Are Images permitted in H1 Tags?

[BeeDeeDubbleU]

Is it permissible to have images within H1 tags? I have a page heading where I separate the three listed subjects with a small separator image. Will this cause any problems with SEO?

<h1 align="center">Widgeted Widgets <img src="Images/separator.gif" width="18" height="9"> More Widgets <img src="/Images/separator.gif" width="18" height="9"> Featured Widgets</h1>

The Reuslt looks something like this ...

Widgeted Widgets :) More Widgets :) Featured Widgets

[Longhaired Genius]

I don't think this would cause a problem.

[Orbite]

Yes, you can use images inside headings.

But menus of links that appear on nearly every site should really be marked up as lists, since that is what they are.

<div id="subjects">
<ul>
 <li>Widgeted Widgets</li>
 <li>More Widgets</li>
 <li>Featured Widgets</li>
</ul>
</div>

Since you don’t want the default list style to apply to these links, you can use CSS to change the way they appear on the page.

#subjects ul {
display: inline;
...
whatever styling you wish
...
}

Your images, showed as :) in your example, are simply bullets.

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