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

jono at charlestonwebsolutions.com jono at charlestonwebsolutions.com
Wed May 24 08:06:21 CDT 2006


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?



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Jono Young
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