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On Mon, 2010-08-02 at 17:19 +0200, Markus Ernst wrote:<BR>
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<TT><FONT COLOR="#131312">- search engines should generally ignore text in the alt attribute, but </FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#131312">evaluate the title attribute instead</FONT></TT><BR>
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<TT><FONT COLOR="#131312">Rationale:</FONT></TT><BR>
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<TT><FONT COLOR="#131312">4.8.1.1.12 says: "A corollary to this is that the alt attribute's value </FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#131312">should never contain text that could be considered the image's caption, </FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#131312">title, or legend. It is supposed to contain replacement text that could </FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#131312">be used by users instead of the image; it is not meant to supplement the </FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#131312">image. The title attribute can be used for supplemental information."</FONT></TT><BR>
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What you said doesn't make sense. The alt text is to be used instead of the image, and the title is for supplemental content. Therefore, search engines should use alt text, as that is what they are attempting to convey in the lost (in the sense that search engines don't process images like they do text) image. If they used the title, one can only imagine the trouble.<BR>
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Thanks,<BR>
Ash<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk">http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk</A><BR>
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