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Transparent gif links?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by mattmdesign, Nov 23, 2004.

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    Hi,
    is it against google's rules to use a transparent gif to link to another site? Like a 1px x 1px image outbound link with alt text and title? Do you think they would they penalize for that?
    Thanks, Matt
     
    mattmdesign, Nov 23, 2004 IP
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    well you show as 47 inbound links but only pr2 so i guess is yes they would.
     
    vagrant, Nov 23, 2004 IP
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    1PX by 1PX trans are easy to spot as they all have the same file size, I would say google discounts any images under 0.5-1KB
     
    darksat, Nov 24, 2004 IP
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    SE spam pure and simple. There is no gray area on this one.
     
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    mattmdesign Well-Known Member

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    Hi, there was a backlink update after the last PR update. what makes you think that I used a transparent gif as a link? just because I asked the question? Thanks for the replies everyone.
     
    mattmdesign, Nov 24, 2004 IP
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    I saw several this kind of links on a PR 8 website :)
     
    hurricane_sh, Nov 24, 2004 IP
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    mattmdesign Well-Known Member

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    heh, I just noticed that someone gave me a negative reputation point for this thread. How nice :/
    Anyway, I was noticing that statcounter.com (ranking very well and has a PR9) gets most of its links from transparent 1px images.
     
    mattmdesign, Feb 15, 2005 IP
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    fryman Kiss my rep

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    Don't worry, Matt, some poeple are total idiots and give their stupid negative reputations when someone is just asking a legit question. It has happened to me several times and couldn't care less.

    I am just having a similar discussion about this with a fellow member. I have also seen many sites using this tactic on their homepage as a way to get inner pages indexed quickly.
     
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    Juls Well-Known Member

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    i have seen this used by lots of sites but still am not sure about how it effects pr or linkbacks.

    i know of another member on this board that uses this technique to link to their links page for some reason. I guess to not confuse visitors with unrelated links.

    ya matt like fryman says take no heed about the rep point.. doesnt really matter..

    ;-)
     
    Juls, Feb 15, 2005 IP
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    When I first started my website I added a text link consisting of a single period high on the page linking to my site map for 2 months to get the site indexed asap. I dont know if it worked, but it seemed reasonable at the time.
     
    carowan, Feb 16, 2005 IP