Depending on the the end use of the pages, there would be a viable
argument to to something similar. I would rule out gif and jpeg due to
legibility issues. However, if the text content were product specs,
using pdfs would allow pages to be viewed and used with minimal
problem.
Javilk wrote:
>
> > 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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