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!)
Thanks for sharing such an informative post!
This is really great advice, and it’s one thing that I wasn’t entirely clear on. I’m grateful for the clarification. Also, that pasta looks delicious. I think I know what I’m going to make for the hubby and me tonight!
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Thanks, very helpful, I’m never quite sure what to put in the description section for my blog posts.
this is just great advice. Thanks and I hope a lot of people adopt your advice because it is a very easy SEO optimizer! Thanks again Joe
I am pinning this to my IM board as is!
Great reminder! thanks for posting
Thank you! I didn’t realize I should be adding a description as well- great to know about the 200 character theory too! Also a great point to copy and paste to all the other photos on the page. Great tips! Thank you!
THANK YOU! I have been working on optimizing for Pinterest and this is so helpful!
Answering Madline’s question about blogger… YES, do this in blogger. When you add an image click on properties. This will give you the place to put title text and alt text. Everything else is the same. :)
Would be nice to write wordpress in the title of these posts so we who do not use wp know that it is not for us. Easy way to do that in blogger is to put in the pinterest logo that are visable when you hoover over your image and it will do the auto fill in too when your visitor add something to pinterest.
I learned it here:
https://www.bloggersentral.com/2012/11/pinterest-pin-it-button-on-image-hover.html?m=1
Thank you for sharing this. I’m still getting to grips with wordpress so tips like this make a huge difference.
Thank you so much for sharing! I had no idea but this will make a huge difference in my pins.