Comments on: Link Value Factors

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:16:03 +0000

Thanks Joost!
It's very interesting to read.

By: Ash`

Ash` — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:05:30 +0000

Joost,
Many thanks, very interesting

By: André Scholten

André Scholten — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:36:14 +0000

@dave: I'm with Joost, I've seen clear evidence an image link is worth less.

By: dave

dave — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:45:13 +0000

Ok good I'm not the only one thinking this :) Aren't these tags just important for onpage factors and less or none for external stuff..

Nice to see so many ducth people on places like that ..were the hell is Belgium :D

dave

By: Joost de Valk

Joost de Valk — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:30:59 +0000

@Web design Glasgow: a little bit of both, I assume

@dave: neither can I :) It's obviously less...

By: dave

dave — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:16:28 +0000

Hey Joost,

What's your opinion on Image versus text links ? I just can't agree with comments like this :

Hamlet Batista: â€œThe alt text of an image when placed inside a link carries the same or similar weight to the link text aloneâ€?

Maurizio Petrone: â€œIf the link is an image, the value of ALT attribute counts as an anchor text.

Thxs,
dave

By: Web Design Glasgow

Web Design Glasgow — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:55:34 +0000

Joost, to what extent do you imagine the chosen figures are based on testing vs. intuition from experience over time?

Which is not to suggest that the average of a group's experience is not valuable - but I'm curious as to the extent to which you and others formally test such hypotheses (given that any results are potentially immediately out of date), and the extent to which you value such reports.

That's enough 'extents' for one comment! Cheers.