I know when I first started with WA.. i was entering the Title also into the Alt Text as below!

In the past, this appeared to be OK.. as when the post was published.. and you hovered over the image on your live site, this text was showing. proving the process was ok.

Since then, this seems to have changed and now the Image Alt Attribute needs to be used to have this text showing when you hover the image!

So as shown below - this needs to be in place for the text to be shown with your image on the live site when you hover!

I hope this helps some of you out... and hey, if anyone can still get the Alt text to work on the live site as it did before.. let me know!

This step is so important for SEO and for the images.. and I am really surprised that people are not doing it ... so.. no excuses now :)

Thanks for reading

Chris


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esteadman Premium
Chris,

Thanks for this valuable information. I read in an SEO training guide somewhere that the alt attribute was only shown when the image couldn't be displayed, for example, on some mobile phones. So, I wasn't concerned when it didn't show up when hovering with my mouse.
Also, I use Yoast SEO and it isn't concerned with having the Title Image Attribute filled in, only the Alt Attribute. As soon as the alt attribute is filled in I get a green light for that SEO item.
However, I like the mouse hover feature and will be adding it to all my images. If it also helps SEO ranking, bonus:)

Thanks,
Ed
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ChrisTowers Premium Plus
@esteadman
Your welcome Ed... glad the tutorial helped you
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MelaniLukito Premium
Wow ....Thank you very much. I understand now that Alt Attribute is shortened from Alternative Attribute. Lol. Question : What should I do if Yoast SEO tell me that the tittle is too short and I should use call to action and keyword variations ? My article title have contained 12 words and Call to Action ( CTA ) already.
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ChrisTowers Premium Plus
@MelaniLukito
HHmmm to be honest I am not a user of Yoast, so I am not the best person to assist here. Can anyone else shed any light for MelaniLukito?

Chris
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JohnG123 Premium
Very helpful! I was guilty myself of not putting tributes on anything as most images I use don't require them, but I can see how the SEO is going to frown at me for not. Found your lesson because I am using an image that required it. Appreciate you creating this training. I will pass it along.
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ChrisTowers Premium Plus
@JohnG123
Thanks John .. happy it helped you out :)

Chris
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CarolE1 Premium
Thanks, Chris,
I usually always put something in the alt text the first time when I add the image but never realized it had to be added after the image was in and update it. So, thanks, this is very useful info. Also, did u PM Kyle so he can update this in the training.
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PatsyC Premium
Hi Chris, finally got around to finding where in the Get Started Course the instructions are to do this.

Course #1, Lesson 9.
When you get to 'IMAGES', click on ADD MEDIA.
Follow the instructions to load a picture.
Then, to the RIGHT of the Media page are the details for that picture. We used our own picture since we were doing our About Me page.
For Title: Patsy Picture
For Alt Text: About Patsy
Then Kyle stated if someone hovers over that picture this will show, and that it was intended for someone who is visually impaired..if they have readers on their website it allows them to understand what the images are.

I think the problem is that maybe..people FORGET to do this for the rest of the pictures they upload later on. They forget to look to the right where the picture details are.

I am going to share this information to my followers as a reminder to do this with every picture.

Thanks again for posting it :)
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ChrisTowers Premium Plus
@PatsyC
Thanks for clarifying where the initial training was for this.. it did slip my mind.. has been 3 years since i did it lol

Thanks Patsy

Chris
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