alt tag

India
October 20, 2006 4:49am CST
what is alt tag used in a website? is it a good means for a site to get page rank in search engine? what is the significance of this tag in a website?
2 responses
@andrew01 (59)
• United States
25 Dec 06
Alt tag its just helps to the search engines spider more to understand about what is picture, cause spiders cant see pictures and understand what is in it..its just little thing which is positive to your websites seo..If you want to learn something useful..I will recomend [how I always do:-)] visit my blod special dedicated to the most power free seo ebook on the internet, where you will be able to read more about it..and even download www.freeseobook.blogspot.com
• India
21 Dec 06
There are contradictory opinions about using ALT tag extensively. However Using ALT tag moderately is a good thing, SEO wise, and for certain type of users it is a boon. 1) The users who turn off “show picture” option in advanced internet options in window will understand what an image stand for example an image button. 2) Visually impaired people who use Narrator text-to-speech program (If I am wrong someone please correct me here). But for the speech program to function properly you have to code your site compatible with latest CSS. To see some of the conventional methods of Search Engine Optimization, go to India Mart web site and see the sites they have developed, the methods they use are not the most modern but are foolproof. For more up to date SEO techniques search for sites of well-known designers, but the problem with these are that some of the techniques may not work or effect negatively as they themselves are constantly learning though their site.