Alt tag not working ??

Hi

Ive added the alt tag to my blog post HTML but when I scroll over my image link I cant see the alt text, but rather the actual website link the image directs to.

The HTML is as follows:

<a href="http(web address)><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0NSxf_2q-QI/TuuIMM1e9PI/AAAAAAAAABg/b5G5ameqzEE/s1600/sign+up+nw.png" alt="Sign Up" /></a>&nbsp;

Why isnt the alt text showing up?

Thanks

nim3

 

I believe that this will happen when the image is contained inside an a anchor, just like how if you try to 'drag' the image off your page, most browsers will select a link instead of the image itself. The alt text is still being read (e.g., by crawlers), even if it doesn't appear when you hover on the image.

 

The alt text won't show up if you have an image present.

 

the alt text is only shown when the image url is either pointing to the wrong file or when the image is unavailable. If you want something to show up when you hover then you should google image hovers in blogspot

 

What you're looking for is the title tag.

<a href="whatever.com" title="click it!">text</a>

 

Alt tag is only working when your image is unavailable.