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Webmaster should optimize there website for SE images as its a way to drive additional traffic to a site.
Google images can bring a sources of traffic to your site as google search itself.
To Optimize your Images:
* Insert keywords in alt text, text around the image, image name, page title.
* Enable image search option at Google webmaster tool. Find it under Diagnostics / Tools / Enhanced Image Search.
* Give meaningful names to your images.
* Use relevant text around your images.
* Use anchor text keywords in links to images.
* Include descriptive text next to the images.
* Use images that are large enough and high-quality images.
* Make sure your image directory is accessible to Google
Note: It's not the best idea to optimize all images for Google Image Search such as your Template and Navigation elements, general page backgrounds etc.
Image Search Engine Optimization is a great ...

Absolute vs relative URL structure: which one is better?
A file/page/location in HTML can be linked to either by using absolute or relative paths.
An absolute link specifies exactly the location of the file on the Internet, it is a direct link to that file. You know exactly where it is and where to look for it on the Internet. An absolute path defines a location by including the protocol, the server, the directory (if needed) and the full name of the document including its extension.
An absolute link looks like this:
<a href="http://www.example.com/index.html"></a>
http - the protocol
example.com - the server name
index.html - file name with extension
-Absolute links might be easier for search engines to follow as they resolve all relative URLs to absolute ones before following them.
-They are also safer when switching to a new CMS;
-Absolute URLs is easier when ...

The sitemap provides an alternative path that is useful to overcome any problems of reaching a given page by the web spider, so the site owner should use relevant keywords in the links to reinforce the rankings on those words.
Most visitors will use the standard navigation buttons on your site to find what they want. This is a very convenience feature as a visitor need not browse through many other pages in order to know what the website is all about, the reader can easily figure out the theme and specialty of the website. A sitemap gives an alternative path in case they don't find your navigation structure especially sites using dynamic pages.

- The sitemap priority is to reduce the importance placed on less important pages (like a contact page) and also influence the links google will display in your authority listing (sitelinks).
- A sitemap allows you to ping Google, Yahoo, and ...