My wordpress allows me to add "title" and "caption" to images that I
insert (The "caption" is alt tag) Both show up in the code for the
photo.
Are both of the important ?
Also, does the inclusion of images affect overall SEO? (aside from
Google image search.) If they are beneficial, when to you see a point
of diminishing returns.
Also, I have been told that too many images on the home page can have
an adverse effect.
I realize that everyone on this forum is volunteering their time, so I
don't want to be wasteful of it.
Actually, I did wade through the search results, and the only
consensus I saw was that alt tags are useful... I did not find
anything about the use of "title" images. Also, I am not seeing
anything about over-use of images on the front page, etc.
Then, again, I frequently can't find my shoes in the morning, either.
Also, ProBlogger says that alt tags should have hyphens between the
words. I haven't noticed anyone else doing that. Is it worthwhile to
go back and do all of those images?
> I realize that everyone on this forum is volunteering their time, so I
> don't want to be wasteful of it.
> Actually, I did wade through the search results, and the only
> consensus I saw was that alt tags are useful... I did not find
> anything about the use of "title" images. Also, I am not seeing
> anything about over-use of images on the front page, etc.
> Then, again, I frequently can't find my shoes in the morning, either.
> Kermiot
> On Jun 23, 9:59 am, Autocrat wrote:
> > Not being funny... did you try doing a search here on it (top
> > right) ... ?
> > This thign crops up around once every 2 weeks... and various comments/
> > references/ideas/links have been mentioned.
No idea... as mentioned in a few of the other topics... Images and the
SEO benefits are a little 'unknown' ...
It''s more a case of 'do them with the aim of being useful/informative
and hoping there may be seo benefits :)
As for the hyphens... never heard of that before... and no matter how
I think about it... I'm not seeing any logical reason behind it.
> Also, ProBlogger says that alt tags should have hyphens between the
> words. I haven't noticed anyone else doing that. Is it worthwhile to
> go back and do all of those images?
Nonsense. Alt text should be human readable text.
It's file names in general (so that includes names of image files)
that should not have blanks in them so using hyphens or underscores
would help. It's a strong recommendation, not a requirement.
> > I realize that everyone on this forum is volunteering their time, so I
> > don't want to be wasteful of it.
> > Actually, I did wade through the search results, and the only
> > consensus I saw was that alt tags are useful... I did not find
> > anything about the use of "title" images. Also, I am not seeing
> > anything about over-use of images on the front page, etc.
> > Then, again, I frequently can't find my shoes in the morning, either.
> > Kermiot
> > On Jun 23, 9:59 am, Autocrat wrote:
> > > Not being funny... did you try doing a search here on it (top
> > > right) ... ?
> > > This thign crops up around once every 2 weeks... and various comments/
> > > references/ideas/links have been mentioned.
> > > Maybe start with that/those?- Hide quoted text -
webado brings up an excellent point that alt attribute text should be
human readable text. The alt attribute specifies text that is
rendered when an element, such as an image, cannot be loaded. This is
especially useful for users accessing sites with a screen reader, a
mobile phone, or a low bandwidth connection where disabling images
decreases load time. If your alt attribute is full of hyphens, ask
yourself if that would be readable or useful for your users. The same
thing applies to the amount of images on your home page.
Concerning your question about title attributes, Googlebot generally
concentrates on the information provided in the alt attribute, so feel
free to complement the alt attribute with the title attribute if it
provides value for your users. For more information, check out a
video of Matt Cutts talking about smart uses of alt attributes:
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2007/12/using-alt-attribut...
> > Also, ProBlogger says that alt tags should have hyphens between the
> > words. I haven't noticed anyone else doing that. Is it worthwhile to
> > go back and do all of those images?
> Nonsense. Alt text should be human readable text.
> It's file names in general (so that includes names of image files)
> that should not have blanks in them so using hyphens or underscores
> would help. It's a strong recommendation, not a requirement.
> > On Jun 23, 12:55 pm, kermit wrote:
> > > Well, it was a little funny..
> > > I realize that everyone on this forum is volunteering their time, so I
> > > don't want to be wasteful of it.
> > > Actually, I did wade through the search results, and the only
> > > consensus I saw was that alt tags are useful... I did not find
> > > anything about the use of "title" images. Also, I am not seeing
> > > anything about over-use of images on the front page, etc.
> > > Then, again, I frequently can't find my shoes in the morning, either.
> > > Kermiot
> > > On Jun 23, 9:59 am, Autocrat wrote:
> > > > Not being funny... did you try doing a search here on it (top
> > > > right) ... ?
> > > > This thign crops up around once every 2 weeks... and various comments/
> > > > references/ideas/links have been mentioned.
> > > > Maybe start with that/those?- Hide quoted text -
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