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It's generally helpful to make a graphic into a relevant graphic link and put keywords or key phrases into the alt tags. This should not be abused, though. If your site is about SEO, for example, you wouldn't want to be putting, say, in the alt tag of a photograph of convention goers at an SEO convention alt="seo seo seo seo seo".
That's definitely the wrong way to do it. Something along the lines of alt="Mike Grehan and Jill Whalan at the San Dimas SEO con" both fulfills the original function of the tag and serves our optimisation purposes.
It actually does this in a way that may not be immediately obvious - both Jill Whalen and Mike Grehan are well-known figures in the world of search engine optimisation, so the inclusion of their names (hey look; I just popped them in again there, y'see?) means that the page now has a greater association with the subject of SEO in general.
If you're optimising for the wrong terms, all your best efforts may well be in vain.
Ask yourself, have you seen a desktop, anywhere, ever, that didn't already have that? You should be using that space on the screen to promote your site.
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