There are different ways that can be use too spice up your blogs and attract readers attention. The use of great headlines, scannable list, a pullquotes or blackquotes, interactive video or a dummy images. All the ideas is to grab your readers attentions and get some activities around your blogs. But don’t forget that image also can be optimized for local search engine optimization, as a bait and can benefits your blogs much.

So do all the images that you use. Funny character, cartoons, weird pictures or other related image use by you to engage readers eye. But the best way to use an images is by knowing what your story all about, make sure the image that you use in the right mood and time. For an example - if I write about make money sure I want to included some “money picture”. It’s not suitable to put “nude” picture in the post, unless you want to use that picture as a bait.

The best way to use images is to wrap and float that images with your post content with certain CSS. Better way is to wrap the image with certain margin and make the text wrap nicely around the image. Maybe this simple tutorial can help you. Or you can insert these simple code in your blog post to wrap the picture - you can changes the “float: right; or left;:

Also always add ALT text into image tags! Describe the images using valuable keywords but do not over-stuff keywords into ALT text. Just make it brief, and naturally written. The reason is to make it searchable by local SEO. Using ALT text is also good for best usability and accessibility for your reader as well.

Selecting an images obviously an easiest part to certain blogger, a nice high quality photo mainly the main criteria that you want to appear on your blogs. Yes it’s easy to find a nice photo, but can you find right photo that match your blogs design, colour, usability and content. In certain way I found it’s hard to find an images to match these factors. To get started try find something good in YouTube (video) or if you’re looking for free stock photos, try stock.xchng , FreePhotosBank , or FreeImages.co.uk .

I really like what Enkay Blog do with an images, he create a The Wall Of Blogs with all the images. Head to Enkay Blog for more. How do you use an images in your blog.