Who this article is for: Plug In SEO users who want learn how to fix issues related to critical and warning checks of links and objects on the page. What you'll learn: You'll learn about the importance of strategically naming all of the assets in your pages, and how to fix common problems related the links and objects on your pages. |
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Best Practices For Naming Files and Objects
Good file names share the following characteristics.
The file name should describe the content of the file using real english words
The file name should use your good keywords and keyword phrases
Use dashes “-” rather than underscores “_” in your filenames. Dashes connect words, but underscores act as a hard stop for search engine crawlers, so the words will not be linked.
Keep your filename pithy, 4-6 words is a good length.
Search engine bots do not see images or embedded files, they only read the code. So If your filename is:
cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0017/3287/0210/files/1_275x.jpg the search engine is not clued into what your image is about.
On the other hand if your file is named:
cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0017/3287/0210/files/coffee-beans.jpg then the search engine knows it’s a file that contains an image of coffee beans.
"You can only modify the part of the URL that comes after /files/ — the file name itself.
If you repeat this in your alt-text, now your keywords are appearing twice, without the website looking like you’re stuffing keywords into the on-page text.
Specific Checks Associated with Links and Objects
File Names Do Not Contain Valid Words
As in the example above if your files are named like, 1_275x.jpg, the SEO Shop Scanner will flag this as a warning.
File Name Does Not Contain Keywords
If all objects on the page do not contain keywords you'll see this issue.
Some File Names Contain Active Keywords; Others Do Not
If some objects on the page do not contain keywords you'll see this issue.
Rename your product and collection image files with Issue Fixes
Plug In SEO can rename these files for you, so you don't have to download, rename and re-upload each one.
1: Open Issue Fixes in the Plug In SEO menu.
2: Choose any Images and Objects issues listed.
3: Tick the pages you want to fix — you can work through several at once.
4: Click Generate suggestions. Plug In SEO builds a file name around your keywords and shows you why it chose it.
5: Click Review suggestions, pick one and click Apply. It writes straight to the page in Shopify.
Every suggestion is built around keywords. If a page you selected has no keyword research of its own, Plug In SEO tells you and offers two ways forward: run keyword research for that page, or carry on with your store-wide keywords.
Note: keyword research uses your plan's quota, so how much you can run depends on your plan.
Issue Fixes covers product and collection images only. For images on your blog posts, pages, home page, logo, buttons and icons, rename the files yourself using the best practices below.
Full walkthrough: Issue Fixes: fix the issues your scan found, without leaving the app
How to Update File Names and ALT Image Text
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