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Have you been wondering why the tip of the week has been so image focused?
There's a good reason for us wanting your images to be at their best. Sarah and I have a big surprise...
...we're starting a PIN party! Come join us This Friday for;
It'll be a place to show off your latest & greatest pins. Link up your post today, stop back Friday and link up it's corresponding pin.
Tip of the week - answers revealed
- image name,
- image title,
- image caption,
- image description, and
- alt text?
Last week we defined image description.
This week we cover the alternative text or Alt Text field.
Alt Text is the most important field to fill out. If you're short on time and need to choose which which field to fill out and which to ignore this is the one to take the time to enter information into.
Alt text is often described as being useful for SEO as crawlers use this information for key words and helps your image to be found in web searches.
However Alt text is also important for your blog visitors. It's the alternative text if the image is not available, such as ;
- your viewer has images turned off
- if they are using text to speech for the visually impaired, and
- for e-readers that do not support images.
Fill out the Alt text field in such a way that it provides a clear description of the image and it's relevance to your post.
Often it is this Alt text that will populate the text field when your image is pinned to Pinterest. A good way to decide what you should write in this field is to word it the same as you would describe your image Pin.
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Meet & Follow Your Hosts
Sarah J of Sarah Celebrates - Google+ | Twitter | Pinterest | Instagram | Facebook
Stella Lee of Purfylle - Google+ | Twitter | Pinterest |Facebook
Now on to more important things... YOU =)
Stella's Picks
Forlorn to Fabulous! -
Bench Re-do - By Two Chicks and a Mom
Sarah's Selection
Lucky Last
(Last gets featured!)
By Crochet For You
Remember, if you ever miss a party you can check the Features Board to see if you've been featured in the past.
Remember, share & pin the Two Uses Tuesday Features from the bloggers original content or straight from the 2usesTuesday features pinterest board.
Congrats to this week's featured bloggers!
Grab the party button for your blog's party page, linked posts or sidebar!
LINK UP RULES & GUIDELINES
- BE CREATIVE & LINK UP - Share up to three (3) up-cycling, re-purposing, DIYs, recipes and craft projects. Original work and posts you haven't submitted previously please.
- COMMENT & CONNECT - Visit two (2) links for every post you submit and show a little comment love.
- FOLLOW & SHARE - Follow your hosts on at least one social media platform and share the party! Don't forget to use our party hashtag: #2usestuesday
Disclosures: By submitting a link to the Two Uses Tuesday Link Up you are giving the party hosts permission to feature your link on our blogs, across social media and future round up posts. This includes images from the linked post as well as linking to your social media accounts. Sarah Celebrates and all Two Uses Tuesday co-hosts respect you and your work; everything will be properly linked back to you and credit given where credit is due. You earned it!
Thanks for hosting! I am looking forward to the Pinbellish party though I have never done a Pin based party before.
ReplyDeleteThey're great for getting your pins circulating. I think they are my favourite type of party.
DeleteHello cute lady! I always get so excited to stop by your party each week. It’s so fabulous! Please take a moment to party with us. We pin and tweet everything! Lou Lou Girls
ReplyDeleteI must get back into the party swing, I've been on a party break. Keep reminding me and feel free to add the link for everyone else too :o)
DeleteThanks for always hosting this! - Tasha
ReplyDeleteThanks for coming and partying with us every week!
DeleteHey, Stella. Props for the terrific links! Love learning new stuff!
ReplyDeletePurpleSlob
Thanks for adding your links too. It wouldn't be a party without some Purple. =D
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