The Public Library
I love the public library! (I am about to show my age here…) did you know you can DOWNLOAD a book to your iPod or Nook for free?? Now I’m not just talking a book you can read but an MP4 as well?!?!? I LOVE this!!!! I use to go through books on CD like crazy when I was working. Now that I’m home all the time I don’t have a CD player handy……… but I do have an iPod!! What I don’t understand is why is there a checkout period? Course I don’t understand how a fax works either so… never mind….. Okay done talking now, cause this book is scary!!!
If walls could talk, my blog would whisper, “It wasn’t me.”
Because somehow, somewhere between coffee refills and letting the dog out, the Ghost of Peanut Butter and Whine keeps sneaking in and removing pictures and videos.
I don’t delete them. I would remember that. I am a responsible adult who double-checks things. And yet… photos vanish. Videos evaporate. Blog posts wake up looking underdressed, like they forgot their pants.
Cue dramatic music.
After the fifth “Where did that image go?” moment, I decided to stop fighting the paranormal and use it as an opportunity. If the ghost insists on rearranging my content, then I’m going to roll up my sleeves and improve my SEO score while I’m at it.
Because if I’m re-uploading images anyway, they might as well have proper file names, alt text, and sizes that don’t make Google sigh heavily. Videos? Optimized. Old posts? Updated. Keywords? Polished like they’re heading to prom.
SEO updates aren’t glamorous. No one brings a casserole when you rename image files from IMG_8472.jpg to ghost-proof-blog-photo.jpg. But they matter. Search engines like clarity. Readers like faster loading pages. And apparently, ghosts like chaos.
While I’m updating, it’s also a great time to remind you about my monthly $50 Your Way Giveaway, where one lucky winner gets PayPal, Venmo, or a gift card of their choice. You can find all the details right here:
👉 https://peanutbutterandwhine.com (check the giveaway section)
And because Google loves good neighbors, here’s an external resource I actually use when brushing up on SEO basics:
👉 https://moz.com/beginners-guide-to-seo
So if you notice posts looking sharper and loading faster, don’t worry. It’s not a haunting.
It’s just me, outsmarting the ghost… one optimized image at a time.