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Originally Posted by drdick
The Big Question I have is: Will the search engines see these alt atributes if they are in a php gallery? The reason I ask is because when I run those free SEO tools and the results come up the number of images found is WAY less than the number I have.
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Yes absolutely! Contrary to popular belief, the search engines don't
really tell any difference between static or dynamic content and will
index your pages and embedded text like ALT tags irregardless.
It does not matter how the pages are actually built behind the scenes.
What does matter is if your pages are behind some sort of password
protection or user authentication or openly viewable by the public
as this does make a difference on search engine indexing.
(I should know since I wrote one of the major engine crawling robots
)
Now regarding what is listed in the engines, it takes a little while for
your site to be re-crawled and updated by the various search engines
and depending on your submission methods, how many people search
for keywords that may be relevant to your site, and other factors,
it may take anywhere from a few days to six months before the
search engines have the new information from your ALT tags.
If you are using submission tools, I would go ahead and re-submit
your site and also do a few searches for your site in place like Google
and others to go ahead and get the process started.