Image optimization tips

* Put Emphasis on Originality of Images

* Put Emphasis on Quality of Images

* Image formatting: Image Slicing, Image cropping and Image Re-sizing

* Image file naming: Make sure the Image file name or IMG SRC string contains your prime keyword

* Avoid Usage of heavy images

* Image Tagging:

* SRC attribute specifying the URL of the image

* Width is specified in pixels

* Height specified in pixels

* Alt attribute that describes the content of the image-this is one of the most important elements of image optimization

* Title attribute that contains text to be displayed when the user hovers mouse over the image

* End up with an XHTML image reference

* Avoid query strings for IMG SRCs



More tips will appreciate....

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