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Why alt tag

So many times when people talk about web site accessibility and SEO, one of the main things mentioned is to make sure all of your images have an ‘alt tag’ to provide descriptive text for screen readers and search engines. Even Google says this in their Webmaster Help Center, in the Webmaster Guidelines and the How can I create a Google-friendly site sections. Of course what they mean is alt attribute. What I hope this site can do is clarify some of the confusion with web development, and maybe present some new ideas and techniques. Thoughts and ideas are welcomed.

February 6th 2007

2 Responses to “Why alt tag”

  1. On February 6th, 2007 at 10:17 am, Devon said:

    I certainly hope, at the very least, that this site gets people to stop saying “alt tag” unless there actually is one someday.

  2. On May 6th, 2007 at 5:40 pm, Boris Khodorkovsky (Netocrat Communications) said:

    Thank you Alan, for a great article of yours at «A List Apart»:
    http://alistapart.com/articles/multicolumnlayouts

    I was looking for a simpler solution for redesigning clients tabeled website with DIVs, and I found it.

    Thank you.

    P.S.: ALT+TITLE attributes are one of the Ten Testaments of usability and SE-friendly webdesign techniques I always follow.

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