Alt text (alternative text), also known as "alt attributes," or "alt descriptions," are used within an HTML code to describe the appearance and function of an image on a page.
Alt text uses:
1. Adding alternative text to photos is first and foremost a principle of web accessibility. Visually impaired users using screen readers will be read an alt attribute to better understand an on-page image.
2. Alt text will be displayed in place of an image if an image file cannot be loaded.
3. Alt text provide better image context/descriptions to search engine crawlers, helping them to index an image properly.
In this video, we'll take a look at some examples of bad alt text uses with images of text on Amazon and discuss just why good alt text is so important.
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