What I hope to find out is:

How do I get the images I want to be found, to get found? Because tagging them and ALTernative text etc doesn't seem to do the job.

Let's say I'm writing a post and add 4 images. Number one is the one I want google to find, what do I add where for that image? How can I make sure google finds that image?

Thanks for adding the tag back for me. I really hope staff can help me!
I'm going to sleep now, I live in the NL and it's an hour after midnight here.

And oh, I'm not having less visitors since that new google image stuff. So that's good luck for me I guess.

This is the topic I was referring to: http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/image-tagging?replies=8#post-1187002

I'm going to read the topic you mentioned above, I see there's a lot of info there. Thanks.

http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/postsimages-dont-show-up-in-search-engines-after-a-while?replies=5#post-788731

I would love to direct you to that topic here, but I can't find it.....
I discussed this a bit with Raincoaster and the solution was, tag etc. a threw away image and untag the ones that need to be find. It kind of works.....google did now find the right image, but doesn't direct me to the right place.

The problem is not solved....I still don't know how to tag correct.
What is it that goes wrong here?

Alternate text
Alternate text (ALT) attribute is for situations when an image cannot be loaded and also assists visually impaired people who use apps to read ALT attribute, so what’s in a picture is known.
http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/01/08/get-the-most-out-of-image-search/

A few weeks back I posted a topic here about image tagging and the problem the tagged images don't turn up in google, and the untagged images do. I discussed this with Raincoaster and he hoped the staff would look into this. I'm curious if they did and if there's a solution to this problem.

With my last post I stumbled upon another tagging problem. I tagged that specific post, and after a week, google indexed it. But, when (in google) I click on the search results of that specific post or an image of it, it leads me to my blog instead of that specific post. That's inconvenient because my blog is updated often and this means people have to search my blog to find that content they just found in google. How did this happen?

To add some info, the post I'm talking about is this one: http://sonspopkes.com/2013/03/20/chief-my-crochet-wolf-pattern/

When I search image, google finds them, but leads to blog not specific post, and, when you click on the image in google you see a bit of info on the right side, and there I read 'march'. (when directed to my blog you see 'archive | march' above the post.

When I search web, he finds my blog and that content, and when clicked leads me to blog but not the specific post.

My questions:
-Is it normal it takes google at least a week to index my site? Or am I forgetting something to tag?

-why am I directed to my blog instead of the post the content I'm searching belongs to? Is it a matter of time or am I doing something wrong?

-Did the staff look into my image tagging question?

I really hope someone can help me out. My blog is very important to my business because I sell crochet patterns, which needed to be found to get sold.

I'm looking forward to hearing from you, regards, Sonja.

Thanks again for all your help!
Kelly

http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/posts-not-showing-up-in-the-readertags-not-working?replies=1#post-1197136

Please submit your request via the form again. I discovered we had a small issue with the form earlier and it's now fixed.

Let me know if you still have trouble!

Have a great weekend!
Kelly

Thanks so much for the information! I never received a warning about affiliate links in my dashboard (as the page on links suggests).

You would have seen a notice in your dashboard if your account had been suspended. Since this isn't the case, what did happen was that the links in your posts were changed to this URL:

http://en.support.wordpress.com/affiliate-links/

Also, I'm not sure if you would receive an email notification that the form was submitted correctly. If you don't hear anything back in a couple of days, could you please start a new thread to describe your issue in detail, and add the word modlook in the Tags section in the right column so Staff will respond.

Thanks for your help!
Kelly

I checked your site and your site has been flagged for the use of affiliate links. WordPress.com does not permit the use of many affiliate links in blog content. We define affiliate links as:

* Links to external services and vendors that include a unique identifier within the link destination to tie the link to your account.
* Personalized storefronts for services that use multi-level marketing or commission payout methods.
* Links to file sharing services or link redirectors that give you “credits” or payment when visitors click on the links or download the files.
* Links to pay-per-click services.

Here's more information about affiliate links:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/affiliate-links/

Since your site has been flagged, it will not show up in the Reader. If you want to appeal the flag, please contact us using the form in the link I provided above.

Thanks!
Kelly

I saw reason number 5, but I've seen blogs newer than mine pop up in the reader which is why I started thinking something might be off.

Thanks for the quick response!

5. Your blog is very new. It can take a few days before new blogs are included on topic pages. Brand new blogs might not have enough posts for us to accurately determine whether or not they’re spam. http://en.support.wordpress.com/topics/#missing-posts

Here's the site: http://racesrepsramblings.wordpress.com/

None of my tags pull my posts into the reader. My blog has been active about 2 weeks, so I've given it some time, but it still isn't working.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Kelly

Removing tags has resolved the problem!

Great news and best wishes for happy blogging!

Am loving wordpress, thank you for your help!! :)

I can verify that your site has not been flagged or reported for mature content.

And those categories wouldn't reach people who are coming out of abusive relationships, or those interested in psychopathy. Which is, I guess where my usual readers are from. Normally it wouldn't include humour.

But this has taught me to SLOW DOWN and THINK ... :) but i appreciate that I will never be as good as you, in terms of librarian thinking but I will try!!

So, if I keep the tags down ( I do not put categories, as I don't have those on my page) - it should be ok?

Thank you so much for your help.