隐藏图片下方的文字以进行SEO

Question

I am going to use a large image on my page with a bunch of text on it. The reason I am including body text on an image is because the text will be rotated, and there currently isn't any GREAT solution for rotating text seamlessly across all browsers.

On this image, there is a lot of text, and I want it to be indexed by search engines. (but its a picture so it's content won't be indexed, obviously) If I was to include a div with all the text html and set the css to display:none, would Google still index the content that is hidden under the picture?

Are their any other solid solutions here?

Answer 1

This is fine. We do this all the time, with both images and flash movies (ala SIFR). Most people agree that as long as you are not being deceptive, it's not a problem.

Use a "phark" image replacement technique, where you take advantage of text-indent. Here is a good summary of all the options .

Answer 2

use the alt and title attributes of the <img> tag. also longdesc might be a good candidate. no need to hide your text …

edit. longdesc isn't supported by any major browser

Answer 3

as a experienced SEO and link builder i cant recommend hiding content in any way since it can get your website penalized or even worse removed from search engine index.

Google hates hiding and cloaking.