ALT tags ?

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  1. #1
    How do I add ALT tags to some images on my website ?
     
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  2. SEMSpot

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    #2
    <img src=imagename.jpg" alt="your alt text here">

    Do not spam your keywords in your alt tags by repeating several words over and over.
     
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    #3
    he is right avoid link farming as possible...
     
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  4. johnson36

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    #4
    $sitepicture1 = "sal11.jpg";

    how would this be with Salvation Helicopter as ALT tag

    ?
     
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    #5
    <img src="sal11.jpg" alt="salvation helicopter"> but it would still be better if you'll be using your keyword as your file name
    but it will be fine...
     
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  6. Alexander the Great

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    There's no such thing as an <alt>alt tag</alt>!
     
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    #7
    thanks ill try that
     
    johnson36, Oct 22, 2007 IP
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    #8

    I think link farming is a different thing, are you referring to keyword stuffing?
    just confuse
     
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    FOR GOD 's SAKE!!! there's no such thing as "alt tags"!!!!

    alt attribute from img tag only lets the bots reads those images. that's it. just to read those images.
     
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  10. mhaye_01

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    #10
    alt is an attribute of <img> tag.. It uses to add text that describes the image, since SEs can't read image.

    For your information using alt attribute is part of on page optimization...
     
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    I know that. That's why I said it is used for the bots to read images. What else is the purpose of alt attribute?
     
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    The alt attribute is commonly, but incorrectly, referred to as an image's "alt tag". It is not intended to provide "pop up" text or tooltips when a user's mouse hovers over the image, though alt text has historically been presented in this way in some web browsers....

    The main purpose of alt attribute is the SE read the image as the text when there is alt attribute...It also help in SERPs somewhat...
     
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    #13

    yeah yeah right my bad...
     
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    Uh, blind people and screen readers are more the intended users of alt attributes than SEOs.
     
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    I just explain it again dear and what I'm really pointing is its part of on-page and it has relevance in some ways.. Your post simply emphasize that it has nothing to do at all.. "just"
     
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    He is right though. Alt attributes are used to identify the image for those who cannot see them. The only impact this has on SEO is that search enigne spiders happen to fall into that group and thereby rely on the alt attribute as well as the surrounding content to determine what the image is and how relevant it is to the keywords being searched for.
     
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    this works
     
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