Keyword in product image

3000 + products with keyword

[is300]

I'm building a site and am curious if it would be a good idea or a bad idea to put the keyword in the name of each product image. I will probably have 3000 products, each with a thumnail image and a fullsize image. Does anyone have any ideas on the best method for this?

[moneymancn]

Good question!
We have 7000 + images to be rnamed perhaps.
MM

[Total Paranoia]

It makes sense from an admin point to name images using a descriptive word. I would hate to have to assign an image without knowing what it is.

[Whoa]

I think this is a no-brainer.

Name the images as descriptively as possible, e.g. small-red-widget.gif, and use "small red widget" in the alt tag.

It can only help. The only counterargument that I think would be valid is that longer file names are going to bulk up the size of your page as perceived by Google. Smaller pages do much better in Google than larger pages, everything else being equal.

Mind you, if you rename spacer.gif to be keyword1-keyword2.gif, I think that's a mistake.

As far as how to do it, I wouldn't do it manually. Build a spreadsheet (product name, oldgraphicname, newgraphic name) and then do the rename in one fell swoop with a DOS batch program or something similar.