inbound links....do images work?

janet jinx · 05-23-2005, 10:26 AM

As a web designer I realise the importance of inbound links to a websites ratings. In order to help out my own websites ratings I routinely add our company logo to the bottom of all the pages we design linked through to our main website. When I checked on google for inbound links to our site none came up even though I know there are many sites linked to us. Does the link need to be textual...does an image link not count?

Any help on this matter appreciated.

Cheers

Janet

Recreative Web Design Huddersfield

StephanieCordray · 05-23-2005, 12:29 PM

well, search engines can't read pictures which gives a text link more weight. using alt text helps to some extent.

BMA · 07-31-2008, 09:46 PM

All of my inbound links are text, and Google still does not return the majority of them. So not seeing them in your results does not in and of itself indicate that the linked image is the problem.

I would love to see you publish a study on this. Count your inbound links now with various search engines. Change half of your designed by links to text. Give it six months. Then count again. See if the half changed to text starts showing up more with Google. That would make for a very interesting white paper.

05-23-2005, 10:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
janet jinx New Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Huddersfield Posts: 1	inbound links....do images work? As a web designer I realise the importance of inbound links to a websites ratings. In order to help out my own websites ratings I routinely add our company logo to the bottom of all the pages we design linked through to our main website. When I checked on google for inbound links to our site none came up even though I know there are many sites linked to us. Does the link need to be textual...does an image link not count? Any help on this matter appreciated. Cheers Janet Recreative Web Design Huddersfield

07-31-2008, 09:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
BMA New Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Galax, VA Posts: 5	All of my inbound links are text, and Google still does not return the majority of them. So not seeing them in your results does not in and of itself indicate that the linked image is the problem. I would love to see you publish a study on this. Count your inbound links now with various search engines. Change half of your designed by links to text. Give it six months. Then count again. See if the half changed to text starts showing up more with Google. That would make for a very interesting white paper. __________________ Home Health Care Marketing, Physical Therapy Marketing Low Cost Brochures, Home Health Directory *Brazzell Marketing Agency - Be First in the Minds of Your Customers!*

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05-23-2005, 12:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
StephanieCordray Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Nashville TN Posts: 1,017	well, search engines can't read pictures which gives a text link more weight. using alt text helps to some extent.