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1 Access: [1.1.1.4]: suspicious 'alt' text (placeholder) (Priority 1)

Access: [1.1.1.4]: suspicious 'alt' text (placeholder) (Priority 1)

Cause:

All images require text equivalents but "alt" text must also meet certain criteria otherwise it may be considered suspicious. For example, using placeholder text (i.e. alt="image goes here") in place of an actual text equivalent is considered unacceptable.

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Example:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>aert1.0/1.1.1</title>
</head>
<body>
<img src="animage.gif" alt="{short description of image}"/>
</body>
</html>

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