On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:03:25 -0700, "Hymer"
<ergobob@sonic[REMOVE].net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> There's no "think" about this question bill, it's clear cut!
>>>>
>>>> Google ignores the title attribute, but fully indexes the alt
>>>> attribute, so images lacking alt text will not help your SERPs and
>>>> anything added as a title attribute is ignored.
>>>>
>>>> That said this does not mean start stuffing your spacer images
>>>> with
>>>> keyword rich alt text, that's SEO SPAM and could potentially cause
>>>> problems if your site is ever manually reviewed. Also don't use
>>>> alt
>>>> text for text links, so don't replace title attributes with alt
>>>> attributes (alt = images not text links).
>>>>
>>>> See http://www.seo-gold.com/seo-tutorial/anchor-text-optimization/
>>>> for
>>>> further details (alt stuff near the bottom).
>>>>
>>>
>>>Hi David,
>>>
>>>Thanks for the link. Good read.
>>>
>>>I already have a lot of alt attributes for all my images with the
>>>Title used for non-image links. Also, I am in the top 10 for almost
>>>all my keywords. My efforts are simply to stay there rather than get
>>>there.
>>
>> Maybe time to start wondering if you could be improving your
>> clickthroughs and conversions.
>
>
>Hi Bill,
>
>My problem is that I get the SERPs by providing directories to sites
>in my vertical market. Most of the visitors are other professionals or
>institutions who do not buy consulting services. Then there are the 1%
>of visitors who are managers that are looking for consulting. So the
>few buyers find me because of the support from the professionals. So
>clickthroughs and conversions really do not apply.
>
>Having said that, my most recent additions to the site have been a
>Jobs Board and an Ergonomics Store (Amazon). I am offering the Jobs
>Board to stimulate interest in the site in general, adding pages and
>links, and keeping things fresh. The Ergonomics Store does the same
>thing but I might make a buck or two on it. I already sell books and
>get a few bucks that way - nothing big though.
>
>Last year I added two blogs: Usability In The News and Ergonomics In
>The News which get quite a few visitors. I just added text-to-speech
>which lets you listen to each article.
>
>So all of this is an effort to stay high in the rankings over time so
>I can be found by the few people looking for consulting services. In
>all cases I look for enhancements to my site that do not require much
>maintenance. Many of the new third party services permit quick setup,
>little maintenance, and permit local hosting with my URL.
>
>Does this strategy make sense?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Bob
Does to me!
BB
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