[Plugin: NextGEN Gallery] Is Google image search indexing working on Next-Gen

I didn’t know how to block the search , as I uses alt / title tags to support a index search. Did you receive with the Google webmaster tools and errors , why your images are not listed ?

I have exactly the same problem here, here and here.

It’s a very beautiful tool, but without findings from google images it’s uselessly.

Thanks!!!

Google says that for an image to be indexed by the image search, you should have the HTML <img … /> properly set. You need to specify:
alt=””
title=””
width=””
height=””

Looking at the code for the gallery thumbs, Alex, you are using:
style=”width=xxxpx; height=yyypx;” instead of the HTML width and height attributes. Maybe you can change that in your next release?

Yes i found many problems with google webmaster about nextgen:

3 HTTP-Fails:
http://www.steve-tille.de/wp-content/gallery/ Fehler 4xx 12.08.2008

http://www.steve-tille.de/wp-content/gallery/crazy Fehler 4xx 12.08.2008

http://www.steve-tille.de/wp-content/gallery/crazy/ Fehler 4xx 12.08.2008

4x Not found:
http://www.steve-tille.de/wp-content/gallery/Auto/Audi 404 (Nicht gefunden) 12.08.2008

http://www.steve-tille.de/wp-content/gallery/Auto/Ford 404 (Nicht gefunden) 01.08.2008

http://www.steve-tille.de/wp-content/gallery/Auto/toyota 404 (Nicht gefunden) 12.08.2008

http://www.steve-tille.de/wp-content/gallery/News/EU 404 (Nicht gefunden) 12.08.2008

Ok it might not exactly be a requirement but here’s what it says:

“While the use of the ALT tag is obviously helpful in optimizing for Google search, the dimensions (width and height) are also important, because Google image search also lets users search for images according to size in the advanced options. This means defining your image size makes it easier for Google to crawl and index your site, and subsequently store information about your graphics.”

Here: http://www.googletutor.com/2007/01/10/optimizing-for-google-image-search/

But i think the major Problem is not the titel or alt attributes. It’s definitely better for google, o.k., but in my case, google found no pictures.
I have an other Blog, also with pictures (but without nextgen), and google images find the pictures in connection with the Text of the relevant Post, because all these pictures have no titel or alt attribute.

very nice, but read my post before.

shows only the pictures on the sidebar gallery Plugin.

search:
site:www.steve-tille.de audi
site:www.steve-tille.de toyota
site:www.steve-tille.de iPod
site:www.steve-tille.de test

and you will see always the same 🙂

Google images shows only the pictures from my sidebar. By using the search text “site:www.steve-tille.de audi” no Audi A3 1,8 Turbo pictures are shwon.