Metadata stored in images read by search engines?

[unitedairlines]

Does anyone know if metadata stored in images is read by search engines?My company stores images in digital asset management systems and metadata keyword tags are added to the images, so they can easily be found within the system. Since these keywords are stored in the image file, I was wondering if search engines can read them once the image is placed on the website, but I'm not finding any evidence of this in my research.

[jws8118]

The only metadata that the search engines look at are image titles and alt tags.

of you are referring to all of the metadata stored in a RAW image then no the engines don't use this data today That we know of.  As seo morphs more into content and content becomes more and more visual this isn't to say that they might not use it in the future.

[unitedairlines]

Yes, I meant the metadata stored in the raw image file. Thanks for your help!