Image optimisation, alt and title tags

[pauledwards]

Is making the alt and title tags in an image the same bad for seo?

Does anyone have any recommendations? any help much appreciated.

[malachiii]

SuperlativB is correct in his statement.  Use the tags to provide a description of the image and additional informative data.  Remember to use best practices with img alt tags as website readers for visually impaired rely on alt tags for proper website experience.

[Bartell]

Alt text is meant to be an alternative information source for those people who have chosen to disable images in their browsers and those user agents that are simply unable to “see” the images. It should describe what the image is about and get those visitors interested to see it.

Image title (and the element name speaks for itself) should provide additional information and follow the rules of the regular title: it should be relevant, short, catchy and concise (a title “offers advisory information about the element for which it is set“). In FireFox and Opera it pops up when you hover over an image.

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If you use them for what they are intended for you should see the best results.

[SuperlativB]

I target my keyword in the alt tag and give the title an informative and userfriendly description with the keyword in it.