7 Tech Tips for Highly Accessible Sites

2Use ALT tags on every important image

An ALT tag can easily be added within the content management system and can either be read by a screen reader or seen by web crawlers. In addition to creating a better experience for the user, ALT tags greatly improve SEO, as they provide web crawlers a way to “see” images. Following the W3C’s HTML guidelines, an organization should also opt to identify spacer graphics with a null ALT designation.