Search engine names within the html

has anyone seen / tried this

[Newbie]

Does anyone have any notion if either;
a) A search button using a particular se on a site carries ranking / brownie points for that site with that se
b) Using the se's name within the html (such as alt tags) earns the same?

:-)

[SmallTime]

flattery works in many situations, but not with search engines, that I have heard.

[IanTurner]

There are some SEO sites that use this technique, don't know whether it actually affects the results though.

[Newbie]

Thanks Guys

I am going to try a search link to Yahoo on one of my sites, and another to Google on another (I will actually hide them). I have a site that has a Yahoo link now, and it does stunningly well in Yahoo.

If anyone else wants to try this (or maybe already has) and maybe compare notes in a month, please let me know.

:-)