Image Optimization = Good SEO!
To allow quick loading, it is a good idea to specify image sizes on the page so the text can load before the image is rendered.
<img src="/images/blah.gif" alt="Blah picture."
title="Picture of Blah." height="300" width="200">
If an image is simply part of the design or navigation, you can just use a blank alt tag as the image does not contribute to the page theme. Also, stuffing 100 words in the alt tag does not likely add much to your SEO efforts and could make your pages seem spammy.
If you are unsure whether a page is using text or images, you can view the page source or hit control A to highlight the text and images.
On linked images, many search algorithms treat the image alt text similarly to how they treat link anchor text (which is described in more detail in the linking section of this e-book). Most SEOs recommend using the alt tag, but do not mention the title tag. Search algorithms try to use whatever they find useful; thus, if most people are NOT stuffing the image titles full of junk because they don't know about this feature, some search engines may eventually want to look there for good, non-spammy text.
Originally posted 2008-02-09 16:00:22.
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