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My name's Brandon Galey and welcome to episode 217 of the blog millionaire.

This is the fifth part of my ad income growth hacks series.

In this episode, I'll be going over how to optimize the images in your post for ads.

Having more images in your post is going to increase your RPM.

If you're not familiar with what RPM is,

then let me give you a quick explanation.

It means the total dollar amount earned for every 1,000 page views.

As I mentioned in prior episodes, Mediavine and Ad Thrive automatically insert ads into your content.

They use algorithms to determine how many and how often to place ads within your post.

One image is worth a single three-sentence paragraph.

When you look at this in terms of words instead of sentences, one image has the same value as 40 words.

That means adding 10 images to a post is like adding an extra 400 words of content.

Having more images is going to give you a boost in the total number of in content ads, and it is also going to give you a boost in the total number of in-content ads and it is also going to

give you a boost in the performance of your mobile adhesion, desktop adhesion, and sticky

sidebar ads. The more images you have on a blog increases the total height of your post.

This in turn increases the average time on page, which allows your sticky sidebar ad to refresh with new ads.

When you're placing the images in your post, you will also want to optimize them for SEO.

Here are a few pro tips.

Number one, never use images to stuff keywords. Describe what's in the

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