alt tag VS. title tag

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roozbeh007

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I fully understand the differece. but does "alt" tags get spidered by search engines? does it count toward the cotent of a website? can we provide both alt and title tag for an image? ( I know we can but from search engines point of view is it ok to have both?) if yes, what happens if I place the same discription for both title and alt tags? is it going to be considered as duplicate content by search engines?

thank you so much in advance for your response.
 


I think you can, using CSS or simply this:

<img src="http://www.acentralhouston.com/images/tranproducts.gif" width="579" height="91" alt="this a sample alt tage text." title="Did you know you can apply alt tag and title tag at the same time?"/>
 
jerxs said:
@Stanley, why can't you "apply a title attribute to an image?"
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nevermind, I am wrong.

the alt tag is meant to function as a replacement for the image in case it does not load (also used in non-graphic browsers like lynx)
the title tag is meant to be used as a tooltip for users

since they have different functions, google will not see it as dupblicate content.
 
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stanley said:
nevermind, I am wrong.

the alt tag is meant to function as a replacement for the image in case it does not load (also used in non-graphic browsers like lynx)
the title tag is meant to be used as a tooltip for users

since they have different functions, google will not see it as dupblicate content.
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Ah! Good to know. Thank you Stanley
 
can anybody else confirm stanley's respond? to be sure, does the alt tag's content gets spidered by search engines and do they have any SEO value? if yes, we should be having a duplicate content problem as title tag does have SEO value and gets spidered.
 
claudek said:
Regarding the Title attribute, it appears that not all browers, especially Firefox show it properly (bad design on browser side). It is discussed in a bit more detail at http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=134775
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Lol what the hell is that guy whining about!? Here, Opera has the best title implemention. Second best is IE, than comes firefox last. But he says IE has the best!?

roozbeh007 said:
can anybody else confirm stanley's respond? to be sure, does the alt tag's content gets spidered by search engines and do they have any SEO value? if yes, we should be having a duplicate content problem as title tag does have SEO value and gets spidered.
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Yes alt tags content should have seo value.
 
ALT tags ARE spidered and do have SEO value.
When I was trying to keep my blog hidden from a knucklehead I didn't want to read it, (and I didn't have his IP to block him), I took my last name off every page and post in my blog so it wouldn't be searchable under my full name.
For the months it kept showing up in Google when I searched for my full name. I finally found my full name in an image ALT tag! When I removed it, it dropped from Google's index for my full name search.
 
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