[Pmwiki-users] Re: encouraging alt text/marketing and search engines

Tommy Hern tommyhern
Sun May 23 12:48:45 CDT 2004


I agree with Christian that "We might even consider an option (controlled by the admin) where the user must add an alt-text -- AFAIK, they're required by the standard." 

Pm's comment about marketing is also quite relevant to the discussion of alt text for images, "Because of the way current search engine technologies (e.g., Google) work". 

Consider that a photo of Patrick would be an image on the page; a photo that includes the alt text "photo of handsome developer of PmWiki" could be used to actively attract visitors to the page through the power of search engines. That is one of the benefits of accessible design features such as alt text.

Tommy Hern









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