Technical Definition
Image sitemaps provide information about images on your site for image search. Can be separate sitemap or image tags within existing sitemaps. Include: image URL, caption, title, geo location, license. Helps Google discover and understand images for image search results. Particularly valuable for image-heavy sites.
Simple Explanation (ELI13)
An image sitemap helps Google find and understand the images on your site for image search. You can add image information to your regular sitemap or create a separate one. It's especially useful if images are important to your business and you want them ranking in image search.
Related Terms
XML Sitemap, Image SEO, Image Search, Google Images
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