Amongst the two, graphical links and text links, which serves better in SEO?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by seotips2011, Apr 19, 2011.

  1. #1
    Hi,

    I am confusion about "which serves better in SEO? Graphical Links or Text Links"

    Thanks in advance.
     
    seotips2011, Apr 19, 2011 IP
  2. C.Rebecca

    C.Rebecca Active Member

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    Both types of links play their own part. It is believed that text gets easily indexed that is why webmaster prefers text links.

    On the other hand image linking has its benefits,
    If you have image Sitemap then you should not hesitate for graphical linking. Images attract more attention so they tend to get more traffic...
    Images have more potential to get viral.
     
    C.Rebecca, Apr 20, 2011 IP
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    Most of the people would vote for this question in the favor of text link.

    Here is a comparison to make your life easy.

    In text link you get:
    A. Anchor text
    B. Link to your web page.

    In Image Link you get:
    A. Alt text [which is good as anchor text].
    B. Link to your webpage.
    C. Ranking on google.com/images search.
    D. Grabs more attention of users.

    Which means, you should always go for image links if possible.
     
    MarketingRadiation, Apr 20, 2011 IP
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    I agree that we should always go for image links.
     
    cyborg90, Apr 20, 2011 IP
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    The very obviously answer would be text links as Google gives preference to text links only.
     
    jacuzzi, Apr 20, 2011 IP
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    Text links Text links Text links.

    Also, when structuring your internal page's links, make sure that your anchor text link appears before any other links to the same page...

    i.e
    say you want to link from your dog training page to your puppy training page using the anchor text puppy training. If there was an image linking to the same page which appears before the anchor text link then google will give the first link the priority meaning that you lose all of the anchor text juice.
     
    Seaman Staines, Apr 20, 2011 IP
  7. Kiranraj

    Kiranraj Well-Known Member

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    Text links are better the Graphics links
     
    Kiranraj, Apr 22, 2011 IP