Why are image alt tags important?

[shoppingswag]

Why are image alt tags important?

[mihirthakur]

Robots Scan your image and if you enter your keyword your image will be scanned too for the particular words.

[HeavenlyBorn]

Visually impaired users using screen readers will be read an alt attribute to better understand an on-pageimage. 2. Alt tags will be displayed in place of animage if an image file cannot be loaded. ... Alt tagsprovide better image context/descriptions to search engine crawlers, helping them to index an imageproperly.

[rashmi]

Alt tag is important because it will help us to give the focus keyword on image. It is important for ranking

[jameskotler]

basically what image alt tags is that its a written copy that appears in place of image on a webpage, If the image fails to load on a user's screen..

[saisaanvi]

Google can't read the images. It only read the text. That's why we have to give alt tag to every image that are placing in a website and alt will help to know about the image

[mallikarjuna]

Alternate text is the written copy that appears in place of an image on a web page if the image fails to load on the user's screen. This text helps screen readers to describe images to visually impaired readers and allows search engines to better explore and categorize your website.