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Learn SEO: ALT IMG Attribute
By Kimberly Bock | December 5, 2007
Optimize With ALT IMG Attribute
ALT image attributes are placed inside your HTML code as a text description for a graphic or image that appears on a web page.
Text will pop-up when the mouse hovers over the graphic or image on the page.
To view the effect of utilizing the ALT IMG Attribute, hover over the image on this page. you will see the text pop-up describing the image.
Keep in mind that not everyone utilizes the ALT IMG Attribute, so not every image on every web site will display this text. It’s personal preference.
In SEO, implementing ALT Attributes for your images and graphics increases the Search Engines readable text when it is indexing your pages. And it is also user friendly, as it suggests more appeal to your potential customer.
Get a Matt Cutts visual about ALT IMG Attribute in this brief video display (December 16, 2007)
Topics: SEO/SEM Training |