I reached out to Moz to help me understand how heavily search engines weigh alt text. They published some material in their learning center that says screen readers cut off at 125 characters; however, their response from yesterday said:
"The HTML specification does not define a maximum length for "alt" attributes. Current versions of the leading screen reader programs have no limits on the amount of alternate text they will read. However, there are at least two good reasons to keep alt text "short and sweet"."
So what is it? Now I'm confused! Will you please help me understand how heavily weighted alt text character count is? We are getting flagged in Monsido (ADA audit tool) for having alt text that's too long, but does it really matter?
What are the implications if we exceed 125? I would be so grateful for insight here, if possible.
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