Tips on using ALT Tags For Optimizing Image

March 27th, 2008 | by Ankit |

ALT Tag is an important factor while Optimizing Image for a web page. Here are few tips need to be taken while placing images into your web page.

  1. Use ALT Tags to label every image on your web page.
  2. Only use the most relevant keyword in ALT Tag to label your image.
  3. Do not add unrelated keywords in ALT Tags.
  4. Try not to make ALT Tag look like spam for search engines.
  5. Add keyword or phrase for important images.
  6. For other images like background images, spacers, dividing lines, table borders, and other images used for designing use alt=”” as the Alternate Text.
  7. Do not repeat keywords.
  8. ALT Text should be a sentence or phrase, instead of keywords separated by commas.

Tips to add Alternate Text to Images:

The correct way to use ALT Text is:

<img src=”images/ankit-rawat.jpg” alt=”ankit rawat” width=”140? height=”87? />

where ankit-rawat.jpg is the image name and “Ankit Rawat” is the ALT Tag added to the image so as to label it.

It is recommended to use ALT tag with every image of your web page.

Don’t name images as ar123.jpg or something like that … its good to have a correct name for image like .. ankit-rawat.jpg !!

Let me know if u have any kind of further doubt !!

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