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As webmasters experiment and adjust, there is a danger that we'll start to see the resurgence of "Click <a href=#> HERE </a>" links which IMO will be a backward step for accessibility in various different ways... even for me without "accessibility" needs, my browser can parse out the links and group them together. Link text with "click here" means absolutely nothing in such contexts.
I'm not wanting to lend any weight to the link-penalty theory, I merely raise the point in case G has overlooked the impact this is likely to have if it is true.
some people might use ALT text for its intended purpose, rather than SEO-trickery.
Wishful thinkin ciml ;¬)
I am so glad to believe it's a good idea to build sites to be accessible to everyone (including search engine spiders) and to built them right, wherever I live, and without any miserable failure restrictions ... ;)
Internet is no nut shell...
>>Florida hinders Accessibility?
Nice try, take 17 ...
not wishful thinking. there are many businesses that are bound by US government regulations that say they MUST make their sites accessible to the disabled
Sarcasm dazzlindonna ;¬)
I know there are laws, legal and w3c, but people still optimise and unless/until G ignores or penalises the ALT tag...
Penalising text links, as some have postulated, will have a negative effect. The only option IMO is for G to ignore them in their algo completely - Thing is, with no official word on this then, as we already know, webmasters are alterin their pages... even if just experimentally.
