: Should image directories be indexable or not, for SEO? By default, I have directory indexing turned off via apache, to limit oracle attacks to find php scripts. Should I turn directory indexing

@Kristi941

You could do that if you want those images to be indexed and found in image search. But they'll be ranked better if the search engines find them in web pages because they can use nearby text, alt attributes, page context, etc, to determine what the image is. They can't do that from a directory listing unless you've done an incredible job of naming your subdirectories and images. Then again, that will also be available in your HTML so there's no advantage there.

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