Keywords, Image Alt Attributes and Anchor Text

Looking something else up led to finding this recommendation at www.W3C.org about using the image alt attribute and text links adjacent to each other

Image alt attribute and Text Links

The section also goes on to mention image vs. text links and usability issues.

What’s interesting to ponder is how the effect of combining the alt attribute and anchor text of adjacent links will affect keyword density and whether the keyword “anchor text” will be considered a text link or alt text in scoring for search engine placement, when the combined method is used.

Nov

16

An insignificant microbe in the world of blogs

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That’s what this site is. I just found out by checking backlinks at Yahoo. Here we have it:

Blogosphere Ecosystem

Yes, there was a backlink from that section at Yahoo Search, which could be the only PR5 link this site might ever have since there is no intention whatsoever of ever making an effort at promoting it for “search engine placement.”

In a way it’s a comfort to have your place in the world defined for you; but without going into the intricacies of definitions, I’m not so sure it’s fair to equate any website with being a germ. Microbes, germs, bacteria - they’re all the same thing to me. Germs and bacteria cause all kinds of diseases - polio, smallpox, food poisoning, the common cold, and some even think cancer could be rooted in a lack of immunity to certain “germs.” Harmful stuff. But I’ve seen enough deliberate, damaging crap out on the web the past couple of years to know that I’m not even near capable of doing close to half the damage some others are. No, not even close to a tenth.

How does the saying go? It’s not a bug, it’s a feature.