On-page SEO check
Images carry alternative text
Every image that carries meaning has an alt attribute.
medium severitypage.image-alt
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Why it matters
Alternative text is the only description a screen reader user gets of an image, and it is also how image search understands the picture.
How to fix it
Describe the content of every meaningful image in its alt attribute. Use alt="" for purely decorative images.
The details
- Category
- On-page SEO
- Severity of a failure
- medium
- Confidence
- high
- Needs a browser
- No
- Check id
- page.image-alt
References
Free tools that run this check
SEO CheckerFind the technical problems that keep a page out of search results. The checker reads the page the way a search crawler does and lists what to fix first, with the evidence behind every verdict.Image SEO CheckerImages without alt text are invisible to screen readers and image search. Oversized and legacy images slow the page down. Check both in one go.Accessibility CheckerFind the accessibility problems that automated testing can catch reliably: missing labels, unnamed buttons, broken ARIA, missing landmarks and text that is hard to read.