Google Image search is an untapped mother lode of potential traffic for your website.Īnd, until today, you’ve probably done zilch to tap into it. Many searches have an image intent, so Google serves up something like this. In 2010! Again, over the past seven years, the number of indexed images has probably mushroomed.īasically, we’re dealing with some huge numbers.Īnd let’s not forget that ordinary ol’ search results often bring up image results.

Google Images has indexed over 10 billion images.

That number is seven years old! If we were to plot the growth of that number corresponding to the relative growth of Google over time, we could safely assume it’s way higher today.

Daily pageviews of Google Images is greater than 1 billion! That tidbit comes from Benjamin Ling, Director of Search Products at Google.

Since 55% is for, and 24.7% is for, that shows you how big of a traffic chunk images are receiving. I was able to find out a few things while trolling Quora for information. Okay, but does that mean we know nothing? Why? Because, Nate Smith, former Product Manager on Google images said this: “This is not a publicly disclosed statistic.” How much traffic does Google Images get? How much does it generate? That’s where Google Image search comes into play. In fact, images are an essential part of any content marketing effort.Īnd if people are searching for written content, it makes sense they’ll also look for visual content. Sometimes, it’s easy to forget that images are also content. Text gets a lot of attention, and it’s definitely important. Most online content is a balance of text and images. I’m talking about using Google Image Search to drive more visitors to your website.

Today, I want to give you something fresh - an SEO strategy you may have never thought of - let alone used! You don’t have to use the same old strategies over and over again.

I’ve discussed getting more traffic using Google Search Console, and I’ve even looked into 301 redirects. ( I’m a huge fan of first mover’s advantage.) If you take a look through my blog, you’ll see I’ve explored some underrated strategies for increasing traffic.

We all know that keywords, SEO, and great content can lead to more traffic.īut there are so many useful methods of getting traffic. Images are the unsung heroes of traffic generation.

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