- From: Jens Meiert <jens.meiert@erde3.com>
- Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 09:24:29 +0100 (MET)
- To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
> Question: Do search engines really scan alt text given for images ? <snip /> > one of my co-workers was architect at alta-vista so I asked him; seems > that 'most' search engines should be expected to parse text that is in > elements and can be expected to parse certain attribute values, like > alt, as well. I also remember cases (when searching via Google) where 'alt' attribute values were shown, but unfortunately I was neither able to reproduce this nor have I found documentation about this right now. Best regards, Jens. -- Jens Meiert Interface Architect http://meiert.com/
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