image links vs text links

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by davidaneff, Dec 18, 2008.

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    My website has primary clickable images for its internal links. These images often have text underneath them but for now I have not made that text a link because I thought it might be bad to have duplicate links (one text, one image) right next to each other leading to the same page. So my question is: provided I have good alt tags on the image links, will turning the text into links help or hurt me?
     
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    crivion Notable Member

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    for sure it wont, it's better to have text-links than image ones 100%
     
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    jitendraag Notable Member

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    You should use title and alt text if you want to continue using image links.
     
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    davidaneff Peon

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    follow up questions:

    1) In SEO, does image alt text count as content in a web search the same way page text does? or does it only count in image searches?

    2) does alt text in a link pass on juice to the destination page the same way a text link does?

    thanks.
     
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    tharani Active Member

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    apart from passing a link juice, text link with right keyword as anchor helps in ranking.


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    tharani, Dec 18, 2008 IP