4 Reasons to Use the Alt Attribute

[mandy]

The ALT attribute is one of those bits of code that's been abused since day one. People can't remember it's name, they stuff it full of keywords or they ignore it entirely. So with my tongue planted firmly in my cheek, I thought it might be fun to create a graphic that tells you what you need to know about using the ALT attribute.

With that in mind, here's my visual representation of the four primary reasons to use the ALT attribute...

Perhaps the most important reason to make use of the ALT attribute these days is to assist visitors who rely on accessible browsers to help them navigate the web. Visually impaired readers rely on software that reads the content of a site to them. When this software comes to an image, it checks the content of the ALT attribute and reads the content as part of the page...

full article: http://www.searchengineguide.com/jennife...ttribu.php