Research what Alt Tags and Title Tags are in HTML, and discuss how they improve SEO for your E-commerce website

Hello! Today's blog is about alt and title tags in HTML and how they improve SEO of E-commerce website.

The HTML alt attribute

(Doyle, 2008)

The alt attribute is alternative description of the element. This text will see visitors if their browser doesn't display the element itself. 

The alt attribute can only be used with the following HTML elements:

• img

For alternative description of an image.

• area

For alternative description of an area of an image.

• input

For alternative description of a form control. This is often used to describe the image used in an <input type="image" ... / > form button. 

• applet

For alternative description of an applet.(Doyle, 2008)

                                       The HTML title attribute

(Doyle, 2008)

You can use the title attribute to supply additional information about the element. This text will see visitors as well as the element itself.(Doyle, 2008)

"The HTML title attribute can be used with all elements except the following:

• base
• basefont
• head
• html
• meta
• param
• script
• title

The title attribute is always optional; no HTML element requires that you include a title attribute."(Doyle, 2008)

The title of the page and the description of the image will improve the results of the search engine and facilitate the search for the user, so correctly chosen words will improve the site's SEO performance.

References:

Doyle, M. (2008). The HTML Alt and Title Attributes. [online] Matt Doyle | Elated Communications. Available at: <https://www.elated.com/html-alt-title-attributes/#:~:text=Using%20HTML%20alt%20and%20title%20text&text=Use%20the%20HTML%20alt%20attribute> [Accessed 10 Feb. 2023].

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