Google Image Search

Joe Wood

OK, here are the things Google looks for in an Image Search.

Image File Name
ALT Text of Image
Text Surrounding the Image
Page Title and other Web Page Factors

So it looks like about the only improvement I can make is to add some text near the images.

There is a GoogleBot that crawls for images but it's very slow and can take up to a year to find your images.

Al Hart

As I understand Google Searches, it is important that you have "Important" web pages on other sites which link to your site.

You have some Google pages linking to your page, so the inclusions here and on groups.google.com/group/pro-gallery do help.

I would try to get links to your page posted on other forums and/or try to get other people to add a link to your site.

Here's an idea: Add an RPS 3D PDF to the site, and I will be glad to add a link from the RPS 3D PDF forum. See the link to another of your images at: http://forums.renderplus.com/wiki/index.php?title=RPS_3D_PDF_Samples. (Interestingly this page lists PDF files made with the trial version of RPS 3D PDF.)

You can embed a PDF into a web page. Here is a sample web page with an embedded 3D PDF: http://www.renderplus.com/pdf/pdf_sample.htm

Al Hart

OK, I gave you top billing on the RPS Wiki.

Hopefully, (in a few weeks), it will help your Google search score!

Joe Wood

Thanks Al! Say, how do I get to that Example Page on your site?

Al Hart

Sorry,

I meant to edit it and add the link - but I got tied up eating dinner.

404 Not Found

(forums.renderplus.com)

Al Hart

Joe,

Your web sites have links to the PDF files. You may want to try embedding the PDF file in a web page. This lets you put other items on the page, images, instructions, links, etc..

The user can navigate the PDF file directly from the web browser, rather than from Adobe Reader.

See the sample here: http://www.renderplus.com/pdf/pdf_sample2.htm

The code to embed the PDF files is basically this:

Joe Wood

Al, check this out ..

Google Image search for Torii Gate Plans http://tinyurl.com/2yyua9

Your entry is third! After only one day!

Al Hart

Actually the Torii image has been there a long time. The new images are not in the Google search database yet.

If you want to find out if a page is in the search engine, use a site search. (site:xxx.yyy.com rest of search) (You can do a site search for images, or on the full web)

For instance, searching for: site:forums.renderplus.com torii (URL: http://www.TinyURL.com/22tclj) finds the page, but searching for site:forums.renderplus.com dojo does not find the new stuff.

This shows that the three new images and links are not in the search database yet.

Similarly, searching the SUC site for site:www.sketchucation.com "Moon Gate Page" does not find this thread.

Gaieus

Jon,

If you have ftp access to your root directory, you could even use a Google sitemap to let Google easily find your images. You can get more info (and get started) here.

Al Hart

Thanks for the link to Google Webmaster Tools. I had registered one of my sites before, but added the other two.

I added Enhanced Image Searches (which i presume you have done already).

And now I am having fun seeing which external web pages link to my web pages.

Thanks again...

Gaieus

Al, do you also keep updating the sitemap, too?
I know it's a hell of a job with dynamic websites but at least the main pages...

Al Hart

I looked briefly at the sitemap stuff, but I'm not sure how to implement it for a Forum and a Wiki, which are our main sites.

I need to look around on the web to see how to make sitemaps for Forums and Wikis.

Joe Wood

Sorry Al, not getting notifications!

Oh, I've got your 3D.PDFs scattered all over my site!
I'd appreciate any links from your site.

here are a few ..

Dojo PDFs on this page http://woodsshop.com/Dojo/Dojo_Plans.htm

Japanese Gate http://woodsshop.com/Japanese_gate_plans.htm

Moon Gate http://woodsshop.com/MoonGate/MoonGate_Kit/Moon_Gate_Kit.htm
http://woodsshop.com/MoonGate/MoonGate_Kit/documents/Moon_Gate_KIT.pdf