Comments for Joel Sunman & The Dam of Knowledge http://www.damofknowledge.com Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:34:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on A Comment on SEO & CSS Image Replacement Techniques by james wei http://www.damofknowledge.com/2010/02/updates/a-comment-on-seo-css-image-replacement-techniques/comment-page-1#comment-271 james wei Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:34:48 +0000 http://www.damofknowledge.com/?p=669#comment-271 Yes agreed with your information but i think alt image tag used in SEO which is a part of on-page optimization. Yes agreed with your information but i think alt image tag used in SEO which is a part of on-page optimization.

]]> Comment on A Comment on SEO & CSS Image Replacement Techniques by James http://www.damofknowledge.com/2010/02/updates/a-comment-on-seo-css-image-replacement-techniques/comment-page-1#comment-230 James Thu, 23 Sep 2010 06:22:51 +0000 http://www.damofknowledge.com/?p=669#comment-230 If image replacement is being penalized by Google in this day and age I would be very surprised. The basic reasoning outlined by Joel above is nothing more than common sense. Modern web aesthetics rely very heavily on images. Either Google accepts that hidden headings are just as relevant as visible headings, or they're going to have to come up with a lightning fast image text recognition algorithm (which come to think of it would be just swell). If image replacement is being penalized by Google in this day and age I would be very surprised. The basic reasoning outlined by Joel above is nothing more than common sense. Modern web aesthetics rely very heavily on images. Either Google accepts that hidden headings are just as relevant as visible headings, or they’re going to have to come up with a lightning fast image text recognition algorithm (which come to think of it would be just swell).

]]> Comment on A Comment on SEO & CSS Image Replacement Techniques by Edwin http://www.damofknowledge.com/2010/02/updates/a-comment-on-seo-css-image-replacement-techniques/comment-page-1#comment-218 Edwin Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:56:16 +0000 http://www.damofknowledge.com/?p=669#comment-218 I am on the same page as you. The h1 logo/image replacement is never ment as a deseption and I use it also a lot of times and honestly never thought of it as something that might have negative impact. I am on the same page as you. The h1 logo/image replacement is never ment as a deseption and I use it also a lot of times and honestly never thought of it as something that might have negative impact.

]]> Comment on A Comment on SEO & CSS Image Replacement Techniques by Jon http://www.damofknowledge.com/2010/02/updates/a-comment-on-seo-css-image-replacement-techniques/comment-page-1#comment-201 Jon Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:10:41 +0000 http://www.damofknowledge.com/?p=669#comment-201 I just got done having a similar discussion — once again — with one of our SEO guys regarding image replacement within a nav and stumbled upon your post. I think your thoughts echo mine pretty well. Where I would take minor exception is the using a h1 tag on a logo as that seems to be a waste of a perfectly good h1 tag. Instead, an effective and more relevant h1 should give a the viewer and search engines a brief description of what's on the page from a content perspective. I'm not sure many company names do that and I would bet that your search results would be better served as well. Nice article though. Thanks. I just got done having a similar discussion — once again — with one of our SEO guys regarding image replacement within a nav and stumbled upon your post. I think your thoughts echo mine pretty well. Where I would take minor exception is the using a h1 tag on a logo as that seems to be a waste of a perfectly good h1 tag. Instead, an effective and more relevant h1 should give a the viewer and search engines a brief description of what’s on the page from a content perspective. I’m not sure many company names do that and I would bet that your search results would be better served as well. Nice article though. Thanks.

]]> Comment on A Comment on SEO & CSS Image Replacement Techniques by Jennifer http://www.damofknowledge.com/2010/02/updates/a-comment-on-seo-css-image-replacement-techniques/comment-page-1#comment-200 Jennifer Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:57:02 +0000 http://www.damofknowledge.com/?p=669#comment-200 I've been searching for a way to explain this very thing to a client who is running an automated SEO tool on their site - it's telling them that it can't proceed with out EVERY image having ALT text. I've been in the business for over 12 years and since I've been coding CSS layouts, have always used image replacement for company logos. Very well explained, Joel. I’ve been searching for a way to explain this very thing to a client who is running an automated SEO tool on their site – it’s telling them that it can’t proceed with out EVERY image having ALT text. I’ve been in the business for over 12 years and since I’ve been coding CSS layouts, have always used image replacement for company logos.

Very well explained, Joel.

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