Dec 18

Q and A: Do search engines recognize words that are in a graphic?

Tag: Q and A, alt tags, seo, videos — Kalena Jordan @ 3:19 pm

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QuestionDear Kalena…

Do search engines recognize words that are in a graphic? My home page is loaded with graphics and I have been told that search engines cannot read them. Is that true? I am about to have my home page rebuilt and I don’t want to spend the money if I don’t have to.

Al

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One Response to “Q and A: Do search engines recognize words that are in a graphic?”

  1. alzidaney says:
    January 7th, 2008 at 3:45 am

    Google’s patent for technology for recognizing text in images and video
    http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/ia.jsp?IA=US2007072578&DISPLAY=STATUS

    Well, the technology would probably be on test soon enough and full fledged in the not too distant future, so I think that just using alt tags would be enough for those images at the moment :)

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