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maria · June 25th, 2009, 02:47 AM

Does image links with an alt tag have the same effect as a text link.
i.e.
is this <a href="digitalpoint.com"><img src="dp.jpg" alt="digitalpoint.com"/></a>

the same thing as this <a href="digitalpoint.com">digitalpoint.com</a>

I'm working on an online store and having an image link looks much better in terms of the layout/look and feel. I'll change them if I have to but would like to know how they compare.

basterma · June 29th, 2009, 04:43 AM

I do know that alt text in an image link will help to rank the page it is on when
searching for the anchor text.
It will help the page it links to if there is no text link to the same page.
Alt text will show up in the snippets for the page it is on.
If you check the cache for a page something that only appears as alt text
will fall under the 'the following terms only appear in links pointing to this page'
category.

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maria A Good SEO Helper Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 102 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Image Links Does image links with an alt tag have the same effect as a text link. i.e. is this <a href="digitalpoint.com"><img src="dp.jpg" alt="digitalpoint.com"/></a> the same thing as this <a href="digitalpoint.com">digitalpoint.com</a> I'm working on an online store and having an image link looks much better in terms of the layout/look and feel. I'll change them if I have to but would like to know how they compare.

June 29th, 2009, 04:43 AM	#2 (permalink)
basterma Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Image Links I do know that alt text in an image link will help to rank the page it is on when searching for the anchor text. It will help the page it links to if there is no text link to the same page. Alt text will show up in the snippets for the page it is on. If you check the cache for a page something that only appears as alt text will fall under the 'the following terms only appear in links pointing to this page' category. __________________ Software Outsourcing Company \| Web design tampa \| Websphere support \| Oracle outsourcing

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