Newsflash, Google’s Martin Splitt said that “alt text is important for SEO too.” I did ask him how important, but he would not disclose that information.
Here is more of the context around this on Twitter.
Original Source : https://www.seroundtable.com/google-alt-text-important-seo-31872.html?utm_source=search_engine_roundtable&utm_campaign=ser_newsletter_2021-08-09&utm_medium=email
