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ALT text
(ALTernate text) On a Web page, a text description that can be added to the HTML tag that displays an image. The ALT text is displayed by the browser when the cursor is moved over the picture. If pictures are turned off in the browser, the ALT text is automatically displayed instead.


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Image tags use the alt attribute to configure alternate text to display if the browser or user agent does not support images If graphics and/or media is used to convey meaning, the alternate text equivalent of the content is provided Captions are provided for each audio or video file used Use attributes designed to improve accessibility such as title and summary when appropriate Use the id and headers attributes to improve the accessibility of table data.
To avoid spamming, never remove the actual graphic description from the ALT attributes & do not plant your key phrase into more than the first 3 ALT image & then perhaps the last one as well.
 
 
 
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