: How can I name an image so that a) it's still unique b) descriptive It's a given that a better name for a picture is "cat_eating_mouse.jpg" than "Aou7aIw=2.jpg". On my website I'm going to

@Michele947

You can follow Google Image Publishing Guideline First. support.google.com/webmasters/answer/114016?hl=en&vid=0-1401327443069-1512401881759

You can make them unique by using a dash (-) instead of underscore (_) "cat-eating-mouse2.jpg" and "cat-eating-mouse3.jpg" that good from SEO perspective.

Keep in mind what would be useful for someone who has vision issues and needs a screenreader.

Remember that SEO also gives value to Image Alt Text.

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@Shelley277

That is pretty much what people - including me - do. Take a descriptive name but eventually there will be a conflict since many times people have photos of the subject in slightly different poses.

One way to go further is to make the name more descriptive some metadata to it such as the time or the photographer's name like: cat_eating_mouse_by_joe.jpg or cat_eating_mouse_20171202.jpg. I do often see the random number prefixing it, either directly or as a path, so you can name of the file the same but one is in directory 065467 and the other in 165432.

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