Posting photos on blogs or websites

Posting photos on blogs or websites 10/15/2009

Where to place a photo in your blog post? Definitely, a photo will help draw your reader to read down to the end of your post. So what image to use, and where to put?

Remember the F-shape pattern I mentioned in my last post? Well the stem of the F seems to be the best place to position your photo. Here are a few tricks I've picked up from some blogs:

Where should I go?

1. Position the photo somewhere down the page
2. But make sure it is above the "fold"
(or before the user has to scroll down)
3. Choose an intriguing picture
4. Add an intriguing caption

Try it out. See if it works for you. :-)

If the reader continues to scroll down the page, and scan more of the items there -- then your image has done its job.