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How to Add Alt Tags for Top Seo Rankings.
Alt tags are used to specify alternative text (alt text) when images are not able to be shown on a website. So if a reader comes to your site and your image isn't displayed, then it's important to have your keyword assigned as the alt text to show the content that's being displayed.
There are a lot people that surf the internet that have text-only browsers and have their graphics turned off. That's why it's important to assign an alt tag to your images so that these users will know what your content is about. Assigning alt text is especially important to those who are visually impaired.
How to Add Alt Image Tags to Html:
*Find your image in the html tab and look for the code that says alt=" ". In between the quotes is the place where you want to input your keyword for the alt image.
How to Add Alt Image Tags to images in Wordpress:
*In Wordpress go to the Upload/Insert header when starting a new post or page and the first box to the right will allow you to upload an image.
Note: When you upload a picture from your computer in Wordpress make sure that you input your alt tag (keyword) where you see "Alternate Text."
*If you forget, don't worry. You can also manually input alt tags under the html tab in Wordpress.
Alternate tags are just one of the major factors to proper on-page seo.
Other important on-page Search Engine Optimization factors include:
*Keyword in title, keyword in description, keyword in url, keyword in header tag, proper site font decoration, internal links with in your site, and proper use of alt image tags.
Event though on-page seo is important, off-page seo is just as important.
Important off-page seo factors include:
*DMOZ directory listing, Yahoo directory listing, domain age, page rank, Google index count, page backlinks, domain backlinks, and page.edu/.gov backlinks.
Just missing one of these steps above could mean the difference between your content showing on the first page of the search engines or never showing at all. It's important to realize that both off-page and on-page seo plays an important role in achieving top search engine rankings.
Alt tags are just one of the essential ingredients to achieving top seo rankings. To find out the other crucial elements to achieving first page search engine results, including simple video tutorials on how to use header tags, alt image tags, and rel=nofollow visit Seo Pressor.
