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ankitasharma123 08-31-2016 10:32 PM

What is use of ALT-tags in SEO ?
 
Hello friends,

I want to know that What is use of ALT-tags in SEO ?

seo147 08-31-2016 11:45 PM

u include images in your articles to get people to read your text. Well-chosen images also strengthen your message. You shouldn’t forget to give those images good alt attributes: alt tags and title tags strengthen the message towards search engine spiders and improve the accessibility of your website. In this post I’ll explain all about alt tags and title tags and why you should optimize those.

The term “alt tag” is a commonly used abbreviation of wha’ts actually an alt attribute on an img tag. Every time you have an image in your text, the alt tag should describe what’s on the image. Screen readers for the blind and visually impaired will read out this text and thus make your image accessible.

What are alt tags and title tags?

This is a complete HTML image tag:

image description
The alt and title attributes of an image are commonly referred to as alt tag or alt text and title tag even though they’re not technically tags. The alt text describes what’s on the image and the function of the image on the page. So if you have an image that’s used as a button to buy product X, the alt text would say: “button to buy product X”.

The alt tag is used by screen readers, the browsers used by blind and visually impaired people, to tell them what is on the image. The title attribute is shown as a tooltip when you hover over the element, so in case of an image button, the button could contain an extra call-to-action, like “Buy product X now for $19!”.

Each image should have an alt text. Not just for SEO purposes but also because blind and visually impaired people otherwise won’t know what the image is for. A title attribute is not required. It can be useful but in most cases, leaving it out shouldn’t be much of an issue.

vikassinha1992 09-01-2016 12:14 AM

Alt tags are used to describe images to search engines. Alt tags will increase the chance of search engines returning your images in search results.

jagdishrock 09-01-2016 12:41 AM

Alt tags were you can type your keywords which help to get good ranking in Google search engine

anna91 09-01-2016 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by ankitasharma123 (Post 586187)
Hello friends,

I want to know that What is use of ALT-tags in SEO ?

click edit image and insert keyword

eumaxindia 09-01-2016 02:17 AM

Spider does not read the images,so we are using alt tag and define image name here easy to identify google spider....

johnalandil 09-01-2016 06:16 PM

ALT-tag can help google know what are you talking about and so it can help you in SEO.

titas132 09-01-2016 07:18 PM

Alt tag help the user to understand the image. If the image don't load properly the browser shows the alt text. It is very important term in SEO.

Carlbrewster 09-01-2016 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by ankitasharma123 (Post 586187)
Hello friends,

I want to know that What is use of ALT-tags in SEO ?

Alt tags are alternate tags which tells users about what this image is. If your internet is slow it will take time to load image completely so in that case with the help of alt tag user can get the information about the image.

veraajverma 09-01-2016 10:52 PM

If you site takes time in loading then the alt tag is the best way to get the information about the images. It tell user about what is this image so that user can decide whether to stay on the webpage or quit.

Nura 09-01-2016 11:34 PM

Search engine crawls the ALT image tag fast if it as a proper name

Satya123 09-02-2016 02:26 AM

Alt tag means to upload any image in your website search engine cann't index or read images so for search engine indexing purpose we use alt tag. In alt tag we mention about image details(Title).

Hardik_tiwari 09-02-2016 02:31 AM

Google doesn't able to read the content of your image, so to define your image you need to mention ALT tag.

leenahahim 09-03-2016 02:06 AM

alt tag is for describing the image.. it will appear when touching the cursor in to the image.

Mohammed abbas 09-03-2016 02:54 AM

Alt text is an effective way of telling Google the topic of the page and therefore giving it an extra boost in search rankings.

Therefore if a page is about Snoopy, then it will be of SEO benefit to include an image of the lovable cartoon character with alt text as ‘alt= “snoopy”’.

That said, it’s not a good idea to repeatedly use the same alt text so try to mix it up and ensure that the alt attribute is relevant to that particular image.

alex.thomson 09-05-2016 02:40 AM

Alt tags are used to describe images to search engines. Alt tags will increase the chance of search engines returning your images in search results.

hrishivardhan 09-05-2016 02:53 AM

Since we know that google bot can not read images and still they need to recognize the image so they uses images alter tag for image. so basically alter tag is ud\sed to describe our image to the search engine bot.

ChrisRogers123 09-05-2016 09:58 AM

It is an important aspect of on page seo. Alt tags are define so that google will crawl your links or images. without this google doesn't consider your images

dongtay1001 09-05-2016 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by ankitasharma123 (Post 586187)
Hello friends, I want to know that What is use of ALT-tags in SEO ?

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deepakrajput 09-05-2016 06:43 PM

We use ALT tag in our site for image optimization, so that Google can index them properly.

quantumsound 09-06-2016 12:15 AM

Alt label intends to transfer any picture in your site internet searcher cann't record or read pictures so for web crawler indexing reason we utilize alt tag. In alt label we specify about picture details(Title).

nathanleo 10-06-2022 06:06 AM

Alt tags provide context to what an image is displaying, informing search engine crawlers and allowing them to index an image correctly. However, not only do alt tags help search engine crawlers, not setting alt tags for your images can have a detrimental effect on the ranking of your web pages.

AzharSEO 10-06-2022 11:00 PM

The Alt tag is also known as the alt attribute. It is the technique to describe the content of a graphic image on a website.

pharmasecure 10-09-2022 09:56 PM

Definition: An alt tag, also known as "alt attribute" and "alt description," is an HTML attribute applied to image tags to provide a text alternative for search engines. Applying images to alt tags such as product photos can positively impact an eCommerce store's search engine rankings.

sudeepkhana 10-09-2022 10:48 PM

Alt tag helps search engine crawlers to find the image for the better search results.

AzharSEO 10-09-2022 11:07 PM

We need to add keywords in the Image Alt Tag so when people search for those types of keywords, the search engine will show your images through keywords.

parkbogumm830 09-09-2023 05:25 AM

Alt tags are used to describe images in search engines. Alt tags increase the likelihood that search engines will return your images in their search results.


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