__/ [Els] on Monday 21 November 2005 10:47 \__
> Borek wrote:
>
>> Or just remove alt="" at all. You will save on bandtwidth :)
>
> Removing alt="" results in the word 'image' for every single
> spacer.gif or decorative image in text only browsers. There is a
> reason the alt attribute is mandatory according to the specs ;-)
Yes. It's good for SEO as it attracts traffic from Google Images. It's a type
of label/caption.
Roy
PS - It can also be helpful to blind people, but this is a search engine
newsgroup.
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