Search Engine Optimization Discussion Forum     General SEO discussion     Building Link Popularity         Social Media         Feeds     Website Meta Tags         Titles         Descriptions         Keywords     Image Alt Tags     Content Optimization     SEO News, Articles, and Feeds     General Website Development         HTML         Flash         PHP         Javascript     eCommerce Optimization         Feeds         Shopping Networks     Buy, Sell or Trade Web Services         Programming         SEO         Graphic Design Search Engine Specific Search Optimization     SEO for Yahoo     SEO for Google     SEO for MSN     SEO for other Search Engines    »User: »Password:   Remember Me?  SEO-Board Forums / Search Engine Optimization Discussion Forum / Image Alt Tags / Alt tags, to spam or not to spam? Pages: 1 Posted:  23 Mar 2007 19:44 Administrator Currently Offline Posts:  32 Join Date: Mar 2007 I am currently polishing my Alt tag theories. There are two ways I might deem alt tags as spam. The first is spamming a single tag... alt "SEO, Search Engines, SEO, SEO, etc" The second spam method involves using several alt tags on the same page containing your major keywords or phrases. If I were going to use one of these methods I would feel safer using the latter as shown here... alt "SEO" alt "seo" alt "SEO" In either example I would stay away from anything even remotely considered as keyword spamming. It might work in the short term, but Google with eventually weed out every form of spam, and it's not worth the possibility of making it on Google's blacklist. I would like to hear other opinions on this issue. __________________ Indianapolis, Indiana Search Engine Optimization & Website Development by Slingshot SEO Posted:  04 Oct 2007 18:21 Registered User Currently Offline Posts:  53 Join Date: Sep 2007 Ugh, I HATE spammed alt tags because users do actually see them and it screams bad form to me.  Make them descriptive. Posted:  12 Oct 2007 02:14 Registered User Currently Offline Posts:  142 Join Date: Sep 2007 I think it's tacky and devalues the service or product that is the subject of the page or site. Posted:  24 Oct 2007 23:19 Registered User Currently Offline Posts:  14 Join Date: Oct 2007 I don't think that a service or company should spam using tags. I think that it does devalue it and makes the company or service seem cheap, and something that I do not want to be a part of. Posted:  24 Feb 2008 22:53 Registered User Currently Offline Posts:  61 Join Date: Feb 2008 That is a great idea, slingshot.  I, myself, hate spam.  It is not only annoying but can be pornographic as well.  I really do not need to learn about lengthening certain parts of a man's anatomy.  So that information is good to know, thank you. __________________ Start-Up Phase, resources to help your new business grow! http://www.startupphase.com/forums/index.php Posted:  16 Apr 2008 01:06 Registered User Currently Offline Posts:  31 Join Date: Apr 2008 I don't think I've ever came across image alt tags used in that manner Slingshot or if I did, I didn't notice it. Would it still be considered just as bad to put your website's name there? I'm thinking that I've seen ones where it said "image xyz brought to you by (insert website name here)". Never crossed my mind that it looked like spam doing that. Posted:  16 Apr 2008 02:59 Registered User Currently Offline Posts:  55 Join Date: Apr 2008 I don't think that alt tags should be spammed either.  Alt tags are essential for websites to improve their search engine position.  Spamming just makes the organisation look completely unprofessional. Posted:  21 Apr 2008 23:07 Registered User Currently Offline Posts:  31 Join Date: Apr 2008 If I remember right the reason for img alt tags in the first place was for accessibility so that someone who was vision impaired would still know what the picture was of from the description in the img alt tag. It just doesn't seem right to take advantage of a function like that and use it purely for self-promotion imho. Posted:  24 Apr 2008 04:15 Registered User Currently Offline Posts:  48 Join Date: Mar 2008 I would honestly never even notice because I don't ever see the text, but I don't think it's appropriate for users to abuse tags like that. Posted:  25 Apr 2008 08:16 Administrator Currently Offline Posts:  32 Join Date: Mar 2007 Alt tags should be descriptive. I like to use three words or less and attempt to use keywords whenever possible and applicable. I'm not sure if Google has algorithmic rules in place that look for alt tag spamming tactics. __________________ Indianapolis, Indiana Search Engine Optimization & Website Development by Slingshot SEO Posted:  08 May 2008 00:32 Registered User Currently Offline Posts:  55 Join Date: Apr 2008 Yeah I agree that alt tags should be descriptive that ways it gives you more of a chance of moving up the search results more quickly and people will notice you more. Pages: 1

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