Comments on: The “Alt” Attribute http://www.sueblimely.com/the-alt-attribute/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:49:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: m @ Rap Battle http://www.sueblimely.com/the-alt-attribute/#comment-4458 m @ Rap Battle Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:25:41 +0000 http://www.sueblimely.com/the-alt-attribute/#comment-4458 The alt attribute is a kickass way to get search engines to index your images and build kw authority. The alt attribute is a kickass way to get search engines to index your images and build kw authority.

]]> By: Engineering Colleges http://www.sueblimely.com/the-alt-attribute/#comment-4376 Engineering Colleges Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:40:35 +0000 http://www.sueblimely.com/the-alt-attribute/#comment-4376 What really conserns me is that some web developers, due to the fatal mistake made by the IE dev's a few decades ago, thinks that alt is used to diplay tooltips not only on images, but all over the place. On form elements, links, you name it. I shit you not, I've seen it been done. Engineering Collegess last blog post..<a href="http://engineeringcollegesinmumbai.blogspot.com/2008/07/top-engineering-colleges-in-mumbai.html" rel="nofollow">Top Engineering Colleges in Mumbai</a> What really conserns me is that some web developers, due to the fatal mistake made by the IE dev’s a few decades ago, thinks that alt is used to diplay tooltips not only on images, but all over the place. On form elements, links, you name it. I shit you not, I’ve seen it been done.

Engineering Collegess last blog post..Top Engineering Colleges in Mumbai

]]> By: Simon@Free Vector Art http://www.sueblimely.com/the-alt-attribute/#comment-4040 Simon@Free Vector Art Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:36:48 +0000 http://www.sueblimely.com/the-alt-attribute/#comment-4040 I am a big fan of using the ALT tag on images to help push your key words for search engines. It also brings in extra traffic from google image search...which is well worth the little bit of extra effort it takes to add a line or two of code to your blog post. Cheers. Simons last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UberpigletMyspace/~3/325525546/" rel="nofollow">Free Terminator Vector Image</a> I am a big fan of using the ALT tag on images to help push your key words for search engines. It also brings in extra traffic from google image search…which is well worth the little bit of extra effort it takes to add a line or two of code to your blog post. Cheers.

Simons last blog post..Free Terminator Vector Image

]]> By: Levon@Garage Doors http://www.sueblimely.com/the-alt-attribute/#comment-3752 Levon@Garage Doors Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:22:39 +0000 http://www.sueblimely.com/the-alt-attribute/#comment-3752 Matt Cutts from Google recommends that you include the file extension in the ALT attribute because it makes it explicitly clear that it is alt text not page text. Matt Cutts from Google recommends that you include the file extension in the ALT attribute because it makes it explicitly clear that it is alt text not page text.

]]> By: Sueblimely http://www.sueblimely.com/the-alt-attribute/#comment-2957 Sueblimely Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:06:03 +0000 http://www.sueblimely.com/the-alt-attribute/#comment-2957 Thanks Stephen, glad someone does not think me bananas for including it :grin: Thanks Stephen, glad someone does not think me bananas for including it :grin:

]]> By: Stephen Cronin http://www.sueblimely.com/the-alt-attribute/#comment-2947 Stephen Cronin Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:56:41 +0000 http://www.sueblimely.com/the-alt-attribute/#comment-2947 Sue, Excellent article, spot on, but what really made me comment was the Flickr image. Fantastic! :grin: <em>Stephen Cronin's last blog post..<a href='http://www.scratch99.com/2008/03/creating-javascript-array-dynamically-from-php-array/' rel="nofollow">Creating A JavaScript Array Dynamically Via PHP</a></em> Sue,

Excellent article, spot on, but what really made me comment was the Flickr image. Fantastic! :grin:
Stephen Cronin’s last blog post..Creating A JavaScript Array Dynamically Via PHP

]]> By: Alt Text and Image Search | Dipping into the Blogpond http://www.sueblimely.com/the-alt-attribute/#comment-2509 Alt Text and Image Search | Dipping into the Blogpond Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:06:30 +0000 http://www.sueblimely.com/the-alt-attribute/#comment-2509 [...] The “Alt” Attribute - Sueblimely Does Image Search Traffic Convert? - Search Engine Journal What Matt Cutts has to say about Alt Text (Video embedded below - 3 minutes) [...] […] The “Alt” Attribute - Sueblimely Does Image Search Traffic Convert? - Search Engine Journal What Matt Cutts has to say about Alt Text (Video embedded below - 3 minutes) […]

]]> By: Blogosphere News 23 Feb | Blogging Sueblimely http://www.sueblimely.com/the-alt-attribute/#comment-2476 Blogosphere News 23 Feb | Blogging Sueblimely Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:20:58 +0000 http://www.sueblimely.com/the-alt-attribute/#comment-2476 [...] recently posted on how and why to use Alt tags. Blogging Mix has also published an article on the subject Blogging Tips - Importance Of Using ALT [...] […] recently posted on how and why to use Alt tags. Blogging Mix has also published an article on the subject Blogging Tips - Importance Of Using ALT […]

]]> By: mo http://www.sueblimely.com/the-alt-attribute/#comment-921 mo Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:52:43 +0000 http://www.sueblimely.com/the-alt-attribute/#comment-921 Hello - my first visit here - via Entrecard. I have been blogging for 2 years and this is the first sensible description of the "alt" attribute I've seen. Thanks for this info! cheers, mo @ <a href="http://www.morgenfiles.blogspot.com/" title="”It’s" rel="nofollow">It’s A Blog Eat Blog World</a> <em>mo's last blog post..<a href='http://morgenfiles.blogspot.com/2008/01/try-it-for-yourself.html' rel="nofollow">try it for yourself</a></em> Hello - my first visit here - via Entrecard.

I have been blogging for 2 years and this is the first sensible description of the “alt” attribute I’ve seen. Thanks for this info!

cheers,
mo @ It’s A Blog Eat Blog World

mo’s last blog post..try it for yourself

]]> By: My lucky number 13 - A blog about my life experiences http://www.sueblimely.com/the-alt-attribute/#comment-940 My lucky number 13 - A blog about my life experiences Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:42:06 +0000 http://www.sueblimely.com/the-alt-attribute/#comment-940 <!--%kramer-pre%--> Sueblimely (I don’t know if this is her name) wrote a great article aboutthe ALT attribute.<!--%kramer-post%--> links from Technorati Sueblimely (I don’t know if this is her name) wrote a great article aboutthe ALT attribute.

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