Google DOES spider and index alt text, it's one of their 12978985741 elements in their algorithm to serve results. Read up on some search engine optimization tricks and one of them is to place an invisible gif near the top of your page (under body tag)
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lea de Groot Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 3:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WSG] can you hack the alt tag open? On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 00:02:47 -0700, Paul Dwyer wrote: > Is it possible to serve up the textual contents of an alt tag, "outside" of > the tag? In other words, can I make the stuff inside the alt tag "as > important" as the document contents? <snip> > I want Googlebots to *really* see my alt tags and give them as much weight > as the regular content of my website. Sadly, no - its vaguely possible that you might be able to make it appear with CSS (never seen it dont, though) but Google still wouldn't see it. But if the image is a link then G will see and index your text :) Lea ~ looking for a permanent position in Brisbane. Contact me for CV. -- Lea de Groot Elysian Systems - I Understand the Internet <http://elysiansystems.com/> Search Engine Optimisation, Usability, Information Architecture, Web Design Brisbane, Australia ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ****************************************************** ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
