Where are your parents???
There are 3 LITTLE children(under 6 years old!) outside playing in the street right outside my house. It’s 10:00pm!!! There are no adults outside with them. WHO let’s there kids play outside IN THE STREET this late?!?! It’s dark! This is southern California!! What is the matter with these PARENTS?!?!
I don’t know why I thought you needed to know this…… except ….well …. it’s 10:00!!! These 3 kids should be in BED!!! Besides, I want someone else outraged too. Now I’m off to yell at those kids “GET your BUTT’s home!! RIGHT NOW!!!”
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.