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Posted by carolyn on 09/19/06 09:12
JWL wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'd like my website to have graphical header text but I'm concerned
> about the impact this will have on search engine success, as none of the
> pages will have <h1> headers. Is it sensible to do something like this:
>
> <h1 class="hidden">blah blah</h1>
> <img src="blah.gif" alt="blah blah" />
>
> 'hidden' being:
>
> .hidden {
> position: absolute; /* taken from sitepoint.com */
> left: -9000px;
> top: 0;
> }
>
> What would you do if you absolutely had to have graphical headers?
>
> Thanks for your time
If I absolutely had to have graphical headers, I still would not. Graphical
headers cannot be crawled by search engines. They can not be translated by
translation services. They are not loaded by either text only browsers, or
browsers set to not load graphics. They do not allow the font size to
adjust so it looks good on both my 1280x1024 maximized browser window and
my 320x160 hand held.
I would and do create graphic backgrounds for a header, and then overlay
text on top of it. Typically locating the graphic to one end and aligning
the text to the other end, to try to minimize the amount of text being
obscured by the underlying graphic.
I hope that helps,
Carolyn
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Carolyn Marenger
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