Social Network Marketing Tycoon

**Enigmatik** · 02-20-2011, 04:58 AM

The title is rather self-explanatory; I want to know the difference between the effects of using image links and text links for optimization.

**forumaddicted** · 02-21-2011, 02:20 AM

text links are recommended, rest its depend upon website if a website is all about images like entertainment website, then there should also be image links so that google can also rank those images as well, but it is very much recommended that there must also be text links.

**shankar.adodis** · 02-21-2011, 02:34 AM

Hi,
Image links are less informative than text links
for example if we want to change any text in image in order to
make effective seo we have to change the image but text in image are not recognised by search engines it is better to have text link for better seo practice

**chrishirst** · 02-22-2011, 01:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Enigmatik

The title is rather self-explanatory; I want to know the difference between the effects of using image links and text links for optimization.

There isn't one.

**spa3212** · 02-23-2011, 04:32 AM

Image links work best, if used with alt tags.

**mathew1234** · 02-25-2011, 01:18 AM

If you have put only image link, crawler does not crawl image but with image you have also used alt tag then its useful because on alt tag we can mention our keyword otherwise text link is more preferable..

**Cristin** · 02-25-2011, 02:37 AM

They are certainly helpful as if one searches for images then he is redirected to your site just because of using keywords in alt tags in the images.

**alanmaster4** · 03-01-2011, 07:52 AM

in the process of Image optimization we are optimize image and add links in image for users who are directly find the right product or place.

**Nanaa** · 03-03-2011, 12:58 AM

It will bring more traffics from image links , yes , i have the experience .

**uscis** · 03-03-2011, 02:57 AM

Text that makes up a link is referred to as anchor text and it can be a powerful tool for search engine optimization. The text in the link tells the search engine what that page is about, and it is so powerful that pages can rank well for terms found only in links to the page and not on the page itself. (Type "miserable failure" into a Google search for an example.)

Customized text links are highly prized for their ability to improve rankings for specific search terms and it makes sense to use them on your internal pages, since those pages "count" when the engines look at links and relevance.

Image links are followed and counted as well, and the text in the alt attribute for the image serves the same function as anchor text. General theory holds that alt text isn't as "powerful" as link text, and for good reason. Webmasters who try to "game the system" stuff zillions of phrases into their image alts in an attempt to rank better for those terms. Because it isn't an element that is likely to be seen by users (unless they hover over an image), it can be more easily abused. In general, search engines prefer to give more weight to elements that users can see.

**staceymattew** · 03-10-2011, 06:15 AM

Image Links: Tips:
1) Save the file name as keyword,
2) Add alt tag,
3) Use the same size for the entire website.

**chrishirst** · 03-12-2011, 04:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by staceymattew

Image Links: Tips:
1) Save the file name as keyword,
2) Add alt tag,
3) Use the same size for the entire website.

1) nothing to with SEO.

2) There is no such thing as an alt "tag"

3) what has that got to do with SEO????

Quote:

Originally Posted by addyj672

These are the best tips... I agree image can help in Search engine optimization. Images can bring traffic to your site and these visitors can be potential customers.

Don't be ridiculous! The only thing that image search is likely to bring to the pages are people looking to STEAL the images!

**ericsimmon** · 03-21-2011, 08:53 AM

Image links are only crawled if you put alternative or title tags on images.

**chrishirst** · 03-21-2011, 11:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ericsimmon

Image links are only crawled if you put alternative or title tags on images.

Wrong, wrong and wrong.

First:
it is alt and title ATTRIBUTES.

Second:
The links are crawled with or without those attributes.

Third:
Search engines do NOT read the title attribute text.