Is there any use of alt tags these days from promotion point of view. I donnt thing google these days reads the alt tags at all...
i had some sales coming from google images search, and i thing alt tags are important for image search on google.
I think people generally think they are used to some extent. When in doubt, just think, "would it hurt me to do it?" If the answer is no, why not try it?
1) Descriptive alt tags are appreciated by the disabled but Google gives minor credit for the tag. Caution: do not place www-website addresses in alt or over stuff with KWD’s. As far as Google images are concerned, it is the surrounding text of the picture and not the alt that lay's weight to the pic. D