ALT and TITLE tags for pictures

Using the same text for them

[albert0346]

Hello,

I'm wondering if using both ALT and TITLE tag for a picture with the same text is considered as duplicate content by the search engines - and therefore penalized.

Do you know the answer? Would be great if you could help me. Thanks in advance.

Albert

[tedster]

It's not duplicate content or even keyword stuffing. Browsers have been so non-standard in how they treat those two attributes that you sometimes need both if you want to get a dependable tool-tip.

In addition, duplicate content is not actually "penalized". See Demystifying the "duplicate content penalty" [googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com]