Long ALT attribute of an image

Discussion in 'Google' started by coolcow, Jun 4, 2009.

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    Do Google index long ALT attribute of an image ... or only a portion of it ? e.g.

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    Thx...
     
    coolcow, Jun 4, 2009 IP
  2. YaadZi

    YaadZi Peon

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    ALT tags are supposed to be concised. Yours is well too long.
     
    YaadZi, Jun 4, 2009 IP
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    coolseo36 Well-Known Member

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    NO, they don't index alt text...it is used to tell the Google, what the image is all about....having keywords in alt text helps in ranking of that particular page for those keywords....so rather than making it, way too long...only use ur targeted keywords in it

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    coolseo36, Jun 5, 2009 IP
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    Whenever someone searches on google for images, ALT attrib. says the google to show the images that are relevant to your ALT tag.
     
    kandyan, Jun 5, 2009 IP
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    vansterdam Notable Member

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    I personally think this is a bad practice to have such a long alt text. Google could consider that keyword stuffing. Try to limit the alt text to a short phrase. The more words are in the alt text, the more your target keywords get diluted.
     
    vansterdam, Jun 5, 2009 IP