HiSoftware Alt Text Quality Report

Verified File Name: http://www.contentquality.com/wsm/Cynthia/Cynthia_lvr_0_g1.htm
Date and Time: 7/4/2007 12:04:28 AM
Passed Automated Verification


Verification Checklist
Checkpoints Passed
  Yes No Other
1.1 Validate that the alt text does not use the word image When users add alternative text to an image they tend to add the word "Image" when it really says nothing about the image, but describes the object versus the meaning of the object. This check will fail a page for the use of the word image in the alternative text.
  • No img elements found within document.
    N/A
1.2 Validate that the alt text does not contain the text: .jpg, .gif, .bmp, .jpeg Many content creation tools will automatically add alternative text when you add an image to your content. The text is generally the image name. Validate that: .jpg, .gif, .bmp, .jpeg, are not found in the alt text.
  • No img elements found within document.
    N/A
1.6 Validate that the alt text does not contain the text "image" Many content creation tools will automatically add alternative text when you add an image to your content. The text is generally the image name or the word image with a number associated, like image001. This checkpoint will fail a page if the string image is found in the alternative text.
  • No img elements found within document.
    N/A
2.1 Validate that Alternative Text is greater than 7 and less than 81 characters in length Short alternative text may not be valid, warn the report user if alternative text was found that is less than seven characters in length. Additionally alternative text should not be larger than 80 characters, if the alt text is greater the long description attribute should be used. This check validates that the alt attribute does not exceed 80 characters in length.
  • No img elements found within document.
    N/A
2.2 Validate that Alternative Text is not used to repeat words Alternative text should not be used to simply hide words with the hope of increasing your ranking on search engines. If you repeat a word more than 5 times your page may not be indexed.
  • No img elements found within document.
    N/A

Checkpoint Result Legend: Yes = Passed Automated Verification, No = Failed Automated Verification, Warning = Automated Verification Warning, N/V = Not Verified, N/A = No related elements were found in document, No Value = Visual Checkpoint

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