How come none of my images are being indexed by google.
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None of my images are being indexed by google.
Here is a link to one of my site gallery pages :
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Hi Walter,
also notice that your Joomla's images/ directory is blocked by robots.txt file: http://www.mconcrete.com/robots.txt where it says:
Disallow: /images/
This means that your images within the gallery would not be indexed because image path is:
http://www.mconcrete.com**/images**/stories/stamped/stamped-1a.jpg
You have to have that robots.txt line deleted in order to have images stored in images/ directory indexed by search engines. By default, most images in Joomla that you upload will be stored within the /images directory (media manager).
Best,
Ogy
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this is one case where dual monitors did not make me more efficient
Apologize for getting the name wrong.
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It was Dan.. not me.. but yeah great catch I am using Joomla with an image gallery extension and the nofollow is getting injected automatically by the extension.
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Great catch Walter.
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Awesome thanks for the find.
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Walter
Looks like you have a "rel=nofollow" in the <a>links for every image. I would remove that, and your images should get indexed.</a>
<a>-Dan</a>
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I will change the alt text but even so searching the exact phrase in the current alt text still yields not result from my site at all. I'm not sure Google has indexed any images on my site good alt text or not.
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At a quick look I would say the name and ALT of your images are the issue.
Stamped Concrete Patio Munoz Concrete Design - Sacramento
That sux as an ALT text. This does not describe the image at all, which is the intent of the ALT tag for screen readers to help the visually impaired.
Stamped concrete patio tile - brown with grey marble
brown-grey-marble.jpg or brown-grey-marble-patio-tile.jpg but that is a bit long.
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