Comments on: Image Links vs. Text Links http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2006/01/16/image-links-vs-text-links/ UIE\'s latest insights on the world of design Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:28:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Szandana http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2006/01/16/image-links-vs-text-links/comment-page-1/#comment-87351 Szandana Sat, 08 Sep 2007 08:31:13 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/?p=158#comment-87351 Text links with related content is what I read and what seems by far to get the best results. Image to image links has been a failure for me. Trying text to image links and hope for improvement. The content of one sites has many images. It took six months before any of my images showed up in any of the major search engines. Only the text links showed as a valid url. I find image searches fairly useless when it comes to finding a site I really want to visit. Lot of work needs to be done in this area by all of the search companies. It's just my experience and yours may differ. Would like to know. Text links with related content is what I read and what seems by far to get the best results. Image to image links has been a failure for me. Trying text to image links and hope for improvement.
The content of one sites has many images. It took six months before any of my images showed up in any of the major search engines. Only the text links showed as a valid url.
I find image searches fairly useless when it comes to finding a site I really want to visit. Lot of work needs to be done in this area by all of the search companies. It’s just my experience and yours may differ. Would like to know.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2006/01/16/image-links-vs-text-links/comment-page-1/#comment-25888 Ryan Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:45:37 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/?p=158#comment-25888 Text links are important both in terms of getting quality backlinks and good SERPs. However, image links are also very important in terms of branding and advertising if you are running an ad campaign for the site in order to do internet marketing and business promotion. Image links are fine as long as you put it the ALT text. Text links are important both in terms of getting quality backlinks and good SERPs. However, image links are also very important in terms of branding and advertising if you are running an ad campaign for the site in order to do internet marketing and business promotion. Image links are fine as long as you put it the ALT text.

]]> By: Jared Spool http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2006/01/16/image-links-vs-text-links/comment-page-1/#comment-933 Jared Spool Tue, 17 Jan 2006 21:50:42 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/?p=158#comment-933 Hi Kim, Is it possible that user is trying to tell you something else? I've found that when users make suggestions in their complaints, such as providing more images, they are really responding to their frustration and hoping their solution will work. The question is, what is their frustration. Without seeing the site or having watched the user try to work with it, it would be hard to guess. But one possibility is that the links on the site aren't communicating enough scent and the user felt that, perhaps, if there were images, the scent would be stronger. (They are probably wrong, but that doesn't stop them from suggesting it.) I'd follow up with the user and see if you can get to the root cause of their frustration. I'd also look at the scent from the links you're providing and see if that can help. I wonder if the folks at <a href="http://www.craigslist.com" rel="nofollow">Craigslist</a> ever get requests for more images. Hi Kim,

Is it possible that user is trying to tell you something else? I’ve found that when users make suggestions in their complaints, such as providing more images, they are really responding to their frustration and hoping their solution will work. The question is, what is their frustration.

Without seeing the site or having watched the user try to work with it, it would be hard to guess. But one possibility is that the links on the site aren’t communicating enough scent and the user felt that, perhaps, if there were images, the scent would be stronger. (They are probably wrong, but that doesn’t stop them from suggesting it.)

I’d follow up with the user and see if you can get to the root cause of their frustration. I’d also look at the scent from the links you’re providing and see if that can help.

I wonder if the folks at Craigslist ever get requests for more images.

]]> By: Kim Siever http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2006/01/16/image-links-vs-text-links/comment-page-1/#comment-930 Kim Siever Tue, 17 Jan 2006 16:55:52 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/?p=158#comment-930 Very interesting. I just received an email from someone who complained the website I develop full time did not have enough images. Very interesting. I just received an email from someone who complained the website I develop full time did not have enough images.

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