Images inside your content will grab the attention of your readers. At times it can get the message across in a more visual way. So below I listed some helpful tips that are important to do so your audience is getting the best experience and that your site is working properly and the images are in line with SEO basics.
Choose the right image that adds to your content. An image that relates to your story that people can understand.
Add image captions. This improves the SEO to the readers and the search engines.
Keep the image size smaller. This cuts down on the load time on a person’s computer and your own hosting. There are a few free tools out there to change the size. If using an Apple computer, the Preview app works great.
If you use an image from the Internet (several free sources available) make sure to change the file name to your own.
Use the alt tags. Here is where you can use keywords in the description.
Here are a couple of free sources where you can grab free images to use. Make sure these are “commercial-free”.