than images with colourful backgrounds. I think they need to upgrade their algorithms to scan the image forensically to rank the better on on top. The owner of Taj Computers & Informatics has a written an article on this subject recently available at their wrbsite.
No, it does not but it will help bring traffic to your website. Try adding backlinks and keywords to your images.
Unique images are as good as unique content. Think about visiting a site and seeing it use generic stock images and then visit another site with original images. What you're going to see is that site has more of an authority which can indirectly lead to people sending you more backlinks and increased usage. If you have good unique images you should use them.
More than using unique image, I think they should have proper & descriptive alt tags, which helps search engines to crawl your site, thus improving the relevancy of your site.
search engines bots can not read images. We can give a good #file name, #alt tag etc to make the image rank well.