Re: IMG ALT tags causing problems in search engines

Jay, one of the problems with these search engines is they each use
different things.  When I prepair a site for submission.  I think of key
things..  Meta Tags.. Title, Text on page, and Alt tags.

Only after seeing some engines target the atl tags on a sites, did I realize
the importance of them.  I hated seeing sites show up, and you would see
the title,

Joes Bar and Grill
Home About Us Locations Links

I told myself then I would never leave that stone unturned.
I keyword mine, to aid site placement.  Some search engines ignore alt tags
and meta tags and just target the text on the page.  Cover all your bases
and you will get the results that you want.  You might want to visit
http://www.searchenginewatch.com/ and read up on the different things that
the search engines look for.  Great tips and insight there.

Also understand the difference, in a search engine... google,
altavista..etc.. and a Directory.. Yahoo, DMOZ.org.  Directories put a
listing in, and it is there forever, never changes.  A search engine will
spider your site, and over time as your site changes so does the way your
listing comes up.  So if you change those keywords, in time that problem
will clear up.  And if you resubmit it to that engine, then they will send
the old spider over sooner.

Good Luck

Nancy



> Hi,
>
> One of my sites http://www.JaySmith.com (which badly needs a complete
> redo -- I know it!) uses alt text in the images in the top of the page
> -- the logo, navigation stuff, etc.
>
> That's what I thought one should do.
>
> However, one of the industry specific search/directory sites
> http://www.stampsites.com (then do a search for Jay Smith) does a
> great job of listing links to all my pages, but they have used my ALT
> TEXT as the description/content of my pages.  Really uncool.
>
> I have mentioned the problem to the staff at this site and they said
> they would "look into it" -- that was months ago.
>
> Google & Yahoo both list the site, etc. and do NOT mess it up like
> this.
>
> What do you suggest, other than continuing to complain at them?  Get
> rid of the alt text?  This search/directory site is important for
> me....
>
> Jay
>
>
> --
> Jay Smith
>
> e-mail: Jay(at)JaySmith.com  mailto:Jay(at)JaySmith.com
> website: http://www.JaySmith.com
>
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> P.O. Box 650
> Snow Camp, NC  27349  USA
>
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>

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