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From: YOUNGV5@nationwide.com
Date: Jun 15, 2011 7:45AM

Yes Keith, Donald already mentioned alt="" would be best:

You should use alt="" on the image.
See: http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H2.html

With alt="" there is no more issue of a repeated "read More". Your
comment:

So it seems like alt="" would be proper, and the other issue of repeated
"read more" wording should be addressed in the link text itself...

Was unclear to me.

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On Jun 14, 2011, at 11:30 AM, Donald Evans wrote:

> Good point. It's also much better for Search Engine Optimization.

I think the post specified that the icon was *not* a link. So it seems
like alt="" would be proper, and the other issue of repeated "read more"
wording should be addressed in the link text itself...

"Read more about blah blah", and if desired, hide the "blah blah"
off-screen through css, if it seems unnecessary when the link are viewed
*in* context.

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