• Registered: 2014-07-16
  • Posts: 9

Topic: Alt tags and title in images

In our config.xml we define the title and caption attribute when we create the gallery, but then the image havent got the title and in the case of the alt attribute it has the the url of the image that was set in the src of the image.

what we want is:
How to set the alt and title attribute of the image configured in the config.xml of th gallery?

this is how we are using it now:
<img
style="height: auto; width: 658px; -webkit-user-select: none;"
src="http://img.misitio.com/idgalery/295886_20140717090943_mex.jpg"
alt=" http://img.misitio.com/idgalery/295886_ … 43_mex.jpg "
>


This is what we want:

<img
style="height: auto; width: 658px; -webkit-user-select: none;"
src="http://img.misitio.com/idgalery/295886_20140717090943_mex.jpg"
alt="texto equivalente al atributo title del config.xml para esta imagen"
title="texto equivalente al atributo title del config.xml para esta imagen"
>

  • Registered: 2012-04-24
  • Posts: 5,924

Re: Alt tags and title in images

The code you refer to is the code which is dynamically generated by Juicebox when the gallery is displayed.
This code cannot be changed. It is generated by the 'juicebox.js' file which is packed and obfuscated and cannot be modified.

The code you refer to is not the code that is actually on the web page which can be seen when viewing the source of the web page in a browser (or when opening the web page in a plain text editor).

If you want to include SEO content code in your gallery's web page, then create your gallery with JuiceboxBuilder-Pro and select the 'Add SEO Content' checkbox in the 'Customize -> Sharing' section.
Please see the Search Engine Optimization support section for further details.

When opting to 'Add SEO Content', code such as the following will be entered into the gallery's 'index.html' page for each image.

<p><img src="{Image URL}" title="{Image Title}" alt="{Image Caption}" /><br>{Image Title} {Image Caption}</p>
  • Registered: 2014-07-16
  • Posts: 9

Re: Alt tags and title in images

Hi, we are having some problems with our image search and SEO in espectador.com
Here I am sending you an example that we are not understanding why our images are not in the google search results.
For example:
http://www.espectador.com/cultura/32214 … adero-rock

In that link we have an image gallery, with title and alt text like this:
<noscript>
<h1>Glenn Hughes en Montevideo: una cátedra de verdadero rock</h1>
<p><img src="http://img.espectador.com/fotos/noticia/322142/1280/322142_20150828114308_1-resize.jpg" title="Glenn Hughes - Montevideo Music Box" alt="Nicolás Pagliaro"/><br>Glenn Hughes - Montevideo Music Box, Nicolás Pagliaro</p>
<p><img src="http://img.espectador.com/fotos/noticia/322142/1280/322142_20150828114349_4-resize.jpg" title="Glenn Hughes - Montevideo Music Box" alt="Nicolás Pagliaro"/><br>Glenn Hughes - Montevideo Music Box, Nicolás Pagliaro</p>
<p><img src="http://img.espectador.com/fotos/noticia/322142/1280/322142_20150828114417_2-resize.jpg" title="Glenn Hughes - Montevideo Music Box" alt="Nicolás Pagliaro"/><br>Glenn Hughes - Montevideo Music Box, Nicolás Pagliaro</p>

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Reading your demo search example, we did that same in google search without luck:
we search this: Nicolás Pagliaro and Glenn Hughes or  Montevideo Music Box, Nicolás Pagliaro
and we only see 2 pictures in a low position.

Why arent we in the top of the search? Why only 2 pictures are shown?

Are we doing something wrong with the alt text or noscript data?

Another question is, that in the source code of the image gallery generated, we can see that the alt text doesnt show the original alt text, either it show the url. here  I post  print screen: http://screencast.com/t/uEyRnQ2Aj

Here is the config.xml location:
configUrl: 'http://www.espectador.com/cultura/32214 … config.xml'


Can you help us? Thanks

  • Registered: 2012-04-24
  • Posts: 5,924

Re: Alt tags and title in images

Why arent we in the top of the search? Why only 2 pictures are shown?

Unfortunately, only Google can answer your questions with any authority. They are the only ones that know what algorithms they use to index and rank pages.

I notice that the pages ranked above yours in the search results include YouTube, Facebook and Twitter pages.
They are very large websites with a huge number of backlinks and, as such, they will probably always be ranked above your own website. Unfortunately, there is little that you can do to combat this when dealing with subject matter that crops up on popular websites and media sharing platforms.

The best you can do is provide information regarding your images in your web page (which is what the SEO Content Code generated by JuiceboxBuilder-Pro does) and follow Google's own guidelines and suggestions in their Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide: http://static.googleusercontent.com/med … -guide.pdf
Here's a one-page version: https://storage.googleapis.com/support- … 97B2C885BD

If you have not already done so, then I would recommend submitting your site to Google to be indexed via their Search Console: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/submit-url
If there are few (or no) links to your own web site from other web sites, then Google may not be able to find or index your site.

Another question is, that in the source code of the image gallery generated, we can see that the alt text doesnt show the original alt text, either it show the url.

I would think that Google are more likely to index your gallery pages based on the static HTML code on the page itself rather than the code generated dynamically by the 'juicebox.js' file. I would certainly think it is unlikely that Google would ignore the static HTML code in favor of the dynamically generated code (although, again, only Google would know this for sure).