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How Important Is Having Text Links For Seo?

by admin on January 10, 2010

I have a site where i use graphics for the first 7 links then text links afterwards. I’m aware that these graphic links can’t be read by spiders but how important is it? I’m trying to get onto page 1 of google, im on page 1 of all other engines but am stuck on page 2 of google and think this might be why.

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Lina S January 10, 2010 at 9:33 am

You need text links from reliable websites to increase your rank.

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Soltate January 10, 2010 at 9:45 am

Links are formed by anything you put between tags. If you use images then the spiders have no idea of what you mean by that link.
So put a Title to that link by using “title” parameter:
This image is about blablabla
Also don’t forget to put the “alt” which specifies what should be there in case the image doesn’t download.
Spiders read the “alt” as well as the “title”.

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vb.net January 10, 2010 at 10:06 am

The text links are VERY IMPORTANT. I used link picture before because they looked nicer on the website, but it affected my website’s ranking.
At the recommendation of a friend, I’ve started working with CRT Business Solutions ( http://www.crtbs.com ) , an SEO company from South of California, and they advised me to replace the pictures with text link and, eventually, add a picture behind the text or next to it thru CSS file, which I did. Even if the Page Ranking (PR) of my website didn’t change yet, I see every day that my pages are on a higher search results on Google, Yahoo and MSN. I am saying “my pages”, because every page is optimized for certain keywords.
Besides changing the image links with text links, they optimized every page for search engine: unique title, url, meta descriptions for each one of them, content tagged with

or , etc.
These are just few tricks they shared with me while they worked on my website. I’m sure there is more than that. Feel free to contact them. I really recommend their service.
P.S. I’ve gave another answer here that you might find helpfull:http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;…

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emmasnw January 10, 2010 at 10:52 am

Links can be followed by search engines (just avoid using javascript links). Use alt text for the images, that will act the same as keywords.
You need to learn about Search Engine Optimization. There are a number of factors that influence search engine ranking. These articles will get you started:
Organic SEO – http://www.small-business-software.net/o…
Search Engine Tips – http://www.small-business-software.net/s…
How to Influence Search Engine Ranking – http://www.developer-resource.com/how-to…
SEO Guide – http://www.developer-resource.com/search…
Spider Food – http://www.developer-resource.com/spider…
Free Web Marketing Tips – http://www.small-business-software.net/f…

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Marky January 10, 2010 at 11:11 am

Graphic links can be read – the html code (if you view source code) is quite clear for them to read.

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alexander g January 10, 2010 at 11:40 am

very important

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