TItle Tags vs ALT tags?

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A question I have had about image tags for quite sometime...


If I titled all my pics, is a variation of keywords in the ALT field really going to do much? This is a WP site.
#search engine optimization #alt #tags #title
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    Image title tags do not show on the google cache (text version), alt tag text does show on the cache text version.

    I can easily get image alt text to show in a SERP description, image title text has never shown in the SERP description.

    So... my advice is use the alt text for SEO.
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  • Yes yukon has it spot on. Title text is the text that shows up when you hover on the image - the Alt text is "alternative information" for those that have images disabled in their browsers. Even though Search engines can see both, Google officially confirmed that it focuses on alt text when understanding what an image is about.

    http://googlewebmastercentral.blogsp...s-smartly.html
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    • Not in 2016. That was a waste of what the alt was for, and browsers have choked that useless bit off.

      The alt tag was for other reasons, and now without the hover, it should serve its purpose.

      Hardly.

      The alt was always for exactly what the image was, not keyword stuffing.

      In addition to alt, I would recommend using a descriptive url that also
      describes the image. If google does not like your other shtuff, they
      may use the file as its name.

      Yukon, if you are still in this thread, what about figure, caption, etc?
      Useless?

      Paul
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  • alt tags are the name of image
    tittle tags are the name of post
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      Alt-text is the plain text that replaces an image in a text only browser or cache. The file name of an image can be totally different than the alt-text.

      An HTML title attribute can also be added to a hyperlink, it's not a page <title> for the entire webpage. Those are two totally different things.
  • I used to run a Facebook cover site. Alt was great for Google. Don't forget the actual file name of the image for example 'new-years-2016-wallpaper.jpg' this was quite important just like the alt tag. I suggest you to use keywords and be specific with alt along with the image file name.

    Wish you the best!
  • To use more Alt tags in each blog posts, we should use more than one image in blog posts. I have seen that the posts that have many images with alt tags in them are more easily searchable. They get quickly indexed and it's good for your blog, but you must well optimize your images otherwise your blog might get negative impact for being heavy (recently the loading time/speed has also become an SEO factor)
  • Using alt tags for images helps Google to understand what each image is all about. It will use that information when displaying your images tin Google Image results.
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