Seeing as a great deal of our traffic comes from google and generic searches, people looking to gain more traffic to a post or listing can do a couple things to help with this.
It is good practice to do so on all posts for the greater good of the forum,
When uploading an image to a post, the software naturally takes the images file name as it's Alt Text. Alt text helps boost SEO.
1. First, insert your image into your post.
2. click on the image.
3. Select the (i) option:
4. Add descriptive text and press update:
Thats you all done! The image now has Alt Text, Alt text is shown when an image doesn't load and is also what is used by screen readers for visually impaired persons
Using Headers in order will allow your post to be scored higher. This is a better alternative to just upping the font size and making it bold.
Normal text.
By no means to you NEED to do this but every little helps.
It is good practice to do so on all posts for the greater good of the forum,
Adding Alt Text to Attachments.
When uploading an image to a post, the software naturally takes the images file name as it's Alt Text. Alt text helps boost SEO.
1. First, insert your image into your post.
2. click on the image.
3. Select the (i) option:
4. Add descriptive text and press update:
Thats you all done! The image now has Alt Text, Alt text is shown when an image doesn't load and is also what is used by screen readers for visually impaired persons
Using Semantic Text
At the top of the rich text editor you will see a "P" button. This dropdown list provides you with structuring options for your post.Using Headers in order will allow your post to be scored higher. This is a better alternative to just upping the font size and making it bold.
Heading 1
For titles,Heading 2
For Sub TitlesHeading 3
sub sub? title.Normal text.
By no means to you NEED to do this but every little helps.