If content is King, then images are the Queen. If you have media on your website, then it is probably in the form of images in your posts, and videos appearing where needed. This is ideal, of course, because of the weight Google lends to media rich websites, and the fact that you can even channel ore traffic to your site with media. For example, by tweeting on Twitter that there is a very funny video on your site about a horse kicking a door open, you will get visitors from social news sites like Reddit or Digg for example. You could even submit to StumbleUpon, which has been known for crashing servers with its traffic. Once the traffic gets there, they are not going to care that the video is actually from Youtube, only that it is funny, and what they 
were looking for. Once they are on your page, however, then it is up to your design work and content to keep them there.
Many visitors will hit your pages looking at images first, and then text. So it is always, ALWAYS important to deliver high quality images, not only in your post, but also as relevant content in its own right. For example, if you look at Flickr you will see millions of images for you to use, and most have copyright details (what you can and cannot use it for) built in to their page on there. It is important of course to abide by these rules.
WP Decoratr allows you to have Flickr images displayed based on the context of your page. This is great for keyword rich sites
Flickr Gallery This works on the shortcodes you will see in many plugins. By entering a small amount of text in your post, you will be displaying great relevant images.
Flickr Tag Plugin You can use this plugin to download all the images you like from Flickr, and store them on your site. These images are then usable on your own gallery!
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recommendations made by other blog owners, to their loyal readers. Therefore the readers are much more inclined to click the links. When you see names in comment boxes, you are not as likely to click, and likewise, forum signatures that will never be used in actual posts will never be clicked. They are just SEO fodder, and of course – Google can smell this a mile off if you overdo it. A good way to get your site about in actual communities, is to use the new toolbars that are popping up all over the net. These toolbars have “gadgets” and links on them, such as checking the weather, playing games and more. Another thing you can do, is promote your website on these toolbars, which have millions of users, and appear on thousands of websites. The basic theory is this. You create you blog, and then you go to a company like Conduit who allow you to create your own gadget, which will appear on these toolbars all over the internet, on webmasters’ websites. As long as you are related to their blog or website, they will have your gadget on that toolbar. And as long as you have great content – you will get webmasters using your site as a gadget. If you are getting related traffic to your site, from possibly higher ranking websites, then this can only mean you will retain these visitors over a long period. You will also never have to pay for this traffic, and of course the traffic is viral. Other webmasters will see your link, and possibly add to their toolbar. As new webmasters sign up for the Conduit platform, your site will appear on more and more sites – this is due to your gadget having a user count. The more popular you get, the more people want you on their toolbar.
