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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

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

10010110 wrote: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.