Google's John Mueller said on Twitter that text within an image's alt attribute is generally seen as text "as a part of the page where the image is embedded." If that text is within an H1 tag, then ...
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 ...
Gary Illyes from Google said that it is "sorta ok" to remove alt attributes from images only when if there is relevant text around the image that helps describe the image. But I wouldn't remove the ...
AJ Wilcox reminds us not to ignore image alt attributes. They are easy to forget, he writes, but important for those searching in engines for information -- especially for the visually impaired. The ...
The topic of images vs. HTML for displaying chart data came up during a recent Google Webmaster Central hangout with John Mueller. Google’s John Mueller speaks on whether it’s okay to publish charts ...