How Google Might Rank Image Search Results
We have seen more machine learning in how Google ranks pages and images in search results. That may leave traditional ranking signals behind. It is worth looking at those older ranking signals because they may play a role in ranking. As Simran IT Services is writing about this new patent on ranking image results, we decided to include what we used to look at when ranking images. Images can rank in image search, and can help pages they are one rank higher, making a page more relevant for the query terms it ranks for.
Here are signals that we would include when trying to rank image search results: Use meaningful images reflecting what the page is about – make them relevant to a query Use an image file name relevant to what the image is about (I separate words in