SEO friendly "ALT" property of an image tag

alex-party · 08-13-2007, 10:38 AM

Hey guys,

I have been asked a question recently about "ALT TAG" and making it SEO friendly. I got a minute to put it here, so here we go:

1. ALT is not a TAG, its a PROPERTY, but somehow everybody used to "tag", so lets just use it as is.
2. ALT "tag" is a short description of an graphic element and may have 2-3 keywords. It should be no longer than 80 chars.
3. Also, people get crazy about "stuffing" alt tags with keywords, separated by comma, hoping to get better sers positions on certain keywords, well those days are gone, try it and you'll get a Google ban and don't say you did not know, because you know now, since you're reading this post.
4. May have a look at this cool video, it will show you what ALT tags are basically for : http://www.doit.wisc.edu/accessibili.../scnrdrpt1.mov

Opppps, have to run, sseeee ya

zagu060807 · 08-13-2007, 10:55 AM

Nice post sir, and another thing, alts are also a w3c compliant. You need to put those to validate your site in w3c.

wwwSENSERELYcom · 08-13-2007, 01:15 PM

Also I always thought we call it an ATTRIBUTE of a TAG, not a PROPERTY. But that may have change over the years.

alex-party · 08-14-2007, 03:13 AM

Oh man, that's what's happening when you're in rush.
You're right, it's an ATTRIBUTE!
My apologies!

leftybogs · 08-14-2007, 06:54 AM

yah thats what i also learn from my book learn html in 24hrs.

where i learn the basic..

08-13-2007, 10:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
alex-party Elite Googler Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 1,085 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	SEO friendly "ALT" property of an image tag Hey guys, I have been asked a question recently about "ALT TAG" and making it SEO friendly. I got a minute to put it here, so here we go: 1. ALT is not a TAG, its a PROPERTY, but somehow everybody used to "tag", so lets just use it as is. 2. ALT "tag" is a short description of an graphic element and may have 2-3 keywords. It should be no longer than 80 chars. 3. Also, people get crazy about "stuffing" alt tags with keywords, separated by comma, hoping to get better sers positions on certain keywords, well those days are gone, try it and you'll get a Google ban and don't say you did not know, because you know now, since you're reading this post. 4. May have a look at this cool video, it will show you what ALT tags are basically for : http://www.doit.wisc.edu/accessibili.../scnrdrpt1.mov Opppps, have to run, sseeee ya

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08-13-2007, 10:55 AM	#2 (permalink)
zagu060807 Googler Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 81 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Nice post sir, and another thing, alts are also a w3c compliant. You need to put those to validate your site in w3c.

08-13-2007, 01:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
wwwSENSERELYcom Senior Googler Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ashford, UK Posts: 129 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Also I always thought we call it an ATTRIBUTE of a TAG, not a PROPERTY. But that may have change over the years.

08-14-2007, 03:13 AM	#4 (permalink)
alex-party Elite Googler Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 1,085 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Oh man, that's what's happening when you're in rush. You're right, it's an ATTRIBUTE! My apologies!

08-14-2007, 06:54 AM	#5 (permalink)
leftybogs Elite Googler Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,153 Thanks: 0 Thanked 26 Times in 24 Posts	yah thats what i also learn from my book learn html in 24hrs. where i learn the basic..

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