{"id":5679,"date":"2019-01-04T11:56:11","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T11:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmjcomputerservices.com\/fr\/?p=5679"},"modified":"2023-06-07T10:27:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T09:27:53","slug":"l-importance-des-images-dans-les-articles-de-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmjcomputerservices.com\/fr\/blog\/l-importance-des-images-dans-les-articles-de-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"L&rsquo;importance des images dans les articles de blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=\u00a0\u00bb1&Prime; admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbsection\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.16&Prime; global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00a0\u00bbpost_content\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_row admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbrow\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.21.0&Prime; background_size=\u00a0\u00bbinitial\u00a0\u00bb background_position=\u00a0\u00bbtop_left\u00a0\u00bb background_repeat=\u00a0\u00bbrepeat\u00a0\u00bb width=\u00a0\u00bb100%\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00a0\u00bbpost_content\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb4_4&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.16&Prime; custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb|||\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb custom_padding__hover=\u00a0\u00bb|||\u00a0\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00a0\u00bbpost_content\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_text admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbText\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.21.0&Prime; background_size=\u00a0\u00bbinitial\u00a0\u00bb background_position=\u00a0\u00bbtop_left\u00a0\u00bb background_repeat=\u00a0\u00bbrepeat\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00a0\u00bbpost_content\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<p>Pour comprendre l&rsquo;importance des images dans les articles de blog, examinons nos propres r\u00e9actions face au contenu trouv\u00e9 sur le web. \u00c7a parait peut \u00eatre un peu clich\u00e9, mais les gens r\u00e9agissent vraiment mieux au contenu des articles qui contiennent de belles images.<\/p>\n<p><strong>R\u00e9fl\u00e9chissez \u00e0 cette question&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Imaginez que vous ayez recherch\u00e9 quelque chose sur Google, peu importe quoi ! Une liste sugg\u00e9rant les 10 r\u00e9sultats les plus pertinents \u00e0 votre recherche s&rsquo;affiche. Comment choisissez-vous celui sur lequel cliquer ? Maintenant, imaginez que Google ajoute une petite image issue des pages ou des articles sugg\u00e9r\u00e9s \u00e0 c\u00f4t\u00e9 de chaque r\u00e9sultat de recherche. Dans quelle mesure cela influencerait-il le r\u00e9sultat sur lequel vous cliquez ?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Je suis s\u00fbr que vous choisiriez quelque chose de diff\u00e9rent en fonction de l&rsquo;influence de ces images.<\/p>\n<p>Donc, les images sont importantes, n&rsquo;est ce pas ?<\/p>\n<p>Vous pouvez m\u00eame \u00e9gayer les pages d&rsquo;erreur \u00ab\u00a0404 Not Found\u00a0\u00bb les plus anodines de votre site en y ajoutant une image. Vos visiteurs comprendront que vous avez r\u00e9fl\u00e9chi \u00e0 la possibilit\u00e9 qu&rsquo;ils se retrouvent l\u00e0, ce qui les encouragera peut \u00eatre \u00e0 naviguer vers d&rsquo;autres pages, et \u00e0 continuer leur recherche sur votre site, plut\u00f4t que de s&rsquo;envoler vers l&rsquo;un de vos concurrents&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!-- divi:image {\"id\":5203} --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/divi:image --><\/p>\n<p><!-- divi:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/divi:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbImage\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.21.0&Prime; background_size=\u00a0\u00bbinitial\u00a0\u00bb background_position=\u00a0\u00bbtop_left\u00a0\u00bb background_repeat=\u00a0\u00bbrepeat\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00a0\u00bbpost_content\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<p><!-- divi:image {\"id\":5203} --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"340\" class=\"wp-image-5203\" src=\"https:\/\/dmjcomputerservices.com\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Looks-like-you-are-lost-404-page.jpg\" alt=\"Image of a lost man in big city\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmjcomputerservices.com\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Looks-like-you-are-lost-404-page.jpg 510w, https:\/\/dmjcomputerservices.com\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Looks-like-you-are-lost-404-page-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/p><figcaption>Pas vraiment \u00e9clatant , mais plus int\u00e9ressant qu&rsquo;un simple &lsquo;Sorry! Not found&rsquo;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!-- \/divi:image --><\/p>\n<p><!-- divi:heading --><\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/divi:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbText\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.21.0&Prime; background_size=\u00a0\u00bbinitial\u00a0\u00bb background_position=\u00a0\u00bbtop_left\u00a0\u00bb background_repeat=\u00a0\u00bbrepeat\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00a0\u00bbpost_content\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h2>Qu&rsquo;apportent les images \u00e0 un article de blog ?<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/divi:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- divi:paragraph -->Tout d&rsquo;abord, les images aident \u00e0 all\u00e9ger les blocs de texte trop longs. \u00c0 moins qu&rsquo;il ne s&rsquo;agisse de recherches techniques en profondeur (et m\u00eame l\u00e0, c&rsquo;est discutable), les gens n&rsquo;aiment pas lire des tonnes de texte. C&rsquo;est ennuyeux et d\u00e9sagr\u00e9able. En ajoutant quelques images, vous pourrez vraiment rendre votre contenu plus int\u00e9ressant. Apparemment, les lecteurs pr\u00e9f\u00e8rent analyser le contenu dans des colonnes \u00e9troites, plut\u00f4t que de lire des phrases larges qui s&rsquo;\u00e9tendent sur toute la largeur de la page. Des images r\u00e9parties \u00e0 gauche et \u00e0 droite avec votre texte qui les entoure peuvent produire un effet similaire \u00e0 la disposition du texte en colonnes \u00e9troites.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/divi:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- divi:paragraph -->Plac\u00e9e au-dessus du pli, une image affich\u00e9e au d\u00e9but de votre article de blog peut vraiment attirer l&rsquo;attention de votre lecteur. Cependant, \u00e9vitez que cette image ne remplisse la page. Il faut aussi que vos visiteurs voient qu&rsquo;il s&rsquo;agit d&rsquo;un vrai contenu !<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/divi:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- divi:paragraph -->Vous pouvez aussi \u00ab tagger \u00bb vos images dans le but de les optimiser pour le r\u00e9f\u00e9rencement SEO en leur ajoutant des attributs tels que le titre et le texte alternatif. Cela aide les moteurs de recherche \u00e0 comprendre ce qu&rsquo;est votre image, et le contexte dans lequel elle s&rsquo;ins\u00e8re dans le contenu lui-m\u00eame. Non seulement votre page obtiendra de meilleurs r\u00e9sultats de recherche, mais vos images appara\u00eetront \u00e9galement dans les recherches d&rsquo;images !<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/divi:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- divi:image {\"id\":5773,\"align\":\"right\"} --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" class=\"wp-image-5773\" src=\"https:\/\/dmjcomputerservices.com\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Cat-demonstrating-image-usage-in-blog-posts.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of a blue cat in a basket showing inappropriate use of an image in blog post\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmjcomputerservices.com\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Cat-demonstrating-image-usage-in-blog-posts.jpg 350w, https:\/\/dmjcomputerservices.com\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Cat-demonstrating-image-usage-in-blog-posts-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/divi:image --><\/p>\n<p>Petit conseil : n&rsquo;ajoutez des images qu&rsquo;\u00e0 bon escient ! Il est \u00e9vident que publier une photo de votre chat jouant avec une pelote de laine pour illustrer un article sur la R\u00e9volution russe n&rsquo;est pas vraiment coh\u00e9rent.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/divi:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- divi:heading --><\/p>\n<h2>L&rsquo;inconv\u00e9nient des images dans les articles de blog<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/divi:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- divi:paragraph -->M\u00eame les plus petites images augmentent la taille de la page des articles de blog ordinaires. Assurez-vous que vos images soient optimis\u00e9es avant de les ajouter \u00e0 votre article pour qu&rsquo;elles ne ralentissent pas le temps de chargement de la page. Si vous t\u00e9l\u00e9chargez une image brute de 5 Mb directement de votre smartphone \u00e0 votre article, ne vous attendez pas \u00e0 ce qu&rsquo;il se charge rapidement.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/divi:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- divi:paragraph -->Vous pouvez optimiser vos images de plusieurs fa\u00e7ons :<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/divi:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- divi:list --><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Redimensionnez votre image pour r\u00e9duire sa taille \u00e0 la largeur et \u00e0 la hauteur qui seront affich\u00e9es sur votre site. Par exemple, si vous prenez une photo de 4000 x 3000 pixels et que la largeur dont vous disposez sur votre site n&rsquo;est que de 500 pixels, r\u00e9duisez la taille de l&rsquo;image \u00e0 500 pixels avant de la t\u00e9l\u00e9charger. Ainsi, vous diminuerez consid\u00e9rablement la taille de son fichier.<\/li>\n<li>Optimisez votre image pour le web. Cela signifie r\u00e9duire la taille du fichier de l&rsquo;image sans en affecter la qualit\u00e9 (ou du moins en r\u00e9duisant sa qualit\u00e9 mais \u00e0 un niveau encore acceptable).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/divi:list --><\/p>\n<p><!-- divi:image {\"id\":5682,\"align\":\"right\",\"className\":\"wp-image-5682 size-medium\"} --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/divi:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=\u00a0\u00bb1_2,1_2&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.21.0&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb width=\u00a0\u00bb100%\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00a0\u00bbpost_content\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_2&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.21.0&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00a0\u00bbpost_content\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.21.0&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00a0\u00bbpost_content\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<p>Il existe de nombreux (des centaines) de programmes et de services internet disponibles pour redimensionner et optimiser vos images, comme par exemple Photoshop, Kraken.io, imagify, Tiny PNG, et jpeg mini.<\/p>\n<h2>Comparons des Images Optimis\u00e9es \u00e0 des Images Non-Optimis\u00e9es<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/divi:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- divi:paragraph -->Regardez les deux images.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Celle qui n&rsquo;a pas \u00e9t\u00e9 optimis\u00e9e p\u00e8se 481 Kb<\/strong>, bien qu&rsquo;elle ait \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9duite \u00e0 2000px de largeur avant d&rsquo;\u00eatre t\u00e9l\u00e9charg\u00e9e sur le site.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/divi:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_2&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.21.0&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00a0\u00bbpost_content\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_image src=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/dmjcomputerservices.com\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Example-of-optimised-image.jpg\u00a0\u00bb alt=\u00a0\u00bbExemple d&rsquo;image optimis\u00e9e\u00a0\u00bb title_text=\u00a0\u00bbExample of optimised image\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.21.0&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00a0\u00bbpost_content\u00a0\u00bb][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.21.0&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb text_font_size=\u00a0\u00bb16px\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00a0\u00bbpost_content\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<p><em>Cette image a \u00e9t\u00e9 optimis\u00e9e<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/dmjcomputerservices.com\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Example-of-unoptimised-image.jpg\u00a0\u00bb alt=\u00a0\u00bbExemple d&rsquo;image non-optimis\u00e9e\u00a0\u00bb title_text=\u00a0\u00bbExample of unoptimised image\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.21.0&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00a0\u00bbpost_content\u00a0\u00bb][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.21.0&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb text_font_size=\u00a0\u00bb16px\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00a0\u00bbpost_content\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<p><em>Cette image n&rsquo;a pas \u00e9t\u00e9 optimis\u00e9e<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.21.0&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb width=\u00a0\u00bb100%\u00a0\u00bb custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb0px|||||\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00a0\u00bbpost_content\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb4_4&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.21.0&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00a0\u00bbpost_content\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_text admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbText\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.21.0&Prime; background_size=\u00a0\u00bbinitial\u00a0\u00bb background_position=\u00a0\u00bbtop_left\u00a0\u00bb background_repeat=\u00a0\u00bbrepeat\u00a0\u00bb hover_enabled=\u00a0\u00bb0&Prime; global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00a0\u00bbpost_content\u00a0\u00bb sticky_enabled=\u00a0\u00bb0&Prime;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-5682 size-medium\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/divi:image --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/divi:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Le fichier optimis\u00e9 a \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9duit \u00e0 350 pixels de large avant d&rsquo;\u00eatre t\u00e9l\u00e9charg\u00e9 et optimis\u00e9 par Imagify. La <strong>taille du fichier final optimis\u00e9 est r\u00e9duite \u00e0 19.7 Kb<\/strong>. Par cons\u00e9quent, redimensionner et optimiser vos images peut \u00e9conomiser de l&rsquo;espace de stockage sur votre serveur d&rsquo;h\u00e9bergement, et r\u00e9sultera en des temps de chargement de page bien plus rapides. Cela ne r\u00e9duira pas non plus la qualit\u00e9 visible de votre image.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/divi:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Vous pouvez \u00e9galement utiliser un plugin d&rsquo;optimisation d&rsquo;images int\u00e9gr\u00e9 \u00e0 votre site WordPress, de sorte que chaque image t\u00e9l\u00e9charg\u00e9e soit optimis\u00e9e en fonction des param\u00e8tres que vous avez appliqu\u00e9s. Smushit et Imagify en sont de bons exemples. Nous privil\u00e9gions la version pro d&rsquo;Imagify et l&rsquo;utilisons dans le cadre de notre <a href=\"https:\/\/dmjcomputerservices.com\/fr\/plan-de-performance-wordpress\/\">Plan de Performance WordPress<\/a>. Ces plugins sont efficaces, mais nous vous conseillons quand m\u00eame d&rsquo;effectuer au moins une partie de l&rsquo;optimisation avant de t\u00e9l\u00e9charger l&rsquo;image sur votre site, ce qui vous \u00e9conomisera du temps de t\u00e9l\u00e9chargement et vous emp\u00eachera de saturer trop vite votre espace de stockage.<\/p>\n<h2>Comment puis-je t\u00e9l\u00e9charger des images sur WordPress \u00e0 l&rsquo;aide du nouvel \u00e9diteur Gutenberg [2018] ?<\/h2>\n<p>Petite parenth\u00e8se : un bon nombre de nos visiteurs a du mal \u00e0 t\u00e9l\u00e9charger les images sur son site WordPress avec l&rsquo;\u00e9diteur Gutenberg (WordPress 5+). Partant du principe qu&rsquo;une image vaux mille mots, et qu&rsquo;une vid\u00e9o vaut mille images, voici une petite vid\u00e9o de captures d&rsquo;\u00e9cran qui explique comment ajouter des images dans l&rsquo;\u00e9diteur Gutenberg.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"How to insert images into WordPress posts with Gutenberg\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/378261057?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1080\" height=\"527\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>En conclusion<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/divi:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- divi:paragraph -->Une bonne utilisation des images peut faire toute la diff\u00e9rence entre un article de blog peu m\u00e9morable et un article hautement attrayant. Cela peut am\u00e9liorer votre exp\u00e9rience utilisateur, et par cons\u00e9quent aider votre taux de conversion et votre r\u00e9f\u00e9rencement SEO. Les images doivent \u00eatre optimis\u00e9es pour ne pas ralentir votre site web. Elles doivent aussi \u00eatre plac\u00e9es au bon endroit, et dans le bon contexte, pour produire le meilleur effet.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/divi:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Les visiteurs de site r\u00e9agissent davantage au contenu des publications illustr\u00e9es par de belles images. Apprenez \u00e0 bien utiliser les images dans vos articles et \u00e0 les optimiser.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":7105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<p>To understand the importance of images in blog posts, let's look at our own interaction with content on the web. It's a bit of a clich\u00e9, but people really do respond more to content in posts that contain great images.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Here's a question for you...<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Imagine you've searched Google for something, anything! You see a list of their suggested 10 most relevant results for your search. How do you choose what to click? Now, imagine that Google were to add a small image from posts and pages alongside each search result. How would that influence the search result you click on?<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>I reckon you may well select something different based on the influence of the images.<\/p>\r\n<p>So, images are important. Right?<\/p>\r\n<p>You can even brighten up the dullest of 404 Not Found pages on your website by adding an image. Visitors will understand that you've given some thought to the possibility that they might end up there, which might encourage them to navigate to other pages, or search your site for what they were looking for, rather than just bouncing off to one of your competitors...<\/p>\r\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":5203} -->\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img class=\"wp-image-5203\" src=\"https:\/\/dmjcomputerservices.com\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Looks-like-you-are-lost-404-page.jpg\" alt=\"Image of a lost man in big city\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>Not exactly bright, but more interesting than plain old 'Sorry! Not found'<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:heading -->\r\n<h2>What do images do for a blog post?<\/h2>\r\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>For a start, images help to break up large text blocks. Unless for in-depth technical research (and even then it's debatable) people don't like reading masses of text. It's boring and unattractive. If you add a smattering of images, you really can make your content more interesting. Apparently, readers prefer to scan content in narrow columns, rather than read wide sentences that spread across the width of the page. Images floating left \/ right, with your text wrapping around them, can give a similar effect to having text arranged in narrow columns.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>Placed above the fold, an early image on your blog post can really attract your reader's attention. Don't let it fill the entire screen, though. You want your readers to see that there is real content there too!<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>You can also tag your images to optimise them for SEO by adding title and alternate text attributes. These go some way to helping search engines understand what your image is, and what context it has within the content itself. As well as helping your page achieve better search results, you may also find your images showing up in image searches!<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":5773,\"align\":\"right\"} -->\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img class=\"wp-image-5773\" src=\"https:\/\/dmjcomputerservices.com\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Cat-demonstrating-image-usage-in-blog-posts.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of a blue cat in a basket showing inappropriate use of an image in blog post\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>One word of warning - add images for a reason! It goes without saying that adding a photo of your cat playing with a ball of wool in the middle of a blog post about the Russian Revolution probably isn't appropriate.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:heading -->\r\n<h2>The downside to images on blog posts<\/h2>\r\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>Even the smallest of images increases the page size of the average blog post. Make sure your images are optimised before they get added to your post so that they don't slow down page load time. Don't upload a raw 5mb image straight from your smartphone to your blog post and expect it to load quickly.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>You can do several things to optimise your images :<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:list -->\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Resize your image to get it down to the width and height that will be displayed on your website. So, for example, if you take a photo that is 4000 x 3000 pixels in size, and the width available for it on your website is only 500 pixels, then scale the image down to 500 pixels wide before you upload it. This will greatly reduce it's file size.<\/li>\r\n<li>Optimise your image for the web. This means reducing the file size on an image without impacting the quality (or reducing the quality to a still acceptable level).<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":5682,\"align\":\"right\",\"className\":\"wp-image-5682 size-medium\"} -->\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-5682 size-medium\">\r\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img class=\"wp-image-5682 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/dmjcomputerservices.com\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Example-of-optimised-image-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>This image has been optimised<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>There are plenty (hundreds) of programs and web services available to resize and optimise your images, including Photoshop, Kraken.io, imagify, Tiny PNG, and jpeg mini.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":5683,\"align\":\"right\",\"className\":\"wp-image-5683 size-medium\"} -->\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-5683 size-medium\">\r\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img class=\"wp-image-5683 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/dmjcomputerservices.com\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Example-of-unoptimised-image-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"Example of unoptimised image\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>This image has not been optimised<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:heading -->\r\n<h2>Comparing Optimised Images with Non-Optimised Images<\/h2>\r\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>Take a look at the 2 images on the right.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>The <strong>unoptimised one is 481kb in size<\/strong>, even though I resized it down to 2000px wide before uploading to the site.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>The optimised one I resized down to 350px wide before uploading and letting Imagify optimise it. The final <strong>optimised file size is reduced to 19.7kb<\/strong>. So, resizing and optimising your images can save storage space on your hosting server, and will result in far faster page load times. This doesn't have to reduce the visible quality of your image either.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>You can also use an on-the-fly image optimiser plugin within your WordPress site, so that every image that gets uploaded gets optimised according to the settings you apply. Good examples are smushit and imagify.\u00a0We favour the Pro version of Imagify, and use it as part of our <a href=\"https:\/\/dmjcomputerservices.com\/fr\/wordpress-performance-plan\/\">Website Performance Package<\/a>. These plugins are ok, but it's still a good idea to do at least some of the optimising before the image gets uploaded to your site - it will save you upload time, and it will stop you from prematurely filling up your hosting space.<\/p>\r\n<h2>How do I upload images to WordPress using the new [2018] Gutenberg editor?<\/h2>\r\n<p>A quick aside - a lot of our visitors are struggling to upload images to their WordPress site using the Gutenberg (WordPress 5+) editor. On the basis that an image is worth a thousand words, and a video is worth a thousand images, here is a quick screenshot video showing how to add images in the Gutengberg editor...<\/p>\r\n<p>[embed]https:\/\/vimeo.com\/378261057[\/embed]<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:heading -->\r\n<h2>In Summary<\/h2>\r\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>Great image usage can make the difference between a forgettable blog post and a highly engaging one. This can improve your visitor experience, and therefore help your conversion rate and your SEO. Images need to be optimised to not slow your site down. They also need to be used in the right place, and in the right context, for best effect.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[239,21,238,243],"class_list":["post-5679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wordpress","tag-239","tag-google","tag-images","tag-speed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmjcomputerservices.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmjcomputerservices.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmjcomputerservices.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmjcomputerservices.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmjcomputerservices.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dmjcomputerservices.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmjcomputerservices.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmjcomputerservices.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmjcomputerservices.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmjcomputerservices.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}