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Why do they put this data in the alt-tag in human readable format? For what purpose or use? SEO on a personalized platform with very limited access by Googlebot
by basgrootarch 7y ago
Why do they put this data in the alt-tag in human readable format? For what purpose or use? SEO on a personalized platform with very limited access by Googlebot? Just to show they can? It makes no sense to me.
- K2L8M11N2 7y agoFor accessibility?
- basgrootarch 7y agoI'd be surprised if they even care about that, but who knows, it's a possibility
- SmellyGeekBoy 7y agoIt's a legal requirement in some parts of the world. Oh, and it means a bigger potential userbase for them. Plus it's just generally an all-round considerate thing to do.
- jackvalentine 7y agoWhy would you be surprised? They put in effort for their iOS apps to work properly (and the alt-text tags are used for Instagram in "blind mode" for example). If you're a company that wants personal data from everyone, you want personal data from everyone.
- andreigheorghe 7y agoYou'd be surprised if the largest content delivery platform in the world cares about being accessible to the broadest range of users? https://code.fb.com/ios/under-the-hood-building-accessibility-tools-for-the-visually-impaired-on-facebook/ https://code.fb.com/ios/under-the-hood-building-accessibilit...
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- _def 7y agoThe purpose of the alt tag is to provide a sufficient description of the image if it cannot be displayed, like it happened here. Everything went fine.