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andres ramirez
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 3,951 Pointstitle tags on images - necessary, or not?
I am a Junior Web Developer, in the process of re-designing my company website, and I came across a doubt. I have already added alt="" tags to all images (not published yet), but I'm thinking about adding title="" tags as well to aid further in search engine results and to have the text show over image when hovered over with the mouse.
Are the title tags necessary after I have already added alt tags, or should I just do ONE or the OTHER?
Thanking in advance for your input! You may check out my website at www.websolutmiami.com
2 Answers
Jeff Lemay
14,268 PointsIt is best practice to use both and will slightly bump your seo. You definitely want alt tags, as those are needed for accessibility. If it's going to take you 10 hours to add title tags to all your images, it's probably not worth it. If it's going to take an hour, you should and will benefit in the long-run.
andres ramirez
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 3,951 PointsThank you!
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,740 PointsEntirely up to you, as it's not a required attribute.
The resulting tooltip might be beneficial to some extent; it could summarize the image or show credits.
ref: title – Mozilla Developer Network (MDN)
–Rich
andres ramirez
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 3,951 PointsThanks for your help!
Joshua Briley
Courses Plus Student 24,645 PointsJoshua Briley
Courses Plus Student 24,645 PointsI don't use them. I don't believe they are "necessary" in terms of W3C validation, if that's what you mean. I'm sure there is much debate over their relevance in search engine optimization.