Over the years, the advice on whether or not meta descriptions of elements on a website are important for SEO. Google has gone back and forth on the issue, even while still using the information in their results. They just say it doesn’t help the actual rankings. That said, alternate text for images, or alt text, is a bit of meta information that absolutely helps SEO and can help increase your place in search rankings.
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