Why do you need alt text on your images?

[parmodshastri]

Hlo Friends,
Why do you need alt text on your images?

 

[arjun]

The alt text helps them figure out what the images are all about.

 

[Raman]

if a page doesn't load for some reason, people can still find out what the image is by reading the alt text.

 

[Preeju M S]

Alt text (alternative text), also known as "alt attributes", “alt descriptions,” and 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.

 

[chiragm984]

Alt tags are simply used for search engines. When search engines crawl your website they use the alt tags to better understand the content of your website so that they can properly index it within the ranks of their search results.

 

[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.

 

[dombowkett]

We add Alt tags to website images to optimize them in on-page SEO.

 

[rajdeep]

The most important parts of Image SEO optimization are the image filename and the alt tag on your page. Properly optimizing images involves using the "Alt" attribute when adding images to your site. Basically Google Crawlers cannot read images, so you add the "Alt" attribute to tell these crawlers what it is.

 

[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.

 

[amar495]

It not only tells search engine what the image is about, it also helps screen readers by reading out the text so that they can understand the contents of the site.