alt tags are used with pictures, (images), to give an indication of what the image is about.
Example, move your mouse pointer over this banner image and the alt tag will be displayed.
The HTML code for the Banner image above is:-
<p>
<a href="http://www.acomputerportal.com/index.html"
target="_blank"><img src="http://www.acomputerportal.com/acomputerportal_banner.gif"
alt="A Computer Portal. Freeware, web masters tools, computer languages, web site promotion and computer hardware." border=0 height=60 width=486></a>
Note the alt tag section:-
alt="A Computer Portal. Freeware, web masters tools, computer languages, web site promotion and computer hardware."
Advice:Use alt tags which images. Remember that not everyone has good eyesight and mat need a description of that image to understand it.
You are advised to use alt tags with images. Typical alt tag simple example, with the alt tags highlighted in bold:-
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.agreatportal.com/dot_solutions/index.html">
<img src="http://www.acomputerportal.com/advertising_methods/dot_solutions_title.gif"
alt="DOT Solutions, Digitally Orientated Technologies. web site
Promotions step by step." border="0" width="550" height="129" /></a>
Search Engines still favour text as apposed to images. Use alt tags and other methods to help search engine find your content.
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