I can only see a positive outcome from this change.. As long as you do not cheat, you should be ok ..
Thanks Troy http://7seo.com On 7/23/07, Richard Grevers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 7/24/07, H. Bartel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > if I use a <span> inside a headline to substitute a .png image with text > in IE5.5 which is set to display: none, does this effect Google or general > search engine indexing in a negative way? > > > > It usually looks like: > > <h2><img src="images/img.png" alt="one or two words" width="170" > height="18" /><span>one or two words</span></h2> > > > Googlebot (and bots in general) will ignore the stylesheet, so it will > read and index the text which you hide. > However, there was a passing fad for keyword spamming by stuffing lots > of (usually off-topic) keywords into an element with inline styling to > hide it - until search bots started detecting and punishing that. I > believe the bots are clever enough to discriminate between keyword > stuffing and normal Image replacement methods, however. Just stick to > having the text match the alt attribute and you should be fine. > > -- > Richard Grevers, New Plymouth, New Zealand > Dramatic Design www.dramatic.co.nz > ______________________________________________________________________ > css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
