Remove and Insert Metadata Keywords into Jpeg Images for Search Engine
Will the metadata keywords in gif, jpeg and jpg, png images influence how search engine index our images? Apparently, the question of the relevance of the metadata embedded within the image for search engine relevance and ranking is a hotly debated topic within the SEO experts.
Last week, I’ve decided to carry out my own research, I embedded a ’secret’ keyword into all the metadata section of an image and uploaded it to my blog and his the publish button. Please note that prior to the test, I carried out a search for that ’secret’ keyword and the results returned by Google is zero. Weeks went by and the result for that particular keyword is still zero, I google for the post and discovered that Google crawled the post last week.
Conclusion? Metadata does not influence or determine the ranking of your image.
Insert Metadata Keywords Into Image
Most image editing software can perform the basic task of inserting exif metadata keywords into jpeg, png, gif and more. Photoshop is one of them.
To insert metadata into images in photoshop, go to ‘file’ then ‘file info’. A dialog box will appear and key in the relevant metadata keywords.
Remove Metadata Keywords
Since metadata keywords do not influence your image ranking in search engine, the next logical step is to remove them. This enables you to reduce around 10 – 30kb off from your image, depending on a number of factors. Multiple these with the thousands of images in your server, you could possibly save lots of bandwidth and money by removing them, not to mention the smaller file size allows your blog to load faster.
Try Stripper, its a batch metadata remover for jpg and png. Just drag and drop the file or folder into the dialog box and everything is automatic. Download Stripper, freeware.
Image Metadata Management Software
If you’re looking for a metadata management software for all of your images, Kalimages is the answer, it is an innovative IPTC and XMP retrieval and editing software for image files allowing to catalog metadata into an integrated database to rapidly review, index, identify and view photos.
How to Recover, Restore and Retrieve Your Blog Articles Automatically
Your MySQL database crashed? File corrupted while upgrading your Wordpress? Blogger.com accidentally deleted your blog together with the backup copy? Fear not, there are a few way to recover your deleted blog’s article automatically or manually, depending on your preference and time.
Google Cache (Manually Copy and Paste)
Google is the best search engine; it has a complete index of your blog’s entire article in their cache. Type your URL address into the search box and click on the cache link for your articles.
If you’re using Wordpress, visit this post for a step by step tutorial on How to Recover Your Deleted Blog.
Warrick (Automatic Blog Recover Tool)
Warrick is an automatic blog recovery web application, instead of manually copy and paste your lost articles from Google cache, Warrick does the job for us automatically. The drawback is the speed, it could take a day or more to crawl and recompile your blog, if you happened to have a popular blog that Google Bot visits frequently, chances are, your article stored in Google Cache will be replaced within a day.
