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Hi Steve, I don't see a problem with doing that but best practice would be to leave the optimized image alone and add some linked anchor text somewhere or maybe link the product name within the blog post instead? I have shared a blog post about internal linking below. Check it out https://blog.kissmetrics.com/commandments-of-internal-linking/ "In keeping with the content theme of internal linking, your internal links should use anchor text as opposed to linked images. Image links are fine, provided that images are not the main source of links, and assuming the image is properly alt-tagged."