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Avatar Posted By: BrickMarketing 106 days ago
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Every now and then this little question raises its head and the same information seems to be broadcast. Search engine optimization for you images using the Alt - or using Titles? Problem is - it’s always from the Google perspective.
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from g1smd 106 days ago #
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Use alt text on images.  It is a required attribute.  The alt text is shown when the image fails to load or when image loading is turned off.  The alt attribute is required but the value can be blank (alt="")

The title attribute is more usually used with links.  The title text should pop-up on mouseover. 

The alt attribute text pops up on mouseover in IE, but that is a bug.  It is not the correct behaviour per HTML standards.  It is only the title text that should pop-up on mouseover. 


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