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The Proper Use of Alt Tags for Images

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Article Overview: Alt tags are a specific text that's used when images aren't showing on a website. If a visitor comes to your site and the image isn't able to be shown, then it's critical to have your keyword assigned as the alt text so that users know what content is being displayed.

The Proper Use of Alt Tags for Images

Alt tags are a specific text that's used when images aren't showing on a website. If a visitor comes to your site and the image isn't able to be shown, then it's critical to have your keyword assigned as the alt text so that users know what content is being displayed. 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:

*Locate your image in the html box and look for the script that says alt=" ". You want to make sure that you input your keyword for the alt image in between the quotes.

Adding Alt Image Tags to Images in Wordpress:

*Locate the upload/insert header icon in your Wordpress back office and the first box to the right will prompt you to be able to upload images.

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 to enter your alt tags when uploading your picture, don't worry. You can manually input it under the html tab in Wordpress.

Alternate tags are just one of the major factors to proper on-page seo.

Other important on-page Search Engine Optimization factors include:

*Keyword in description, keyword in url, keyword in title, keyword in header tag, internal links with in your site, proper site font decoration, and proper use of alt image tags.

Even though on-page seo is important, off-page seo is just as important.

Important off-page seo factors include:

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

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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