In a Google Office-hours hangout, Google’s John Mueller answered a question about how to use alt text for SEO. Along the way he dispelled the idea that there is a 16 word limitation on alt text and ...

Newsflash, Google's Martin Splitt said that "alt text is important for SEO too." I did ask him how important, but he would not disclose that information. Here is more of the context around this on ...

Image alt text is important for accessibility and beneficial for SEO. But if you have lots of images on your website, manually writing alt text for all of them will be time-consuming. This article is ...

One of the biggest problems digital marketers face is nuances to crafting high-quality SEO rich content. A great area of opportunity for marketers is their SEO alt text for images. We’ve all been to ...

Google's John Mueller said this morning on Twitter that if you want your images to rank in Google Image search, it is extremely helpful to Google if you add alt text to your images. The advice itself ...

Editor’s Note: Mueller clarified his earlier comments in response to a reader question on Twitter on March 26, adding that “Google sees alt-text as a part of the page (you can search for it and find ...

Alt text is a short written description of an image that describes the appearance, content and/or function of an image. Screen readers read the alt text aloud to website visitors, allowing them to ...

Having excellent content isn’t of much use if users can't locate it by searching. While there are no guarantees when it comes to SEO, implementing the following best practices may result in better ...

SEO’s love to write about HTML elements as a vital ranking signal, and as a part of any “perfectly” optimized page. To avoid possible confusion, this is not an HTML guide. Aleh Barysevich, Founder and ...

This is about as simple as it gets, but it really needs to be mentioned. Please, please, please do not name your images in a non-descriptive manner (e.g. q43fj8qs.jpg)! Likewise, don't leave your ...