Hi, I use fancy fonts in graphics and wants them to be images. I have already added the text on image in alt attribute and in case it is a link, in title as well. I would like to give it a real text equivalent though by putting the the text under image using z-index. I don't think that can in any way be seen as deceiving the search engine, but one never knows... Please help
One of the Google spam fighters has said in his blog that they watch a page parse right down to the final second. Or something like that. There are hidden text penalties. If no one is going to ever see the text... it's hidden. I do not know the exact method or criteria.
The best way to find out is to get the page indexed and then search for the terms buried behind the image. It is doubtful the normal Google Bot searches for hidden text... so just because you indexed does not mean you won't get caught for it down the road.
> I don't > think that can in any way be seen as deceiving the search engine, but > one never knows... Please help
But aren't you deceiving your users?
> I would like to give it a real text equivalent > though by putting the the text under image using z-index.
You have given it a real text equivalent by using your alt tags... if you can't see the text when the images are not loading make sure you set the width and height for your image as well...
> Hi, I use fancy fonts in graphics and wants them to be images. I have > already added the text on image in alt attribute and in case it is a > link, in title as well. I would like to give it a real text equivalent > though by putting the the text under image using z-index. I don't > think that can in any way be seen as deceiving the search engine, but > one never knows... Please help
As MrGamma described (in a much more thorough way), there are more ways of hiding text than there are flavors of ice cream at Baskin Robbins. What matters to Google is not the way in which you are hiding text, but (1) the text you are hiding and (2) the reason you are hiding it.
So, the technique you've laid out here is neither good nor evil. As Craig said, if the hidden content is a more-accessible-but-less-pretty version of the content that hides it--e.g. text behind an image containing those words--our quality measures should not mind. Of course, we suggest using the ALT and TITLE attributes of the IMG tag, which were designed for this very purpose (providing alternative text to replace images), but you are, of course, free to design your site as you see fit.
> Hi, I use fancy fonts in graphics and wants them to be images. I have > already added the text on image in alt attribute and in case it is a > link, in title as well. I would like to give it a real text equivalent > though by putting the the text under image using z-index. I don't > think that can in any way be seen as deceiving the search engine, but > one never knows... Please help
> As MrGamma described (in a much more thorough way), there are more
> ways of hiding text than there are flavors of ice cream at Baskin
> Robbins. What matters to Google is not the way in which you are
> hiding text, but (1) the text you are hiding and (2) the reason you
> are hiding it.
> So, the technique you've laid out here is neither good nor evil. As
> Craig said, if the hidden content is a more-accessible-but-less-pretty
> version of the content that hides it--e.g. text behind an image
> containing those words--our quality measures should not mind. Of
> course, we suggest using the ALT and TITLE attributes of the IMG tag,
> which were designed for this very purpose (providing alternative text
> to replace images), but you are, of course, free to design your site
> as you see fit.
> > Hi, I use fancy fonts in graphics and wants them to be images. I have
> > already added the text on image in alt attribute and in case it is a
> > link, in title as well. I would like to give it a real text equivalent
> > though by putting the the text under image using z-index. I don't
> > think that can in any way be seen as deceiving the search engine, but
> > one never knows... Please help
