Alt description in links

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Alt description in links

is Alt description in links usefull

shigidar

5:41 am on Jul 31, 2008 (gmt 0)

has any one checked the usefullnes of Alt description in links? Logically if you put it in your navigation links then it is on top of the page with good chance to help with the key words.
will appreciate comments with examples.

Marcia

11:37 pm on Jul 31, 2008 (gmt 0)

alt is an attribute of images, and when they're used properly in images, yes - they are useful.

shigidar

5:21 am on Aug 1, 2008 (gmt 0)

My mistake, i meant title.

Marcia

5:28 am on Aug 1, 2008 (gmt 0)

No problem!

The general opinion is that the title attribute in links is useful for usability, but people haven't seen it help for rankings. Also, if you look in the Google cache, you can see alt text for images that are links, but you don't see the title attribute.