Comments on: How to use images to style your blog posts

By: Steen Öhman

Steen Öhman — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:44:45 +0000

Images are as mentioned very important on your blog and website. Normally I reccomend to have images of people on websites, as this gives a human face to your business.

I more or less feel the same way about blogs ..

But I like alle well designed blogs .. like this blog.

By: Bash Bosh

Bash Bosh — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 11:05:13 +0000

I use Images in my every post!
I think that images might help you to improve overall functionality of your blog. I really hate when I come to an article that includes only text with no images at all!

By: Annemieke

Annemieke — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:55:18 +0000

I agree, I totally love to see photos on blogs, especially if they are perfectly integrated with the text.
But personally I have been struggling with that, I never get a photo there where I want it without messing up my text. And I usually end up getting them all out. Maybe I should just keep it with one at the time.
So all the more I like blogposts that do have photos, especially if the colours go well with the theme.

By: Marko Saric

Marko Saric — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:44:50 +0000

Thanks for all comments!

@Gerald Weber – Looks like a great plugin that can save a lot of time and improve productivity. Thanks for the link!

By: Gerald Weber

Gerald Weber — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:23:31 +0000

Adding images definitely is a way to make your blog posts look more appealing.

I have a great WordPress plugin I use called Photo Dropper

Basically this is a plugin that will allow you to search flickr.com for creative commons photos directly from your WordPress control panel. The coolest thing is once you find the photo you want to use photo dropper will automatically create all the code for you as well the necessary link back to the author.

By: Giancarlo Colfer

Giancarlo Colfer — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:55:06 +0000

Don’t forget the rel”external nofollow” tag to improve link juice, and even just a simple alt=”" tag! Blank! yes! Nothing else.

By: Anthony Parkes

Anthony Parkes — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:06:35 +0000

Marko,
I’ve been able to find the results of the study (it’s quite technical), and they’ve also tested how font size and face affect users.

Pictures were divided into 3 sub-categories: white space, ads, and regular pics.

See the results here:
An Eye Tracking Study of How Font Size, Font Type, and Pictures Influence Online Reading (it’s a PDF)

By the way, thanks for following me on twitter

Anthony

By: Bruce Barber

Bruce Barber — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:47:28 +0000

I just started doing this about a month ago and it makes a huge difference!

The image you select is another important creative decision that plays an important role in crafting the message you’re trying to send…

By: Marko Saric

Marko Saric — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:34:22 +0000

@ Anthony Parkes – Thanks for the comment! Do you have any links to these studies? I would be interested in reading about it.

By: Anthony Parkes

Anthony Parkes — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:22:03 +0000

Hello!
I’ve been using images in my posts – it’s an extremely powerful way to catch attention, as studies have shown it slows down the eye.

I’ve also found it gives a tone to your post, gives it a soul. It’s more than just text. I think images are part of a good post.

Keep it up Marko!

Anthony