Can somebody please help me invent a device or software so that whenever anybody talks about <alt>tags</alt> they get an electric shock through their keyboard?
The advice actually isn't as bad as you might think. You should be filling in the alt attribute, though mainly for people who are using screen readers. There's nothing wrong with getting a keyword in there if you can. It's trying to overstuff keywords in the attribute that's a bad idea.
I think the entire list was written a year or two ago so some of what's in there possibly was true or more important than it might be now. Overall the list of ranking factors isn't too bad.
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I put a lot into my alt attributes, sometimes most of a paragraph. Not to get credit for different keywords, but if you look at the page with images turned off, I like to use some of the space it would have taken up to explain what would be there, if ... I don't think blind people will have much interest in my site, but someone on a slow connection might.
Search engines seem to be trying to guess at the intent behind a query, so just being descriptive is better than trying to get a particular handful of keywords in there.
Forrest, there's a longdesc image attribute for just such a purpose. Screen readers can pull through those, and anything that doesn't need them doesn't have to download them.
As far as the article goes, it's not that bad, but one particular sentence killed it for me:
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Yes, this might get you some more traffic but having spelling mistakes on your site does not make a good impression, so you'd better don't do it, or do it only in the metatags.
Apparently it are am is okay to using bad grammar, but you'd better don't misspell words!
Paragraphs in Alt tags! I guess it's not for that. Alt tags are for images. Those who are visually impaired can't see the images and hear bumps while surfing your site. Hence, for the accessibility purpose we should/must use Alt Tags. Anyway, anything excessive is dangerous in SEO. Keep everything in moderation. You will not have to worry about anything in longer run.
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Paragraphs in Alt tags! I guess it's not for that. Alt tags are for images. Those who are visually impaired can't see the images and hear bumps while surfing your site. Hence, for the accessibility purpose we should/must use Alt Tags. Anyway, anything excessive is dangerous in SEO. Keep everything in moderation. You will not have to worry about anything in longer run.
(Alt) - alternate Tag (Attribute): alt="alternate text if image does not appear"
Sequence example: <img src="yoursite.com/folder/img.gif" height="dimension goes here" width="dimension goes here" alt="alternate text if image does not appear">
Do I think that the above (Alt) Alternate Tag is a proper name for the attribute? Sure, why not, it seems to be fitting for what its use & purpose is for, However I may call it a "(Alt) Alternate attribute" rather than a "(Alt) Alternate tag", but hey... to each their own.
However I may call it a "(Alt) Alternate attribute" rather than a "(Alt) Alternate tag", but hey... to each their own.
And you would be wrong
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So me calling it an (alt) Alternate Attribute is wrong?
Could you please provide the correct answer to add to my research?
No, calling an attribute a tag is what's wrong. Just like calling an attribute a tag would be wrong. <colspan=2>We name these <alt>things so</alt> we can talk about them and know what people mean.</colspan>
