--- title: "Alt text is a filename, a generic word, or overly long (seo/img-alt-quality)" description: "seo/img-alt-quality: Alt such as \"image\", \"IMG_2231.jpg\" or a pasted paragraph adds no meaning for search or assistive tech." canonical: https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/seo/img-alt-quality lastModified: 2026-09-16 --- # Alt text is a filename, a generic word, or overly long `seo/img-alt-quality` · severity **warn** · category SEO · detected by `void seo` and `void audit` ## 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 - https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/google-images ## More seo rules `void seo` reports 60 rules in this category. What search engines need from the raw response: status codes, titles and descriptions in , self-referencing canonicals, one h1, crawlable links, Open Graph, icons, robots.txt and a sitemap with real dates. - `h1-count` Page doesn't have exactly one visible

in the server HTML — [seo/h1-count](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/seo/h1-count) - `h1-title-mismatch`

and share little wording — [seo/h1-title-mismatch](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/seo/h1-title-mismatch) - `heading-skip` Heading levels skip (h2 → h4) or headings are empty — [seo/heading-skip](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/seo/heading-skip) - `img-alt-missing` <img> without an alt attribute — [seo/img-alt-missing](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/seo/img-alt-missing) - `links-not-crawlable` Navigation uses elements crawlers can't follow — [seo/links-not-crawlable](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/seo/links-not-crawlable) - `link-text` Links with generic or empty text — [seo/link-text](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/seo/link-text) - `broken-links` Internal links return 4xx/5xx (or go through redirects) — [seo/broken-links](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/seo/broken-links) - `trailing-slash` Both trailing-slash and non-slash URLs serve 200 — [seo/trailing-slash](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/seo/trailing-slash) Detected by `void seo` and `void audit`. Explain it in a terminal: `void rules seo/img-alt-quality`