Alt Tag

[David Anderson]

Hi Everyone ,

What is alt tag and how we use this for SEO purpose?

[JJMcClure]

Allow me to be the first, but surely not the last, to say that the Alternative Description Attribute is not a Tag.

Aside from that, I'm looking for the 'Fluff thread' button again....

[TechnoBear]

Hi,
... alt tags are used to tell google what exactly it is

No, alt text is used to tell human visitors what the image is, if they are unable to view it, for whatever reason. This could be because they are a blind visitor using assistive technology, somebody using a text-only browser or because the image has failed to download for some reason. Yes, the search engines can also read and make use of this text, but that is not its main purpose and it should not be written from that perspective.

[barrybowen1]

ALT tag we use on images, we put our websites keywords as ALT tag on images so google can read and give value to the websites.. ALT tag very important in SEO and helpful to promote our websites in search engines.

[Stevie D]

1. There is no such thing as an "alt tag".

2. "Alt text" is nothing to do with SEO, and does not belong in this forum.

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