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Hi Webnauts, I assume you were talking to me? 
Oh, I didn't mean to imply it was a perfect implementation, just that I found it unlikely that the intention was search engine spamming. I believe that this instance of the technique looks like it was intended to increase the accessibility of the page, not to spam the search engines. |
Danny said above that his intention was not to spam search engines. But that the intention to increase accessibility cannot be the case. Sorry.
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Because all these things need to be judged on a case by case basis, you can't apply a blanket rule - sometimes this is done ethically to increase accessibility, sometimes it is used to spam search engines. Sometimes the intention is one, but a low skill levelonly manages to come up with the other  |
Well reading the post of Danny above, it is obvious to me that this instance is the low level skill of his designer. Something like that can never be just a flippancy mistake.
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Heck, I just googled for image replacement accessiblity and got a whole bunch of results discussing this.
The state of the industry is that quite a few of the image replacement techniques aren't accessible at all! But that doesn't mean we don't keep trying |
Sure we have to go on trying. But before implementing, testing with users with disabilities, and not the way around.
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The post itself wasn't.
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LOL
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The majority of the responses were *shock gasp but, but I am using a very similar technique to make my page more accessible! Matt! Tell me you won't penalise me for that!!!'
The comment I pointed to was from Matt himself clarifying this.
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Some people tell a lot when the day is long. I am very careful about unofficial statements of search engines employees. I often cached up many contradictions in statements of an employee himself, or between employees of the same search engine.
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Originally Posted by leadegroot
From Danny's comment, I would guess that he isn't that up to date with accessibility.
Web design is a big field and he has specialised in the SEO end |
Accessibility is not just a design issue. Accessibility is not only an issue for people with disabilities.
It is advanced on-site search engine optimization, and is the most effective technique?
Why?
Because
crawlers suffer from three different disabilities:
- They are blind;
- They are deaf;
- They are dyslexic.
I would suggest you and everybody else on this thread to take a minute to read this article:
Reality SEO - Search Engine Commentary: Marriage of SEO & Accessibility Prevents Lawsuits, Increases Visibility
Just my two cents.
