[thelist] <h1> + images + search engines penalties

[simonb. / exsonvaldes]

Why don't you use Images AND Text ?

<h1><span>Name of the Company</span></h1>

with a little bit of CSS :

@media screen {
    h1 {
        background-image:url(company-logo);
        padding-left: width of the logo
    }
    h1.span {
        display:none;
    }
}
@media print {
    h1.span {
        style your H1 for printing, without background image;
    }
}



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jono at charlestonwebsolutions.com>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 3:06 PM
Subject: [thelist] <h1> + images + search engines penalties


> Does anyone have any reason to believe that placing images inside of
> header tags would have an affect on search engine placement?  Is it
> frowned upon by search engines?
>
> I understand the semantics of header tags - that header tags are meant for
> text, designating hierarchy, structure, etc.  So, with that in mind, this
> WOULD be a bad idea:
>
> <h1><a href="http://www.company.com/" name="home" id="home"><img
> src="path/to/logo.gif" alt="company name"></a></h1>
>
> But what if you have an image and text in the header:
>
> <h1><a href="http://www.company.com/" name="home" id="home"><img
> src="path/to/logo.gif" alt="company name"></a> Header Keyword Text </h1>
> <p>Example...</p>
> <p class="link"><a href="link.html" title="Company Keyword">Company
> Keyword Link</a>
>
> Producing a layout such as this with the help of CSS:
>
> XXXXXX  Header Keyword Text
> XXXXXX
> XXXXXX  Example...paragraph
>        goes here and supports
>        the header.
>
>        Company Keyword Link
>
>
> Does anyone have details supporting whether or not search engines penalize
> for images inside of header tags?
>
>
>
> -- 
> Jono Young
> Designer | Developer | Illustrator
> Charleston Web Solutions
> Bringing Higher Standards to the Lowcountry
> http://www.charlestonwebsolutions.com
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