Why do we use alt text on images?
 

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Why do we use alt text on images?

By using Alt tag we can optimize the images in the sites.

The alt attribute give option information for an image if a user for some reason cannot view it.

alt tag is used for image optimization.Search engines read this alt tag instead of image.

The required alt attribute specifies an alternate text for an image, if the image cannot be displayed. The alt attribute provides alternative information for an image if a user for some reason cannot view it

The required alt attribute specifies an alternate text for an image, if the image cannot be displayed. The alt attribute provides alternative information for an image if a user for some reason cannot view it

The required alt attribute specifies an alternate text for an image, if the image cannot be displayed. The alt attribute provides alternative information for an image if a user for some reason cannot view it

Google Bots cannot process images on the web. Therefore, it makes use of the alt attributes to understand what an image is all about.
The Image Alt text is generally considered as the title of an image, which provides a textual alternative to the web crawlers to index the web page bearing the image.
Properly phrased alt tags can increase the SEO ranking of your website’s images in Google images search results, as they tend to add more value to the user experience.

The required alt attribute specifies an alternate text for an image, if the image cannot be displayed. The alt attribute provides alternative information for an image if a user for some reason cannot view it (because of slow connection, an error in the src attribute, or if the user uses a screen reader).

Alt tag is used for image optimization. Google crawl a web page and easily understand the text publish on that page, So alt tag helps Google to understand page intent. If any reason image fails to load then alt tag will display in place.

Alt text helps to identify the image incase of image missing.

Google Bots cannot process images on the web. Therefore, it makes use of the alt attributes to understand what an image is all about.

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.

The required alt attribute specifies an alternate text for an image, if the image cannot be displayed. The alt attribute provides alternative information for an image if a user for some reason cannot view it (because of slow connection, an error in the src attribute, or if the user uses a screen reader).

Google does not know the image, so alt tags will help to understand by google.

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.

Alt text strengthens the message towards search engine spiders and improves the accessibility of your website.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.

It helps search engines understand what an image is about. Alternate text is also very helpful in case images on a page cannot be found. Image title is another attribute that can be added to the image tag in HTML. It is used to provide a title for your image.

ALT Text is an On-Page SEO element. It defines the content of the image as search engine can't read the image.

The required alt attribute specifies an alternate text for an image, if the image cannot be displayed. The alt attribute provides alternative information for an image if a user for some reason cannot view it (because of slow connection, an error in the src attribute, or if the user uses a screen reader).

ALT tag in SEO help to optimize our site SEO friendly.

Alt text was put for sreen readers
 

Alt text allowed 3 things to happen
Gave google some information about your image in the form of keywords
It can be read by a screen reader if the image can not be seen. This is used by blind people alot.
It can also show what the image was if it crashes or fails to open - something is better than nothing right

A good web development company will use ALT text in images from day 1.