In developing the new Shinedown website, we’ve used a traditional text link with href in the code. But it’s being rendered on the end users browser as an image by the CSS style applied that makes it look and feel like an image. (See screenshot below of the style definition.)
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The screenshot includes the source code & formatting.
The result is that the search engine spider sees text, and the user sees pretty images. Text navigation is preferred for SEO purposes. However, sometimes the design team is determined to use pretty looking images. So, here is a solution that is the best of both worlds.
Additionally, if you go to the Shinedown site, you’ll notice that there is Text navigation on the bottom of the page. It helps with the crawl, works as as a mini-sitemap, and good for website usability.
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Shimon,
Thanks for the example. Here’s one that I reference for our clients from time to time. Click on the drop down in the upper left hand corner. http://meyerweb.com/eric/css/edge/menus/demo.html
Best,
Breakline Marketing