CG Smart Image and SEO file names

[howey]

Hi, I have started using CGSmartImage and really like the functionality. No more images being posted oversize by clients, faster load times etc. However, I have one query/comment that I would appreciate a bit of feed back on - SEO. How to make the images search engine friendly.

I have created a site that seems to perform quite well in generic searches, but it doesn't perform well in image searches. I am wondering if some of the problem is due to the image file names being encoded. I have checked through the alt tags and these aren't too bad. I would appreciate some feedback and or comments on other peoples experiences with this.

Thanks

[10010110]

You can always disable base64 embedding of the images, that will retain their file names.

[velden]

You can always disable base64 embedding of the images, that will retain their file names.

I don't think that's true. CGSmartImage (cgsi) will generate it's own filename. I think it's a kind of hash calculated of original filename and all options. This way the module can check if already created a file for this 'request'.

I don't think there's anything you can do about it in current implementation.