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Alt text is a filename, a generic word, or overly long

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Why it matters

Alt such as "image", "IMG_2231.jpg" or a pasted paragraph adds no meaning for search or assistive tech.

How to fix it

Describe what the image shows in context, in about 5–125 characters.

References

void seo reports 60 rules in this category. What search engines need from the raw response: status codes, titles and descriptions in <head>, self-referencing canonicals, one h1, crawlable links, Open Graph, icons, robots.txt and a sitemap with real dates.