Comments on: SEO vs. Accessibility: Can you have both? http://blog.w3conversions.com/2005/01/seo-vs-accessibility-can-you-have-both/ realizations on life, the web, and everything Mon, 16 Mar 2015 06:43:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Jon Teare http://blog.w3conversions.com/2005/01/seo-vs-accessibility-can-you-have-both/comment-page-1/#comment-3239 Jon Teare Thu, 02 Jun 2005 00:15:28 +0000 http://www.communitymx.com/blog/index.cfm?newsid=379#comment-3239 From my experience Accessibility actually aids SEO, If an image is decorative place it as a css background on an element, only if it is a proper feature ie goes with an article would I place it in img tags. At this point use the alt tag and don't forget the longdesc option if a textual description is helpful. <br /> <br />I used these methods extensively in this site <a href="hotel-ascot.co.uk>Isle of Man Hotels From my experience Accessibility actually aids SEO, If an image is decorative place it as a css background on an element, only if it is a proper feature ie goes with an article would I place it in img tags. At this point use the alt tag and don’t forget the longdesc option if a textual description is helpful.

I used these methods extensively in this site http://www.communitymx.com/blog/index.cfm?newsid=379#comment-3238 I have been obsessing over the same thing for the past week (we are redesigning the pxLabs site), and figuring out where the boundaries lie is a real mother of a task. <br /> <br />I, like you, don't know everything, but hopefully someday, we'll be able to figure it out. I have been obsessing over the same thing for the past week (we are redesigning the pxLabs site), and figuring out where the boundaries lie is a real mother of a task.

I, like you, don’t know everything, but hopefully someday, we’ll be able to figure it out.

]]> By: bluecorn http://blog.w3conversions.com/2005/01/seo-vs-accessibility-can-you-have-both/comment-page-1/#comment-3237 bluecorn Sun, 23 Jan 2005 05:25:32 +0000 http://www.communitymx.com/blog/index.cfm?newsid=379#comment-3237 search engines are stupid, which is why we have to talk more simply to them than to our fellow humans. <br /> <br />some of us even learn their language to gain their approval - and thereby speak less elegantly than we might <br /> <br />but, brilliant websites that defy all the search engine codes, and thrill the world with their human greatness, tend to end up most admired by the engines. search engines are stupid, which is why we have to talk more simply to them than to our fellow humans.

some of us even learn their language to gain their approval – and thereby speak less elegantly than we might

but, brilliant websites that defy all the search engine codes, and thrill the world with their human greatness, tend to end up most admired by the engines.

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