This one may seem like a no-brainer for those of you bloggers who use Pinterest every single day. But occasionally I still see new bloggers forgetting to take this crucial step with uploading photos that will literally make all the difference in optimizing your photos on Pinterest. Plus, as a bonus, it also helps with SEO.
The thing??
Titling your photos. Here’s how to do it:
1. Begin by opening up your post and finding the image you want to title.
2. Click on it, and then click on the “Edit Image” button (the little icon with the mountains) that pops up.
3. Whatever name you gave the image when saving it on your computer will now pop up.
(Another big tip — save your images with the names of the post! Not IMG_3928, or however your camera wants to name it. This will majorly help with SEO.)
Still, whatever image name you have here is what you want to change, because this is the text that will show up when people go to pin your image.
4. Ideally, the experts say that your title (and alt text) should have around 200 characters to be best optimized for Pinterest. I recommend including:
- The title of your image/post (even if you use Rich Pins, those titles usually don’t show up on all mobile devices)
- Some kind of description
- Your URL or Pinterest handle (I love the URLs because they are live links that people can click on within Pinterest)
- Hashtags (optional, and I recommend only using 1-3)
Then copy whatever text you included, and hit “update”. Then go and paste the text on all other photos that you have on that page. (Or change them each to include whatever text you want.)
You can also do this step when uploading photos to WordPress in the first place.
5. So now, whenever someone goes to pin your image on Pinterest…
6. …your sweet new title text will show up in the description. So much better than “Chicken Parmesan Baked Ziti”, yes??
7. Of course, any pinner has the option of typing in whatever text they want to replace yours. But as someone who uses Pinterest day in and day out, I can confidently say that the vast majority of pinners never bother to take the time to rename your image.
So decide what you want to say, and title that text baby!
(And by the way, this Chicken Parmesan Baked Ziti will knock your socks off. Give it a try!)
that’s a really interesting tip. I never realised that you could do that. Thanks for sharing this great tip. I will be doing this for all my blog images now ;)
Sure, we’re happy to help Mamad! :)
Wow, what a great tutorial, tip! I am not new to Pinterest but I am new to putting my blog posts on Pinterest. I wish I’d known this when I first began blogging. You’ve changed my future photo publishing ways! Thank you!
Now, can I go back and edit past images or will renaming them break the links (wordpress.com)?
Good reminder, and love your photos. Makes it really easy to follow. Thanks!
Very helpful information! I knew about alt text for SEO, but I wasn’t aware of these tips to optimize for Pinterest. Thanks!
You’re welcome, Sandra! Glad this was of some help to you!
I am definitely not utilizing the photos to the full ability. Thanks for showing how easy it is. Pinterest is #1 as far as referring traffic to my blog, so I’m going to start doing this asap and hope for even more visits!
Sure, Amber! I’m glad this was helpful to you! : )
omg… I didn’t know this. I am so stoked to find this information out. Thank you so much for sharing! I can’t wait to go fix all my images on my blog.
Great post! Thanks for sharing
That was wonderfully helpful, thank you!! I have a lot of work to do! ha ha Thanks!
I knew that we were supposed to name our images but this is life changing, I am definitely going to fill in the alternative text from now on. :) Thank you so much for this, it was really helpful.
Debasree
Thanks for sharing! I have had rich pins on my to-do list for a while now, and need to figure it out! This is so helpful. :)