A Google Webmaster Help thread has one webmaster complaining his site isn’t ranking well anymore in Google.

When Googler, JohnMu, checked out his site, he made one observation about the length of the alternative text (alt tags) used in the images source code. John said that the images are using “a full copy of the – sometimes long – title as the alt-text for all of the product images on the page.” He recommended the webmaster stay away from throwing so much content in the alt tags of the images.

John said:

Keyword stuffing your alt tags is never a good idea.

I’d always recommend keeping the alt tags short and make sure they describe the picture.

Forum discussion at Google Webmaster Help.

This post was written earlier and scheduled to be posted today.