What is Image Alt Text?

[cleanetic]

What is Image Alt Text?

[rscomponentseo]

Alt text or alternate 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 search engines understand what an image is about. Alternate text is also very helpful in case images on a page cannot be found.

[propertyseo]

“Alt text”, sometimes called an “alt tag”, is an important consideration for accessibility, but it can also have a positive impact on your site’s Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Even if most of your readers will never see this ‘hidden’ information, image alt text provides websites like Google with valuable data about your content, so it can be presented to the right searchers.

[sophiawils59]

The image alt text attribute is used in HTML to describe an image's content and function. Typically, visitors will not see this text unless the images are disabled or broken. If that happens, the alt text is shown inside the image boundaries.

[Prateektechnoso]

Image Alt Tag is the One of On Page Optimization which used helps Search Engine to Crawl and know about the Particular image details.

[dombowkett]

Alt text are used to optimize website images in on-page SEO optimization.

[nick0201]

ALT tags are used to describe the image or what the image is representing. One of the main purposes of ALT tags is for the benefit of visually impaired users who use screen readers when browsing. ALT tags are also used for those who surf the web with images turned off or users that have text only browsers.

[askmedigi2019]

Alt tag to help to improve seo Ranking

[Sherin]

The alt attribute provides an “alternative description” for the image.This text appears inside the image container when the image can not be displayed. It helps search engines understand what an image is about.

Under following conditions alt text will appear:
1) If the user is visually impaired, and is using a screen reader, the screen reader will read the alt description to the user.
2) Some users prefer to surf the web with images turned off (to save bandwidth or to minimize distraction). These users will normally see the alt description instead of the image.
3) If an image fails to load for any reason (bad file name, connection problems), the user will usually see the alt description in place of the image.

[ellenwilson]

Alt tag to help to improve SEO Ranking

Not only SEO ranking. This alt text also helps to understand the search engine that what image is about.

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[naazaniqua]

Alt text is written copies that appear in the image on the web page if the image fails to load on the user's screen. This text helps screen-reading tool describe images for visually impaired readers and allows search engines better crawl and rank your website.

[Wellbet]

Alt texts helps crawlers/bots to define what your images are all about. Some also say that it can help you rank on Google's image search.

[smithmary01]

Alt Text(alternative text) as a known as "alt attributes" and "alt description" are used in html code to describe the appearance and function of an image on a page. ALT tag also play important role of SEO. It helps search engines understand what an image is about.

[ropoint]

Thanks for sharing useful information.

[RHaris]

Alternate text (Alt text) is a text description that can be added to an picture's HTML tag on a Web page. It is used when the image in the Web page can't be displayed, in which case the Alt text is shown instead. It is also displayed when a user mouses over the image.

[jayam]

Alternate text (Alt text) is a text description that can be added to an image's HTML tag on a Web page. It is used when the image in the Web page cannot be displayed, in which case the Alt text is shown instead. It is also displayed when a user mouses over the image.

[RosieYingling]

Alt text or alternative text is an attribute added to a picture tag in HTML. This text appears within the picture container once the image cannot be displayed. It helps search engines know what an picture is all about. Alternative text is also very valuable in the event pictures on a page can't be found.

[GeethaN]

Text that’s read aloud be screen readers for the blind, to tell a blind person what the picture shows. The alt is short for “alternate” (the spoken text as the alternative to seeing the picture).

[beingnaive]

Alternative text that can be shown if incase image is not available or not getting loaded.
Its an HTML tag, and ideally you should always provide an alt text hen using <IMG> tag in your HTML.

[jayam]

Image Alt Text is which appears as a text instead of image when it is corrupted or affected in your web page. we use Image Alt Text in image tag of HTML.

[yuva12]

Alt text or alternate 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 search engines understand what an image is about. Alternate text is also very helpful in case images on a page cannot be found.

[ravikiran]

Also called "alt tags" and "alt descriptions," alt text is the written copy that appears in place of an image on a webpage if the image fails to load on a user's screen. This text helps screen-reading tools describe images to visually impaired readers and allows search engines to better crawl and rank your website.

[harrywilson89]

A large amount of web content consists of images however not many website owners optimize their images for speed or better search rankings.

[pihu147741]

Alt text or alternate 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 search engines understand what an image is about. Alternate text is also very helpful in case images on a page cannot be found

[Jessicad0505]

Image alt text is the process of assigning alternate text to the image, which helps search engine to crawl based on image alt text keyword.

[vashilove]

Alt text or alternate 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.

[foodeez]

Giving Name for the image is called Alt text which is mainly used for Keyword ranking

[ritesh3592]

Enough answers are given, I think now @op should close the thread.

[yuva12]

An alt tag, also known as "alt attribute" and "alt description," is an HTML attribute applied to image tags to provide a text alternative for search engines. Applying images to alt tags such as product photos can positively impact an ecommerce store's search engine rankings.

[canadapr]

Alt Text or Alternate Text is an attribute which is added to image tag in HTML. It is used when the image in the Web page cannot be displayed, This text is displayed when a user mouses over the image.

[GeethaN]

Image Alt text is a short form of alternate text. As the name suggests it is an alternate textual content for the images on any web-page. It serves 3 purposes Help visually impaired people to understand webpages in better manner.

[jayam]

Alt text or alternate 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 search engines understand what an image is about. Alternate text is also very helpful in case images on a page cannot be found.