[Wsuug] JavaScript Rollovers and New Window Done Right?

[Andrew Jaswa]

On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 12:09 AM, Jon Zuck <jz at frimmin.com> wrote:

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>  The only disadvantage I can
> think of, is that not having the image tags written in the file along with
> the list tags, might not be as advantageous from an SEO perspective. That
> way, the spiders could see the LI text, the IMG ALT, and  TITLE (don't
> forget TITLE!) to chew on in the markup. On the other hand, the text in
> menus usually isn't prime indexing material anyway! :-)

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I would disagree. Unless the image is actual content it shouldn't be
there. I'm thinking content as photos and the like, not images used to
display text. Plain text is usually the best route to go for
accessibility and semantics. If a <li> has text rather then am image
inside, it tends to be more accessible. As far as SEO concerns go... I
don't take much stock in them because if one has a accessible,
semantic site you don't need to optimize for much of anything. =)

I think Zach is on the right track though. I agree with Chris about
the class names. If they don't offer meaning don't put them in. The
rel="external" is rather clever. I wouldn't have thought of that right
away.

Andrew