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Use the Alt Text functions inside your web site designs
What is the Alt Text Feature
This is the small layer help line that appears on your browser
window when hovering over a picture. The word description appears
giving you a hint about the picture. This Alt Text is search engine
friendly.
Tips: Write your Alt Text Attributes like this.
Use Every Word With A Capital. The inside alt text function
provided with all major web design editors allows you to enter a
short description of the picture, and often allows the same
'hyperlink tip'. Write a short description up to 8 words, using a
Capital Letter For Each Word.... AND, use the 'block words' inside
your Alt Text.
1 of 3 Tutorials: What is a block word?
Block words are the common words that are not indexed by the
engines. These include: or the it is an on we us to of has be all for in as so are that
can you at its by have with into, and some plural varieties.
2 of 3 Tutorials: Are images listed?
Yes, your pictures if
uniquely described within the 'alt text' will be listed in the Image
Search Facility of most global search engines. If you do not use the
block words, the images are not treated as unique, naturally
descriptive and helpful to the page viewer. It will be harder to
have your pictures listed if you opt not to choose this function.
Do I want my pictures listed in the engines? This is your choice,
however, to reach a top 10 website design page, you should add this
searching function to the site. If you go to our main page site for
our products, each picture has an alt text description.
3 of 3 Tutorials: Are Hyperlink Screen Tips worthwhile?
Yes, if
you can expand the viewers experience of your website design pages,
consider adding a screen tip to your hyperlinks. There is little
evidence that it will help your rank though.
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Using a Gallery of Photos on your website.
Using a gallery on your site is a great way to assist your viewers
and... you can use the the gallery to do an internal hot link that
draws in the picture giving you complete control of your sites
imagery. Once you have created a gallery with your images, set up
separate classes or albums, then, do this to hotlink the images
inside other html pages.
1. Using your mouse, Right Click on the Image > Choose Properties
> on the window that opens, you will see the full hyperlink address
(even if inside the database)
2. Select All the link address details > Copy.
3. On the html page wherein the picture will be shown, insert a
different picture by a) Insert b) Picture. Then, double click to
open the Picture Properties Dialog Box. In the General properties,
Paste the Gallery Image Full Address Details. Add any Alt Text to
the short description field. Click OK.
The image should now appear inside your page. Actually, this
image is drawn from your web server location and is hot linked.
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Hot Linking from a Database
Gallery
Tips for using a Database
Tips: You can use a Gallery Database to organise your photos
or pictures.
Use the Gallery Database to Hot Link your pictures inside a
different page. Then, you can rewrite the Alt Text option of the
picture to expressly describe the use of the image inside that
page.
Hot Linking your photos will save considerable bandwidth and
duplication of images.
Summary
If you are using a program that does not easily provide
an 'alt text' facility...
Cut and paste this code into the picture properties of the
'code view'.
<img border="0" src="../pics/changetomypic.jpg" width="253" height="72"
align="left" alt="This Is My Picture Description">
Tips: Use a new folder for your images, call it 'pics'. The
original Images folder is not seen as unique. You should store your
icons inside the Images folder.
More on folder tips can be
read here as they are very important to your overall new web site
design.
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