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  1. thanks for the useful explanation – i think i have recently got better after reading a post by a sight impaired person who relies on the image descriptions but so often I think I’ll go back and add it when i have more time and then forget to do so. #anythinggoes

  2. Guilty as charged! I only found this out a few weeks back and need to go back and do some cleaning up on my site. Thanks for sharing #AnythingGoes

  3. Welsh Mum Writing

    This is a great explanation. I have to do alt text for my “day job” website, although I’m so frustrated that Pinterest decides to use this for images sometimes. I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong here. I’m sometimes terrible for not putting anything in alt text, especially when I’m on the hop, but it really is important for the visually impaired. Thanks for posting and the reminder πŸ™‚ #AnythingGoes

  4. I had no idea about alt text for images until someone else briefly mentioned it. My favourite part was going back through my 80+ posts editing all the images πŸ˜‚

    Great advice though! And hopefully others can learn from this one.

  5. Chloe

    Hi,I had no idea how images can impact act on the SEO I shall start to do this now as it will be time well spent. Thanks for sharing #BloggerClubUK

  6. The Rhyming Mum

    I work in marketing so I know this. yet when it comes to my blog (which is a hobby) I’m often in such a rush that I completely forget to change it at all. Thanks for the reminder to go back and sort it out! #bloggerclubuk

  7. Wow I’ve learnt so much from this post, thank you very much πŸ™‚ I’ve just found where the Alt Text is and added a description in! #BloggerClubUK

  8. Dad_Effect

    Thanks for sharing. Although I must admit I have no idea what I’m doing with SEO. I’ll keep this in mind though. #AnythingGoes

  9. Emma : Ettieandme

    This is soooo useful thankyou!! I used to be really good with alt text but have fallen into the trap recently of just repeating the article title for use on Pinterest! This has reminded me how important Alt Text is so i’ll be going back and updating all my images! #BloggerClubUK

  10. Becky @ Educating Roversi

    I’m so glad i read this! I’ve been blogging for a couple of years but only recently I have been trying to be a little more consistent and take note of stats etc. The technical side of blogging is a minefield to me but this post has a) explained things easily b) given me something easy to change that will improve my blog in an instant! Thank you! I’m gonna look through your blog for more hints and tips! πŸ™‚

  11. Very interesting. Most blind/visually impaired use a voice-activated program like JAWS that reads the screen to them. Something I have learned in 20 years of teaching them. #BloggerClubUK

  12. Alice | Letters to my Daughter

    Great tips! I must admit I’m pretty bad at filling in the alt text boxes and must make more of an effort! And congratulations because someone loved this post so much, they added it to the #BlogCrush linky! Feel free to collect your “I’ve been featured” blog badge πŸ™‚

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