What is Image Alt Text? And how to use it?

[Houdini]

Please share your knowledge
I need to know What is Image Alt Text? And what is advantage of it?

 

[RH-Calvin]

Search engines cannot read images directly on a webpage. Alt text is used with to define images in the source to help search engine spiders crawl and know about your webpage images. These tags are helpful to rank your images higher in search results.

 

[ecartproduct]

Alt text (alternative text), also known as "alt attributes", “alt descriptions,” and colloquially but technically incorrectly as "alt tags,” are used within an HTML code to describe the appearance and function of an image on a page.

Alt text uses:

1. Adding alternative text to photos is first and foremost a principle of web accessibility. Visually impaired users using screen readers will be read an alt attribute to better understand an on-page image.

2. Alt tags will be displayed in place of an image if an image file cannot be loaded.

3. Alt tags provide better image context/descriptions to search engine crawlers, helping them to index an image properly.

 

[arindamdutta16]

The alt tag is an attribute of the image tag and is meant to be an alternative for non-visual browsers when they come across images. This means, that the text is meant to be used when the image is not visible on the page. Instead, what is displayed is the alternative text.

 

[Houdini]

The image alt text is an attribute added to an image tag in HTML. This text appears inside the image container when the image can not be displayed. It helps the search engines understand what the image is. Text replacement is also useful in cases where images can not be found on the page.

 

[Vineeta]

Alt text is text associated with an image that some browsers display instead of the image. Search engines use it to identify the content.

 

[techrev]

Let's imagine! Google at the moment can not read image content well and also wasting time and resource. Instead of that Google read image alt tag, so the value make sense if your site have images that describe site content, Google read it and understand the meaning of these images.

 

[sam657]

Use keywords with dashes in your alt tag. Use 1,2 keywords of your business.

 

[Sophia]

To add alt text to an image in a Gallery Block :
1.Double-click the Gallery Block or click Edit.
2.Find the image to edit, hover over it, and click the .
3.Add alt text to the Image Title box.
4.Click Save.

 

[auraiyaitsolutions]

We add alt tag in our website to optimize its images.

 

[Sophia]

To add alt text to an image in a Gallery Block :
1.Double-click the Gallery Block or click Edit.
2.Find the image to edit, hover over it, and click the .
3.Add alt text to the Image Title box.
4.Click Save.

 

[jackar56]

image alt tag is very important tag for any website for better ranking.

 

[zorbee]

It helps search engines understand what an image is about. Alternate text is also very helpful in case images on a page cannot be found. Image title is another attribute that can be added to the image tag in HTML. It is used to provide a title for your image.