Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Adding Alt Tags to Images

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.


How to Add Alt Tags



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.

How to Add Alt Image Tags 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.

How to Add Alt Image Tags in Your Wordpress Back Office:

*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."

*If you forget, don't worry. You can also manually input alt tags under the html tab in Wordpress.

Alternate tags are just one of the important steps to proper on-page seo.

Some of the other important on-page seo 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 search engine optimization factors include:

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

If you miss out on just one of the steps above then you just may miss out on achieving first page search engine rankings. Both on-page and off-page seo play an important role towards getting your content on the first page of Google.




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