I still have some unfamiliarity with SEO. Here is what I think I know:

1. Having a relevant image with a descriptive Alt tag improves SEO considerably

2. Background images do not contribute to SEO

Here is the problem:

A website I am building uses exclusively background images.
There is no space inline images and I would rather avoid the bother of layering text over inline images.

Here is what I would like to know:

Can I have, for each background, an image as an inline element with the image CSS set to height:0; width:0;? Just for SEO; the users already have background images to look at.

I know this will effectively double the image size for each page. I don’t have more than 2 or 3 images per page, though, so hopefully it won’t impact it from a load time perspective.

Will this work?