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jengoggtim
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Alt Tags For Endcaps? - 2/17/2009 16:20:49
I'm using three different endcap images on my site. Two of the images are always used for the same purpose and would have the same alt tag. The third image is used with some H2 tags (1-3 on many pages). Should endcap images have an atl tag? If so, seo-wise is it okay if one of these images has a different alt tag each time it is used (the alt tag would be a repetition of the H2 tag). For example, if the H2 tag is "Bamboo Polo Shirts' then the alt tag would also be " Bamboo Polo Shirts". Thanks!
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d a v e
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RE: Alt Tags For Endcaps? - 2/17/2009 16:38:13
if the end cap simply repeats the the adjacent heading then use blank alt text on the end cap :
alt=" "
the alt tag isn't needed for simply decorative images, unless they have some purpose that would be missing without it. having a screen reader read "Bamboo Polo Shirts" twice is pointless.
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RE: Alt Tags For Endcaps? - 2/18/2009 4:18:46
yes, David is right....:)
use alt tag for describing your images, not just for getting benefit of SEO.
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jengoggtim
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RE: Alt Tags For Endcaps? - 2/18/2009 13:14:03
So the code would look like this?
<img alt="" src="images/endcap1.jpg" width="37" height="34" />
The page will validate even though an alt tag is missing?
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