Difference between alt and title attribute for images

hi,

Can anybody tell me which is best attribute for image on the page for seo purpose?? should i use 'title' or 'alt' attribute for image optimization???

Thanks in advance

 

ALT attribute would be better for image optimization.

 

Alt attributes always helps in the optimizations of images.
So Alt is more important from SEO point of view.

 

seem to recall that the 'title' shows when you hold your mouse over the image... alt is in case the browser type isnt displaying images...

 

Is there any reason not to use both Title and Alt?

 

No we do

title is great to allow additional information to your user when they mouse over a link or image. You can use title in <a href as will as <img src=

alt is great for search engines that crawl your site

I do this

<img src="images/social-submission-linksprocket.gif" title="Why dont you add your site?" alt="Social Submission" />

Additonal SEO can be gained but not overusing or overpacking the name of the image with some keywords. Dont over use it.

Hope this helps