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Posted by John Bokma on March 20, 2008, 2:04 pm
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> John Bokma schreef:
>>
>>> What is the best way to help a website with seo for pictures.
>>>
>>> Is there a best way to label the pictures in order to be found in
>>> search.
>>>
>>> Should they have an URL link in the alt tag.
>>
>> There is no alt tag. If you mean the alt attribute of the img
>> element, it's a bit pointless to put a URL in it (note it's AFAIK a
>> URL, not an URL [1]).
>>
>> If you mean: put the img element inside an a element: the value of
>> the alt attribute is used to add weight to the a element.
>
> Nope.
>
> It doesn't give weight to an element. It describes what the picture is
> all about. That it will be used to determine what the link is all
> about is something completly different. (1)
I call that giving weight to the a element. The text in the alt attribute
is used as anchor text. Anchor text related with the page the anchor is
on, is considered to add some weight to the page itself.
>> [1] Becaus it's yoo-rl (note I've done it wrong very often myself as
>> well, probably still do now and then)
>
> (1) Don't check my grammar, i know it is bad ... realy bad ... ;)
Oh, I prefer people commenting on my grammar, especially if there is a
simple rule I can learn ;-) (Not one like: it's always like this, except
... (list with 15,000 exceptions)).
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