> They said that many search engines rank relevance on proportions of keyword
> to content. For example, if the keyword is "habitrail" and there are 240
> other words on the page, then the ratio would be 1/240 for the relevance of
> the keyword "habitrail". If, however, we convert 230 of the words to a gif
> and keep the word "habitrail" as text, then the ratio would be 1/10
> (including 9 remaining text words) and the site ranking would increase for
> searches on "habitrail".
I have heard this also. However, when one looks and sees there are
only some 500 bytes on the page, the discerning searcher will simply
ignore it. Also, it will be indexed only on a very few words, instead of
all the words.
> Also, if you want to voice any opinions regarding converting all the text in
> a site to gifs (tee hee) (around 40 separate pages of varied length), let
> 'em fly.
1. Unavailable to text-only browsers and those who view the web with
images turned off. (Arguably 10% to 33% of the viewers, but including
ALL search engines! As in, you have to be indexed to draw viewers!)
2. Exessive download time, the vast majority of viewers will just
leave!!!
3. inability to quote from the page for research papers, etc.
4. Lack of format independence. Those with different sized windows
or screen resolutions will not see the text well.
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