title or alt?

[MrYum]

Originally Posted by Licker4U

Well this brings up another question. How much text in alt and title is OK? 2-4 words? I'm sure a novel is out of the question, but what would be OK for SE's and what would be OK for link lists?

In general, a brief statement describing the image is the intent of the alt tag. I usually try to keep em to about 5 to 7 words.

I have recently seen some free site submitters stuffing alt tags with full paragraphs of text. In a land long ago and far away, that used to be a way to spam the engines. These days, it's highly frowned upon by the engines...and this reviewer

If you keep it reasonable, you shouldn't have any problems