Image Tags

Tags are words or phrases that connect related images. Tags applied to images are displayed as links in Image Info areas. Those links connect to thumbnail collections of all similarly tagged images.

Tags are displayed in Image Info content areas as a comma-separated list. When a visitor follows a tag link, they are presented with a thumbnail grid displaying all images that share that tag. Selecting any thumbnail from the grid displays the full-size image.

Every tag link is a unique URL. These links are discovered organically as visitors view Image Info. These unique URLs are also indexed by search engines. The URL links can also be shared manually via email or text, or connected to the website menu using URL Link pages.

Tag Guidelines

• Tags should be included alongside images only when the tag provides valuable additional insight
• If an image does not require a tag, then a tag should not be attached to the image
• Not every image should be tagged
• Several images should be associated with every tag -- tagged thumbnails are more valuable to visitors when more images are displayed
• Although every image supports unlimited tags, fewer tags typically provide a better user experience
• Fewer than 5 tags per image work best
• If too many tags are displayed alongside an image, visitors may find that lengthy tag list confusing

Note: To prevent duplicate content issues, tagged images use innovative Canonicalization functionality to always reference the most important Gallery Page image.

Before adding tags to Good Gallery, use a third-party text editor and create an organizational taxonomy that lists every possible tag. Review that list carefully and remove tags that will not be helpful to most visitors. Apply the remaining tags to images.

When viewing tagged images, all images assigned that tag are displayed, including images in both active and inactive Folders and images appearing in the All Images folder.

Tag Examples

Here are Tag examples for photographers.

Wedding Photographers

Portrait Photographers

Event Photographers

Food Photographers

Add New Tag

Tags can be added using Image Settings. Tags can also be added when images are automatically imported.

Add Tags via Image Settings

1. Sign in to your Good Gallery administrator account.
2. Hover your cursor over the Images menu.
3. Under the Your Folder menu heading, choose the preferred folder.
4. Select the appropriate images.
5. Click the Image Settings button.
6. Add tags to the Tags field.
7. Click the Save Changes button.

Add Tags via Exif Import

Good Gallery imports Exif data when images are uploaded. When images include keyword data in the image Exif, image tags are automatically associated with those images.

Digital Asset Management (DAM) software often uses the word "keyword" to refer to tags. Consider those words synonymous when working with your DAM software.

The following DAM software tools allow you to add keyword Exif information to image files:

• Adobe Lightroom
• Adobe Bridge
• Camera Bits Photo Mechanic
• BreezeBrowser
• ExifTool
• ImageInfo Toolkit
• Irfanview
• MediaInfo
• METAmachine
• pyExifToolGUI

Each software tool uses different mechanisms to allow for keyword/tag input. Locate the appropriate software documentation describing Exif keyword management using your preferred search engine.

Once keywords are added to image Exif, upload the images to Good Gallery. The Exif information is extracted automatically.

Tag Settings

Manage display characteristics and content associated with Tag Pages. Tag Pages are where groups of tagged image thumbnails are displayed. Visitors view Tag Pages after clicking on tag links in the Image Info area.

To access Tag Settings:

1. Sign in to your Good Gallery administrator account.
2. Hover your cursor over the Images menu.
3. Under the Image Tools menu heading, choose Image Tags.
4. Choose the appropriate tag.

Tag

Tags are the descriptive words or phrases that connect two or more images.

To edit the image tag names:

1. Navigate to Image Tags as described above.
2. Choose the appropriate tag.
3. Edit the Tag field.
4. Click the Save Changes button.

Title

Titles are labels displayed in search results, bookmarks, browser tabs, and in shared content for Tag Pages. Titles are one of the most important content areas for SEO. Good titles are clear, helpful, accurate, specific, and concise.

• Include keywords as the first words in titles to improve click-through rates
• Limit Titles to fewer than 55 characters to accommodate search result snippet limitations
• Title length is not a direct SEO ranking factor, but truncated Titles may negatively affect click-through rates

Permanent Link

The Permanent Link field indicates the URL for tagged images. The full URL path for each permanent link must be unique.

When the Domain Name is defined in Site Options, the entire URL is displayed:

https://www.example.com/tag/example-tag

If the Domain Name is not defined, only the relative path is displayed:

/example-tag

Key behaviors:

• Modifications to information in the Tag field override information in the Permanent Link field and the Title field
• Spaces and special characters are automatically converted to hyphens
• Uppercase characters are automatically converted to lowercase
• Stop words are automatically removed
• The Permanent Link field can be manually edited and refined
• The field includes a character counter that recommends fewer than 100 characters

301 Redirects

When the Permanent Link field is changed for a tag, Good Gallery keeps track of that change and automatically creates a 301 Redirect record for the old URL. The 301 Redirects field lists historical Permanent Link changes. Any traffic to the historical Permanent Links is automatically forwarded to the new Permanent Link.

Unlimited 301 Redirects can be accumulated and stored without penalty.

To remove a 301 Redirect:

1. Sign in to your Good Gallery administrator account.
2. Hover your cursor over the Images menu.
3. Under the Image Tools menu heading, choose Image Tags.
4. Choose the appropriate tag.
5. Locate the 301 Redirects field.
6. Click on the 301 Redirect you wish to remove.
7. Click the OK button.

Meta Description

Meta Descriptions summarize page content. Content entered in this field is used to suggest your preferred page description to search engines and social networks.

Good Gallery uses text in the Meta Description field to populate body text in Subpage Parent pages, descriptions in page schema, and details in the sitemap.xml file.

• Limit Meta Descriptions to fewer than 155 characters for desktop search engines
• Limit to fewer than 120 characters for mobile search engines
• Content should be informative, compelling, and relevant
• Any quotation marks are automatically converted to the " HTML entity

Content

Content refers to text, headings, tables, images, links, embedded videos, and embedded code that appears in website content areas.

Information in the Content (Above) area is inserted above images in the tag thumbnail area. The Content (Below) area inserts information below images in the tag thumbnail area.

For additional information about managing content, refer to the Text Editor section.