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"Alt tags " Still works?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by jithi, Mar 13, 2014.

  1. KingJabeyt

    KingJabeyt Member

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    #21
    alt text is for search engine and yes, it works.
     
    KingJabeyt, Mar 21, 2014 IP
  2. sonuparashar

    sonuparashar Greenhorn

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    #22
    I don't think there is any Google update related to Alt Tag. Alt tag is still working. Its very helpful to describe any image also helpful for keyword ranking.
     
    sonuparashar, Mar 21, 2014 IP
  3. patco

    patco Well-Known Member

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    #23
    Of course... This is maybe one of the best ways to boost your images ranking position (of course with many other factors!) ;)
     
    patco, Mar 21, 2014 IP
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    royalstar_23 Well-Known Member

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    #24
    Yes, ALT tag is still working like a charm.. I am using it since many years specially in wordpress and it is working fine for me.. Even while doing SBM i do make sure to add the ALT tag as my keyword..
     
    royalstar_23, Mar 22, 2014 IP
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    uand.eye Active Member

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    #25
    Alt tags work very well if you have good images. One of my sites gets a lot of traffic from image searches
     
    uand.eye, Mar 22, 2014 IP
  6. Times Lau

    Times Lau Active Member

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    #26
    As far as I know, YEs ! but don't do it much over
     
    Times Lau, Mar 25, 2014 IP
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    andymark Greenhorn

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    #27
    you can alt tag use in image your image is perfectly crawled in google server.
     
    andymark, Mar 28, 2014 IP
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    sampathneo Greenhorn

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    #28
    yup still working, you can use keywords & fresh description for alt tags
     
    sampathneo, Mar 28, 2014 IP
  9. vince wicks

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    #29
    You want to use alt attributes because it's not that hard to do and it still maters when it comes to high quality search engine optimization.
     
    vince wicks, Mar 28, 2014 IP
  10. sinip

    sinip Greenhorn

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    #30
    Working or not, ALT tags are MUST when it comes to making W3C compliant code.
     
    sinip, Mar 28, 2014 IP
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    #31
    To those who suggested it's not bad and those thinking similar, it can be bad.

    It can play a role in the algorithm Google uses when determining over optimization penalties of a page if it sees those alt tags stuffed with keywords. So when filling out the alt tag, which really isn't a "tag", but an attribution, do it properly and you will be fine.

    Aurelius
     
    Aurelius, Mar 29, 2014 IP
  12. randeepsingh

    randeepsingh Well-Known Member

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    #32
    Yes, it's a part of image optimization.
     
    randeepsingh, Mar 30, 2014 IP
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    meethi jain Active Member

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    #33
    Alt tag cloud are needed with the html/xhtml standards. It can be merely a bad strategy to never possibly be compliant.
     
    meethi jain, Mar 30, 2014 IP
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    #34
    Still use the alt tag.
     
    Smartlink Solutions, Mar 30, 2014 IP
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    khushboo rani Greenhorn

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    #35
    yes alt tag still usefull because if we put it in our site with image it helps search engine to crawl on image,which also generate traffics.
     
    khushboo rani, Apr 3, 2014 IP
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    #36
    Yes, alt tag is also part of the seo algorithm so you need to optimize all the images using alt tag.
     
    mannu, Apr 3, 2014 IP
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    #37
    Most definitely still a good idea - a picture may be worth a thousand words but search engines won't see any of them unless you tell them what they are!
     
    jacal1, Apr 3, 2014 IP
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    #38
    Yes, alt tag is an important factor in website optimization. It is basically an alternate text to an image so that spider can read your image section...
     
    Seo Joy, Apr 3, 2014 IP
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    #39
    Alt Tags are still Effective if you have Images on your site. Search Engine can't crawl images though alt tags tells SE that there is an "IMAGE" on this page
     
    ßläçk Péárl, Apr 3, 2014 IP
  20. sinip

    sinip Greenhorn

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    #40
    Actually, ALT tag should tell WHAT IS on the image. Google already knows that there's an image, but what's on it is different story altogether.
     
    sinip, Apr 3, 2014 IP