This might seem like an amateur question...but do "alt" tags on ahref links help?

denvercardonations · Mar 14, 2016

....or am I wasting lots of time putting alt="xxxxxxxxxxxx' inside every hyperlink.....is it like adding meta keywords into pages, which Google ignores?

expmrb · Mar 15, 2016

alt texts are good for images. But putting them in each and every hyperlink is not necessary.

Hawker · Mar 15, 2016

Alt tags are for images only not for a href tags!

Alt tags were originally developed to improve accessibility for impaired visitors (blind people).

But alt attributes have somehow become solely an SEO element for many.

For anchor text, you should use the Title tag instead. Alt is not valid atribute of a.

See

Code:

http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_a.asp

Lee06 · Mar 15, 2016

Hello,

Yes, you need to fill the alt tag of your images, it will help them to get indexed into Google Images and bring you traffic additionnal. And it's also an accessibility element for users which cannot see images.

StrangeDays · Dec 31, 2016

Yes it can help. I try to have my keyword in both the image name and the ALT tag.

noorucn · Jan 22, 2017

Alt tag is important in terms of SEO for your image. It not only helps in ranking your image in Google image search, it also helps in on page seo of that particular post. It helps google understand relevancy of the content and the image.

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