Will too many [img no alt-text] links harm a link profile?

[QubaSEO]

Hi everyone.

I have a client who has a lot of sponsorships etc and therefore a lot of inbound image links (many of them sitewide). Unfortunately most of these don't have alt text, and [img no alt-text] links now make up over 50% of their link profile.

Should I be trying to correct this and requesting updates from the people who are linking? Obviously I wouldn't want loads of keyword stuffed alt texts, but maybe I should request alt texts on the brand name or URL instead.

Do you think this would make a significant difference and be worth the time it will take to contact all these webmasters?

Thanks in advance.

[ChadBreezy]

I am not sure I understand what you're asking here.

Are you asking is not using alt tags on images will hurt you? It should not have anything to do with your link profile. The only thing that could hurt your link profile is using exact anchor match on your link building.

Using too many alt text on a page will certainly hurt your page(s) from ranking. Also using the same keyword over and over on multiple pages is something you want to avoid.

The alt tags were for disabled people that obviously have trouble seeing images. They have special system that would play the audio from special tags like this to tell them what the page is about.

If it is not organic or natural;try to avoid spamming!

[irvingw]

I understand. having no alt tags is better than having the same alt tag with your main keyword on all images.

I would probably reach out to them individually and request different alt tags for each site so that you vary the keyword phrases. This should not be a problem since you need to speak to each owner one at a time anyway.

On images linked on a huge site that might be on hundreds or thousands of pages i would leave those blank. no need to ask them for your domain name added because you should be ranking for that anyway.