There is plenty you can do in the realm of blog optimization. Clearly you ought to be linking to your business website and promoting your product/service like crazy. But what do you do with your images? Do you even use images on your blog? Read on, bloggers.

Using images is a brilliant way to employ your keywords more often without sounding repetitive or obnoxious. When you import images into your blog posts, you can use what is called an alt attribute. An alt attribute (or alternative text attribute—also incorrectly called an alt tag) is used essentially to name your image. This tells browsers what to display in place of the image in case visitors to the site have images blocked on their browsers or they are visually impaired. It is also useful for people with slow, low bandwidth Internet connections and people using handheld devices to access your website.

By appropriate using the alt attribute for each of your images, you can better optimize your blog posts and ensure your page is indexed correctly with search engines. You can use your keyword phrases as alt text for your images to build up your keyword repertoire and listings in search engines like Google, Yahoo and MSN.

It only takes a moment to add your alt tag and it very much assists the “blind” search engines which cannot actually see your images. Neglecting this attribute is a lazy mistake, so perk up and get with it! Beef up your alt attributes and see the difference it can make for your blog.

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Tags: alt_attribute, alt_tag, Blog Optimization, image_utilization

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