User blog comment:Cnoteboat/The Importance of Search Engine Optimization/@comment-452-20150126192824/@comment-24877660-20150126204702

Hi! Thanks for the questions.

Q1: Redirects are fine especially as search engines continue to improve, but of course it's always better for SEO to have it set up correctly the first time.

Q2: Within the scope of this research project we didn't have data around file names so I can't really make a statement around the absolute significance of file names on SEO. BUT a good file name is another way that a search engine can "see" an image and it can only help. Ultimately an image with both a description and a good file name is the most optimal solution vis-a-vis SEO.

Hope that helps!