How to analyse a logfile (eg. check crawling-rate of images)
As mentioned in this article I have checked my server-logfiles. I want to know how often the googlebot and the google-imagesbot visit my sites per day. The question ist “How often does Google crawl my...
View ArticleExtreme high-formats in Google’s image-search results
Since mid-December I found some extreme high-formats in the Google image search. And not only in the inage-search but also in the results of universal search on the main Google result-page. I suspect...
View ArticleNew Bing image-search starts in Germany
Just a short news: today Bing launches it’s new image-search also in Germany. The english version is online since mid of december (see: “Bing image-search relaunch – Dec 2010“). Ok, it’s not the full...
View ArticleUsing tinEye to understand Google’s image search
The following article is extremly important for optimizing images for Google’s image-search. I would say it is a point on an “i”. Usually images are optimized onpage (for this see: “Image Seo basics:...
View ArticleNew +1 button for images
Today Google started the personalization of the image-search. If you are logged in with your Google-account you can give a +1 for every image in the imagesearch. Just roll over an image: in the...
View Article2 hours to reach Google images-onebox (universal-search)
This is amzing: today i noticed for the first time that an actual indexed image is shown in the images-onebox on the Google result page. Usually it took about 24 – 96 hours until new images are...
View ArticleGoogle images ranking factors (infographic)
Some days ago I published an infografic about the Google ranking factors for the “Websearch”. This time I did this for the Google image-search. What are the important ranking factors? The infographic...
View ArticleGoogle Image Search Experiment (indexing and order)
The Australian Seo Dan Petrovic has done an interesting experiment on Google’s Image Search. He has placed 100 pictures with numbers from 1 to 100 as the filename on a website. How does Google index...
View ArticleMajor changes in the German Google Image Search
The last weeks I observed many changes in Google’s image search. I usually focus on german image search but I also noticed some irritations on movements in the english / international image-search....
View Article“Like a boss” Campaign in Google’s image search. How it works…
Perhaps you have heard about the clever “Like a boss” campaign. Searching for “ultimate business car” the Google image search showed an amazing image campaign. First two pictures were a car – followed...
View ArticleGoogle image search history (infographic)
The Google Image Search is the largest collection of images ever. And it is free and public. Google has changed the world, even if most people didn’t noticed it anymore. Does anyone remember the time...
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