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ctomczyk
Brass Contributor
Jan 20, 2024

Mark image as decorative for Bing search engine

Hi All.

 

Some images might be as decorative, and normally using alt="" will indicate that. However, Bing reports that the image with the attribute alt="" as "The <img> tag does not have an ALT attribute defined.".

 

As far as I know, https://www.sitelint.com/blog/bing-seo-optimization-a-comprehensive-guide-to-improve-your-websites-performance/#indicating_decorative_images_with_empty_alt_textcan be used to notify Bing crawler that the image is of the decorative type. However, Bing SEO Reports still reports the same issue "The <img> tag does not have an ALT attribute defined.".

 

So, #1 the data-decorative="true"is not working, or #2 updating data in Bing SEO Reports will take some time.

 

Any other suggestion of how to give a signal for Bing crawler that the image is decorative is very welcome.

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  • Dizaveryy's avatar
    Dizaveryy
    Copper Contributor
    Jul 30, 2025

    I needed this too and found that using null alt text like alt="" helps tell screen readers to skip the image, but search engines still see and index it if needed.