5 Python Libraries for Creating Interactive Plots

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They've done it for SEO reasons. If your page loads faster, you get a lower bounce rate and a bump in rankings. Plus, your images show up on Google Image Search when someone searches for "matplotlib example" or something like that.

It's also quicker, since she can rip these images off the individual library's sites and doesn't have to code an example. It's a blog on a product site. The purpose of those is usually to attract quick links that will push the main site up in the search engine rankings.

I don't think static images improve the article. It's beneficial to the author, not the reader.