So how can a graphic be adapted for attaining improved Search Engine results? Is it the name of the picture file itself or possibly what the graphic is about?
None of the above So placing that terrific cutie or handsome male model on your home page will not play any effect at getting more Search Engine traffic to your web site.
So what is the ALT tag? Well, to begin with the term ALT is not a tag at all. It is an attribute of the IMG tag.
The ALT attribute provides a textual description for images which can be suitable for visitors who have text only browsers. However, a lot of browsers in general display this text when the cursor hovers over the picture.
There is a secondary attribute that does basically the same function as ALT and that is the TITLE attribute. So which should you use? ALT or TITLE? Even now, I make use of ALT simply because it is what the major webmasters recognize in this capacity. It might be down the road at some worth while point that TITLE will be adapted but for now I just implement ALT. Does it hurt to use both? I do not think so but just watch the use of your Keywords that you do not approach the perception of spamming. That might be a bad thing.
One more note. I try to word my Word Phrase into a suitable sentence for the image that I am using. I will say that when I do use my Reserve word Phrase I also try to make sure that they are the beginning phrases in my sentence. Again, it is about focus.
Stay tuned for all of my lessons and I will show in a thorough manner how I came from the hugeness of the Internet to the Top ten for my Key Phrase. You may also look on my website where my examples here include images to try to explain the alterations that I have performed.