When to Add Alt Tags

By James Lynch


Alt tags are used to specify alternative text (alt text) when images are not able to be shown on a website. So if a reader comes to your site and your image isn't displayed, then it's important to have your keyword assigned as the alt text to show the content that's being displayed.

There are a lot people that surf the internet that have text-only browsers and have their graphics turned off. That's why it's important to assign an alt tag to your images so that these users will know what your content is about. Assigning alt text is especially important to those who are visually impaired.

Adding an Alt Image to Html:

*Search for your image in the html tab and locate the code that says alt=" ". You need to insert your keyword for the alt image in between the quotes.

Adding Alt Image Tags to Images in Wordpress:

*In your Wordpress back office you'll notice an icon that says upload/insert and this is where you'll be able to upload an image.

Important: When you upload images from your computer to Wordpress, it's important to insert your alt tag in the box that says "Alternate Text."

You can manually input alt tags under the html tab in Wordpress if you forget to do it when uploading your picture.

Alternate tags are just one of the major factors to proper on-page seo.

Other important on-page Search Engine Optimization factors include:

*Internal links with in your site, proper site font decoration, proper use of alt image tags, keyword in description, keyword in url, keyword in title, and keyword in header tag.

Even though on-page seo is important, off-page seo is just as important.

Important off-page seo factors include:

*Google index count, page backlinks, domain backlinks, .edu/.gov backlinks, DMOZ directory listing, Yahoo directory listing, domain age, and page rank.

Just missing one of these steps above could mean the difference between your content showing on the first page of the search engines or never showing at all. It's important to realize that both off-page and on-page seo plays an important role in achieving top search engine rankings.




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