Hi, I'm wondering if there is any advantage or disadvantage from an
SEO perspective to the following:

Case 1: a site links to my site by inserting an image they host and a
text link in their HTML
Case 2: a site links to my site by sourcing HTML on MY site that
contains the same image and text link

Thanks!

"Erik Lautier" <lautier@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1182373379.804558.159290@n2g2000hse.googlegro ups.com...
> Hi, I'm wondering if there is any advantage or disadvantage from an
> SEO perspective to the following:
>
> Case 1: a site links to my site by inserting an image they host and a
> text link in their HTML
> Case 2: a site links to my site by sourcing HTML on MY site that
> contains the same image and text link
>
> Thanks!

It doesn't matter whether the image is located on your site or theirs.

cheers ~
D.

"Erik Lautier" <lautier@gmail.com> wrote ...
> Hi, I'm wondering if there is any advantage or disadvantage from an
> SEO perspective to the following:

Can't see the point of either. You risk creating your own private bad
neighborhood for what?

Why put off potential clients and provide ammunition (and leads) to your
rivals?

If the only way you can manage to SEO your own site is by plotting to
hotlink images and steal links from clients, then I suspect you are in the
wrong job.
--

Andrew
http://www.seo2seo.com/
http://www.sick-site-syndrome.com/
First things first - but not necessarily in that order.

On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:02:59 -0000, Erik Lautier <lautier@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, I'm wondering if there is any advantage or disadvantage from an
> SEO perspective to the following:
>
> Case 1: a site links to my site by inserting an image they host and a
> text link in their HTML
> Case 2: a site links to my site by sourcing HTML on MY site that
> contains the same image and text link

I think that the replies so far have not clarified the situation. How
is the sourcing done? Is sourcing done by their server, invisible to
the client web browser? Or are they creating an IFRAME or FRAME
element that has your hosted HTML as the source?

i

On Jun 20, 8:06 pm, "Andrew Heenan" <andr...@heenan.net> wrote:
> "Erik Lautier" <laut...@gmail.com> wrote ...
>
> > Hi, I'm wondering if there is any advantage or disadvantage from an
> > SEO perspective to the following:
>
> Can't see the point of either. You risk creating your own private bad
> neighborhood for what?
>
> Why put off potential clients and provide ammunition (and leads) to your
> rivals?
>
> If the only way you can manage to SEO your own site is by plotting to
> hotlink images and steal links from clients, then I suspect you are in the
> wrong job.
> --

Sorry, I don't quite understand your reply - if a partner wants to
link to my site, how is that creating a problem? For example, if I put
the hyperlink "great SEO" on my site and it links to yours, that's the
example in Case 1 above. If you wanted to give your partners options
and you had suggested ways of linking on your site that they could
source and place on theirs, that's Case 2.

On Jun 20, 11:40 pm, Ignoramus25967 <ignoramus25...@NOSPAM.
25967.invalid> wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:02:59 -0000, Erik Lautier <laut...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi, I'm wondering if there is any advantage or disadvantage from an
> > SEO perspective to the following:
>
> > Case 1: a site links to my site by inserting an image they host and a
> > text link in their HTML
> > Case 2: a site links to my site by sourcing HTML on MY site that
> > contains the same image and text link
>
> I think that the replies so far have not clarified the situation. How
> is the sourcing done? Is sourcing done by their server, invisible to
> the client web browser? Or are they creating an IFRAME or FRAME
> element that has your hosted HTML as the source?
>
> i

There wouldn't be any frames involved - it would just be an a
href="http://www.mysite.com"> img src="http://www.mysite.com/logo.gif"
</a> type of thing.

On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:04:05 -0000, Erik Lautier <lautier@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 20, 11:40 pm, Ignoramus25967 <ignoramus25...@NOSPAM.
> 25967.invalid> wrote:
>> On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:02:59 -0000, Erik Lautier <laut...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi, I'm wondering if there is any advantage or disadvantage from an
>> > SEO perspective to the following:
>>
>> > Case 1: a site links to my site by inserting an image they host and a
>> > text link in their HTML
>> > Case 2: a site links to my site by sourcing HTML on MY site that
>> > contains the same image and text link
>>
>> I think that the replies so far have not clarified the situation. How
>> is the sourcing done? Is sourcing done by their server, invisible to
>> the client web browser? Or are they creating an IFRAME or FRAME
>> element that has your hosted HTML as the source?
>>
>> i
>
> There wouldn't be any frames involved - it would just be an a
> href="http://www.mysite.com"> img src="http://www.mysite.com/logo.gif"
></a> type of thing.
>

Then it is a regular link as far as spiders are concerned. I would
replace the log with anchor text, or at least add text to the
image. Also add an ALT tag to this image.

i

____/ Ignoramus26157 on Thursday 21 June 2007 15:07 : \____

> On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:04:05 -0000, Erik Lautier <lautier@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Jun 20, 11:40 pm, Ignoramus25967 <ignoramus25...@NOSPAM.
>> 25967.invalid> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:02:59 -0000, Erik Lautier <laut...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Hi, I'm wondering if there is any advantage or disadvantage from an
>>> > SEO perspective to the following:
>>>
>>> > Case 1: a site links to my site by inserting an image they host and a
>>> > text link in their HTML
>>> > Case 2: a site links to my site by sourcing HTML on MY site that
>>> > contains the same image and text link

Sounds like this would have no effect (if I follow and visualise this
correctly).

>>> I think that the replies so far have not clarified the situation. How
>>> is the sourcing done? Is sourcing done by their server, invisible to
>>> the client web browser? Or are they creating an IFRAME or FRAME
>>> element that has your hosted HTML as the source?
>>>
>>> i
>>
>> There wouldn't be any frames involved - it would just be an a
>> href="http://www.mysite.com"> img src="http://www.mysite.com/logo.gif"
>></a> type of thing.
>>
>
> Then it is a regular link as far as spiders are concerned. I would
> replace the log with anchor text, or at least add text to the
> image. Also add an ALT tag to this image.

Separate words with dashes as well, no underscores or 'camel case'.

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