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A picture is not only worth a thousand words, but can be worth thousands of pageviews as well. In fact, articles with visuals get 94 percent more views<\/strong> than those without.<\/p>\n

Images are important to SEO \u2014 if done correctly, they\u2019ll show up at the top of Google Images and link back to your site, bringing you a ton of traffic you may have missed out on otherwise.<\/p>\n

Download this white paper<\/strong> to help achieve higher rankings for your site through these SEO best practices for your visual content, and start maximizing your search engine traffic today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A picture is not only worth a thousand words, but can be worth thousands of pageviews as well. In fact, articles with visuals get 94 percent more views than those without. 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