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Alt Text help

by CatherineMay
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Here late at night I'm trying to figure out something I should have learned a long time ago, which is including alt text for images.

I've spent a good bit of time googling this topic but get really confused by all the variations.

I have a site with Amazon product images that have my affiliate ID embedded in the link.

So for the the alt text, do I simply have <img scr="http://the url link of the image with my ID/" alt"="whatever text I want/">?

Or what?

Catherine
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  • Profile picture of the author Bryan V
    Use:

    <img src="http://imgurl.com/img.jpg" alt="description of the image">

    I try to use variations of the keyword targeted in the alt text, so that not all my images have the same alt text. It looks more natural, and less like keyword stuffing.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ian Varnava
    Originally Posted by CatherineMay View Post

    Here late at night I'm trying to figure out something I should have learned a long time ago, which is including alt text for images.

    I've spent a good bit of time googling this topic but get really confused by all the variations.

    I have a site with Amazon product images that have my affiliate ID embedded in the link.

    So for the the alt text, do I simply have <img scr="http://the url link of the image with my ID/" alt"="whatever text I want/">?

    Or what?

    Catherine
    I think here's what you're trying to do, or at least should be trying to do:

    HTML Code:
    <a href="youramazonaffiliatelink.com/" target="_top">
<img src="http://imagesourceurlhere.com/image.jpg" width="200" height="261" border="2" alt="Descriptive Keyword Text" /> </a>
    Of course the attributes such as target, width/height/border etc can be changed.
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    • Profile picture of the author CatherineMay
      I appreciate the above two replies.

      But the second person who answered has directions that include the dimensions of the image.

      Is this or is this not necessary?
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      • Profile picture of the author eguynth
        Originally Posted by CatherineMay View Post

        I appreciate the above two replies.

        But the second person who answered has directions that include the dimensions of the image.

        Is this or is this not necessary?
        Those attributes can be changed. It was just an example what you can do with an image.
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  • Profile picture of the author logoonlinepros1
    Alt text is very important which help out to see your site images on search engine image session.
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    • Profile picture of the author Logo Design
      Originally Posted by logoonlinepros1 View Post

      Alt text is very important which help out to see your site images on search engine image session.
      I totally agree with you
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