I'm no SEO expert but I've always considered it Best Practice to use semantically meaningful URLs for the both "src" and "alt" attributes in my HTML. However, using get_serving_url() takes away any SEO relevance in the "src" attribute. But after testing performance with get_serving_url(), I think the improved user-experience is worth the loss in SEO.
Although, I think that a possible work-around for this would be to append the URL in the markup with a GET parameter containing meaningful data. For example: http://lh5.ggpht.com/V53SofI9tmIdjz28H7=s160?filename=keyword-friendly-filename.jpg I've tested this and it seems to work just fine. However, I am **assuming** that Googles image server is just ignoring the GET parameter. Does anybody know if this is the case or could I be negatively affecting performance with the extra parameter? Also, if there are any SEO experts in this group, does this sound like a worthwhile approach? Thanks! --Joe -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
