What is ALT text for images?

[Mithzi Rai]

Alt Text - Alternative Text

Google doesnt read the images thats why we have to provide the alt text for images in SEO.

[nancy07]

ALT Tag is the tag which is used while adding an image to the website, and the tag contains the information about the image which denotes search engine what the image is.

[godwin]

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

[vinithaeka]

Hover over the product and click Edit.
Find the image to edit, hover over it, and click .
Add alt text to the Image Title field. If you don't add an image title, the product title becomes alt text.
Click Save.