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did you know that any image can improve your positioning?

It is not demonstrated on every search engine, but paying attention to your images is something you should not underestimate.
The name of the images can contain keywords and the "ALT" tag can be used to index your site and improve usability.

"ALT" sintax

<IMG src="SEO-Melbourne.jpg" width="200" heigth="150" alt="SEO Melbourne - Optimise your site">

When to use it

Its use is opportune on every image of the site. Without it, the pages don't validate at W3C, so they don't appear the same way on different browsers. You are right, many web sites don't validate: big companies expect people to visit because of the name, in spite of their awful web sites. Can you afford that luxury?

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Besides describing the image, try to insert a keyword or short keyphrase in your "ALT" tags. The use of the "ALT" tag is good to insert keywords with errors of spelling, but don't insert more than 2-3 keywords per "ALT" tag.

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did you know that any image can improve your positioning?

"ALT" sintax

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