Hi,

 

I have just had the backend of a website created for me, and the person who did it created it by using graphics provided. Part of the graphics include bullet points highlighting some of my services (keywords). The guy who did it has kept this as a Jpg and kept the html off screen as below.

 

<ul class="home-services">

<li>service 1

<li> service 2</li>

<li> service 3</a></li>

<li> service 4</li>

<li> service 5</li>

</ul>

 

Generally and In terms of SEO does it matter if the html is on or off screen?

 

Hope this makes sense

Thanks

There has been a lot of discussion about this, but I think the conclusion is that if you use text-indent: -9999px; display: block or display: inline-block It is useful for blind people as a screen reader will still read out the text that you cannot see on the screen and search engines will also still read it. They don't like display: none; or visibility: hidden; but text-indent seems to be a valid method of hiding text.

ok thanks. Could I assume this would be better as on screen html?

Why don't you just use your linked images with an alt tag? That way search engines can still see what the link is about.

<a href="contact.html"><img src="contact.png" alt="Contact" /></a>

Edited January 25, 201115 yr by makethetick

Why don't you just use your linked images with an alt tag? That way search engines can still see what the link is about.

<a href="contact.html"><img src="contact.png" alt="Contact" /></a>

 

 

yep I could do. I was just thinking best for SEO and I am not a developer.

 

Thanks

If it's a bullet list, is there any reason it can't be done as HTML?