W3C Validation Question

[rsadik]

Dear Member,

When I try to validate my site www.eldertravelclub.com (http://www.eldertravelclub.com), I get a message, Page not valid html 4.01 Transitional. I checked the errors and there all ALT attribute error for my spacer.gif image(Which is not an actual image).
Question: Is it wisely to add and alt tag to a spacer.gif to get a valid W3C validation. If so would it be search engine friendly.

Thanks,
rsadik
http://www.eldertravelclub.com
http://www.arrowtravel.com

[AdamGundry]

The easiest thing to do is to include the alt text and leave it blank (i.e. alt=""). Of course, you shouldn't really have spacer images (or nested tables, for that matter) at all.

Adam

[rsadik]

Thanks so much,

rsadik
http://www.eldertravelclub.com
http://www.arrowtravel.com