SEO Tycoon

**taylor244** · 06:40 AM

hi all, my first post here

Got a product page and wondered if the tags used would affect SEO in any noticeable way.

Which one of these do you think would work best and is there much difference?

anchor text in heading:

HTML Code:

<div>
  <h3><a href="">title</a></h3>
  <img>
  <p>
<div>

anchor text as title (no heading tag)

HTML Code:

<div>
  <a href="">title</a>
  <img>
  <p>
<div>

normal heading tag with seperate anchor text overlayed

HTML Code:

<div>
  <h3>title</h3>
  <img>
  <p>
  <a href="">title</a> (this would be overlayed and the text pushed out of
view so the whole div seems clickable)
</div>

product image is the link

HTML Code:

 <div>
   <h3>title</h3>
   <a href=""><img></a>
   <p>
 <div>

anchor double whammy

HTML Code:

 <div>
   <a href="">title</a>
   <a href=""><img></a>
   <p>
 <div>

**chrishirst** · 10-28-2010, 06:58 AM

Test it and let us know.

**taylor244** · 10-28-2010, 07:20 AM

very helpful. This forum section is meant for discussing SEO right?

**chrishirst** · 10-31-2010, 08:55 PM

It is, and isn't what you will be doing?

None of us can tell you whether it will make any difference to your pages, on your site, in whatever marketplace your site happens to be in!

Optimising isn't about formulas or precise instructions such as do A, B, C & D and the result will be XYZ.
If you are looking for ideas and answers like that you are at the wrong forum.

**ed21ww** · 11-01-2010, 02:17 AM

sorry,In fact, I did not find out what you mean

**taylor244** · 11-01-2010, 04:27 AM

All I'm wondering is what people have found to hold more authority. anchor text, plane headings, anchors within headings or images within anchor text?

Since spiders use a complex algorithm it makes sense that the majority of SEO can be understood as formulas. There's no puppet master level of skill other than the understanding gained through the experience of trial and error.

My experience has been that anchor text has always held the most weight and surrounding elements can feed off of or add to its authority. Of course thats a generalisation and there are plenty of caveats to consider.