Do search engines index ALT text descriptions for JPEG and other image files?

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  1. #1
    hi every one,

    Do search engines index ALT text descriptions for JPEG and other image files?

    please clarify me

    Thanks in advance for reply
     
    coupons4save, Aug 27, 2009 IP
  2. FCM

    FCM Well-Known Member

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    #2
    I know they do for the "Image" search engine part. I also know they look around the image for keywords as well.
     
    FCM, Aug 27, 2009 IP
  3. Bohra

    Bohra Prominent Member

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    Yes thats how they index the images part the image name and the alt text
     
    Bohra, Aug 28, 2009 IP
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    mexabet Well-Known Member

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    They surely do, and using keyword-rich Alt description makes a big difference in image search.
     
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    tridentroofing Guest

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    They do but not all the time.......
     
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    newlogo Peon

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    #6
    ys search engine will crawl alt tag from image.
     
    newlogo, Aug 28, 2009 IP
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    I dont really know how to let the images be crawled by SE how to do it.?
     
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    You do it in your robots.txt by either allowing or disallowing it.
     
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