Comments on: Image Search Optimization Tips http://zero2heroblogger.com/2009/08/image-search-optimization/ Experiments In Blogging, Marketing, and Social Media Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:44:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Zero 2 Hero | All Traffic Was Not Created Equal http://zero2heroblogger.com/2009/08/image-search-optimization/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Zero 2 Hero | All Traffic Was Not Created Equal Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:10:52 +0000 http://zero2heroblogger.com/?p=935#comment-153 [...] I’ve written about image search optimization. Not too long ago I began to reap the benefits of tediously setting up images across all my sites a [...] [...] I’ve written about image search optimization. Not too long ago I began to reap the benefits of tediously setting up images across all my sites a [...]

]]> By: Rob O. http://zero2heroblogger.com/2009/08/image-search-optimization/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Rob O. Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:10:58 +0000 http://zero2heroblogger.com/?p=935#comment-79 I can't exactly quantify how much of a difference this has made, but I do seem to get quite a few more Google image search hits since I started also adding a TITLE attribute (in addition to the ALT) to my images. Where the ALT (alternate text) attribute serves as a textual placeholder for an image in browsers that either don't support images (some mobile browsing platforms, for example) or have the image display option disabled (to speed up page loads, for example), the TITLE attribute serves as an image caption or tooltip (visible on mouseover) for your image. And I believe that browsers with accessibility features enabled can also verbally "speak" this info for those who are visually-impaired. I can’t exactly quantify how much of a difference this has made, but I do seem to get quite a few more Google image search hits since I started also adding a TITLE attribute (in addition to the ALT) to my images.

Where the ALT (alternate text) attribute serves as a textual placeholder for an image in browsers that either don’t support images (some mobile browsing platforms, for example) or have the image display option disabled (to speed up page loads, for example), the TITLE attribute serves as an image caption or tooltip (visible on mouseover) for your image.

And I believe that browsers with accessibility features enabled can also verbally “speak” this info for those who are visually-impaired.

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