How to add an image easily in every post
An image worth one thousand words. I like to add a descriptive image to every post i write. In this way i help my user to understand better what the post is about.
While a good image is one that you create yourself to describe perfectly what the post is about, in most cases you just want to get an image already done.
This saves a lot of time, creating images is not easy. News websites are adding real photos to their articles, which shows the person or the place that describe the news item. But recently i’ve seen more and more news items on news sites with stock photos. Why ? Because they describe better what the article is about.
Most of my posts are “howtos” so using photos taken by me is not enough, i need something created for this. Stock images websites are a good place to look for, but i have a faster solution. I use a plugin called “freebie images” that shows up in my administration panel at “Add new post” page.
In this way i can quickly add an image to every article i write with not much troubles. I have to type the query to search for and then i select the image. In almost all cases i find what i need, despite there are posts where i create the image myself.
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November 8th, 2010 at 10:41 pm
Yeah, Image surely can be a different factor for blog — that’s why also use (at least) an image on each of my blog post. It is also claimed that image can be a traffic generator on search engine.
November 9th, 2010 at 7:18 am
The image is good for usability, for traffic there is another good thing but you need one more step to accomplish it. When you add an image, make sure you change it’s filename to something people search for, add a title and a description to it.