ok - seo is a bit like voodoo to me the following sites seem to be contray to suggestion
http://wordpress.org/ & .com - h1 with text-indent: -1000px http://www.alistapart.com - h1 with img alt text same on various pages - a duplicate on all pages (AFAIS) http://www.zeldman.com - h1 with text-indent: -1000px Also I see plenty of sites that are marking the logo in a div rather than a h1 (Shaun Inman & Todd Dominey) ie in accordance with the suggestions with Henrik's link and Darren's or am I looking at something the wrong way. Its late, my quick investigation maybe a little rash (perhaps I am jumping to conclusions) - anyway the more I see the more verity I find and more confused I get - S 2008/8/26 Henrik Madsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I agree, beware SEO-wise. > > If anyone's interested in seeing what black-hat SEOs are actually doing in > this respect, read this: > > > http://www.igenerator.com.au/blog/2008/08/top-10-web-design-firms-use-black-hat-seo/ > > > > > <http://www.igenerator.com.au> Henrik Madsen > *Generator* > +61 8 9387 1250 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.igenerator.com.au > > On 26/08/2008, at 7:49 AM, Darren Lovelock wrote: > > I'm not understanding why you would use a logo/img as an h1 tag? Unless you > wanted to use a nice anti-aliased font for the h1 text? If that's the case > then I would just use sifr. > > SEO-wise you could only implement this on the homepage, otherwise you would > have a duplicated h1 on all your web pages (providing the image had the > same > alt text). I wouldn't recommend using different alt text either when using > the same image sitewide, as search engines may see that as keyword > stuffing. > > > I would keep them separate and have the alt text on the logo as your > company > name. Then have unique h1's as normal text on each page. > > I used to use a div with text in it for the logo, then css to add a > background image and text indent to move the text off-screen. I changed > back > to an img tag as the alt text is more powerful for SEO purposes. > > Darren Lovelock > Munky Online Web Design > http://www.munkyonline.co.uk > T: +44 (0)20-8816-8893 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Paul Bennett > Sent: 25 August 2008 23:07 > To: 'wsg@webstandardsgroup.org' > Subject: RE: [WSG] H1 and the img tag > > Hi Michael, > > While that is possible, unfortunately the h1 text doesn't display when > images are off and css is still in use. > This is the issue many image replacement techniques sought to address. > > Paul > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
