Alt Tags for random in theme images, and images in css/flash

[vijayvasu]

Hello,

At times a theme would include small images that are part of the design layout, but the images have links and also show up on moz bar, which means alt tags can be added. My question is should they be added?

Also sometimes the theme layout hides images in css or flash in those situations is there still a way to link alt tags to those images? For reference see faizlaw.com where the logo is hidden and the slider images.

Thanks Moz community,

V

[STPseo]

I would go ahead and add the image alt tags

Here is a snippet from an SEOmoz answer I found.

SEOmoz data has found ALT text to carry a surprising amount of weight. If you don't abuse it, Google puts solid values on linked images and their ALT data.

Found here : SEOmoz article.

As for Flash, Google is getting better at reading Flash content. I am not sure if there is a way to do alt text but if so... I'd so it.

Google Webmaster Tools about Flash