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| Subhead = Why Alt Text Matters for SEO and People | | Subhead = Why Alt Text Matters for SEO and People | ||
| − | | Bitly = http:// | + | | Bitly = http://www.aboutus.com/alt-text-helps-people-and-search-engines/ |
| Date = January 11, 2011 | | Date = January 11, 2011 | ||
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| − | <big>A picture may be worth a thousand words, but an image on your website won't be worth anything to search engines or a vision-impaired person if it doesn't have | + | <big>A picture may be worth a thousand words, but an image on your website won't be worth anything to search engines or a vision-impaired person if it doesn't have alt text.</big> |
| − | ==What is Alt Text?== | + | ''[http://www.aboutus.com/alt-text-helps-people-and-search-engines/ ... read more]'' |
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| + | <big>''Note: This article has been moved to our new blog at [http://www.aboutus.com/alt-text-helps-people-and-search-engines/ www.AboutUs.com/alt-text-helps-people-and-search-engines/].''</big> | ||
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[[Glossary/Alt-text|Alt text]] (short for "alternative text") gives people and search engines a way to "read" images or audio clips on a website. Technically speaking, alt text is the alt attribute of the image tag. Its code looks like this: | [[Glossary/Alt-text|Alt text]] (short for "alternative text") gives people and search engines a way to "read" images or audio clips on a website. Technically speaking, alt text is the alt attribute of the image tag. Its code looks like this: | ||
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| ShortBio = Kristina is a community manager for [[AboutUs.org]]. She talks with a lot of website owners who are trying to promote their business online. <small>Have a question? [[Kristina Weis#Contact_Kristina|Contact me]].</small> | | ShortBio = Kristina is a community manager for [[AboutUs.org]]. She talks with a lot of website owners who are trying to promote their business online. <small>Have a question? [[Kristina Weis#Contact_Kristina|Contact me]].</small> | ||
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A picture may be worth a thousand words, but an image on your website won't be worth anything to search engines or a vision-impaired person if it doesn't have alt text.
Note: This article has been moved to our new blog at www.AboutUs.com/alt-text-helps-people-and-search-engines/.