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Purpose

  • Audit image SEO quickly: alt coverage, sizing, missing/broken assets.

How to Open

  • Popup nav → Images.
  • Background images and some lazy-loaded media may be skipped until visible.

What You See

  • Image list with src, alt text, dimensions/bytes when available.
  • Missing-alt detector and count summaries.
  • Notes for data-URI or third-party hosted assets.
  • Badges/tabs summarizing counts for images without alt text, without title text, and without explicit dimensions.
  • Per-image detail pane showing alt, title, dimensions, file size, and URL for quick QA.

Workflow Wins

  • Surfaces missing-alt at a glance—faster than crawling when spot-checking pages.
  • Dimensions/bytes help you catch oversized hero assets before running lab tests.
  • Great triage before pushing to CDN/image optimization pipelines.
  • Accessibility/SEO sweep: Filter for missing/empty alt to prioritize fixes.
  • Weight check: Sort by bytes to find heavy offenders and re-compress.
  • Broken asset check: Open suspect src in a new tab to confirm 404s or hotlink blocks.

Actions

  • Copy/export the image table for tickets or backlog grooming.
  • Open images in a new tab for manual validation.
  • Export by subset (all images, without alt text, without title text, without dimensions) to hand off fixes quickly.

Tips & Troubleshooting

  • Empty alt can be intentional (decorative); missing alt is usually a fix.
  • Scroll the page then reopen the popup to capture lazy-loaded assets.
  • If a data-URI masks size, check network panel or original asset location.

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