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unah64949675
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Sep 7, 2021 7:46 AM UTC
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Alt text

Hi there, 

I always add Alt text through the Properties panel when I add an image. Please can anyone advise if adding the text of that particular page to the Alt box would work, it seems to easily accept it, only see a few words when I test it so maybe only a short description would show up? 

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    Jon Fritz
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    Sep 7, 2021 12:26 PM UTC

    The alt text of an image only shows if the image doesn't download for some reason, or if the viewer is using a screen reader. It should only be a short description of the image itself. It is not used by search engine crawlers for much of anything, so putting more than a short description of the image into the alt attribute is pretty much pointless.

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    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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    Sep 7, 2021 6:10 PM UTC

    To add to Jon's sage advice, ALT text is ignored by most search engines and not a replacement for REAL text content inside the <body> tag of your document.  

     

    If you're contemplating an image intensive website, be sure to add real text captions within <figure> tags. For example:

     

    <figure>
<img src="https://dummyimage.com/400x325" alt="placeholder" title="optional title">
<figcaption>Caption text lorem ipsum dolor...</figcaption>
</figure>

     

    Hope that helps.

     

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    Jon Fritz
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    Sep 7, 2021 12:26 PM UTC

    The alt text of an image only shows if the image doesn't download for some reason, or if the viewer is using a screen reader. It should only be a short description of the image itself. It is not used by search engine crawlers for much of anything, so putting more than a short description of the image into the alt attribute is pretty much pointless.

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      unah64949675Author
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      Sep 7, 2021 12:42 PM UTC

      Thank you so much for that Jon, I will just leave it as it is with the short description. Best wishes. 

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