- From: Judy Schnitzer <judy@advanced-emarketing.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 10:01:12 -0700
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
- Cc: Jamie Mackay <Jamie.Mackay@mch.govt.nz>
If search engines are a concern with the site you are working on, I've read, but unfortunately can't find the citation, that we should keep alto text to no more than 5-7 words, because longer ones "confuse" some search engines (some of them do index the alt text). Also, if they are wider than the size of the image, they don't show up on the screen when the graphic is loading or if the graphics are turned off in Netscape 4+, though they do in N3 and IE. At 10:10 AM 7/30/2001 +1200, you wrote: >..... >My question is, would this be a situation where it might be 'better' just >to write the text contained in the image as alt text? Are there any other >situations where longer alt text can be justified? > >Cheers >Jamie Mackay Judy Schnitzer, Internet Marketing Consultant Customized eMarketing to match your needs Web Site Development, Tune-up, & Promotion Research, Writing, & Training 818-501-8202 mailto:judy@advanced-emarketing.com
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