mark_roach - 11:16 am on Sep 15, 2009 (gmt 0)

That is pretty neat and it works very well for searches my visitors would perform.

This might also make me re-think my strategy regarding image search. I currently take positive steps to avoid ranking for image searches because the traffic it currently brings does not convert at all.

However with visual search I found myself being drawn to click on the images at the top of the listings rather than the text links below. Having already clicked on two images to get that far, clicking on a third seemed the logical next step.

If you can write alt text that will draw the click when a searcher hovers over the picture I suspect there is good potential for qualified traffic rather than just people looking to steal your images.