Comments on: No need to choose: SEO-friendly images http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/no-need-to-choose-seo-friendly-images.html Canada's Search and Social Media Authority Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:25:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Ruud Hein http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/no-need-to-choose-seo-friendly-images.html#comment-14 Ruud Hein Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:57:01 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/no-need-to-choose-seo-friendly-images.html#comment-14 Unfortunately not. On a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 is best, anchor text (that is the linked text itself) scores a 10 for assigning meaning. An image scores -1. Alt and Title attributes score a 2. The past has shown search engines that relying (too much) on alt and title attributes opens their indexes to be gamed. Unfortunately not.

On a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 is best, anchor text (that is the linked text itself) scores a 10 for assigning meaning. An image scores -1. Alt and Title attributes score a 2.

The past has shown search engines that relying (too much) on alt and title attributes opens their indexes to be gamed.

]]> By: People Search http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/no-need-to-choose-seo-friendly-images.html#comment-15 People Search Fri, 27 Apr 2007 04:42:59 +0000 http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/no-need-to-choose-seo-friendly-images.html#comment-15 Don't the "alt" and "title" tags for images help? Don’t the “alt” and “title” tags for images help?

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