Do large images stop web crawlers?

dovid · Post by **dovid** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:14 am

I've heard that having large images near the top of the page can stop web crawlers from searching a page and then they could leave? Is this true?

(Our web design firm has designed the website with large images at the top of the pages with the copy below. Our SEO company says that having large images near the top of the page can stop web crawlers from searching a page, and they could leave.)

princess · Post by **princess** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 9:46 am

no problem with large images

but you can use the alt tag for it.

harrysmith · Post by **harrysmith** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:32 am

Image size does not affect crawling of your site. You should use a good keyword rich alt tag for that image instead, which will help you…

weblaunchphxx · Post by **weblaunchphxx** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:46 am

There is no problem in using images.But you should Alt tag on images.

aira · Post by **aira** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:51 am

search engines spiders cant read/see images... Large images are also the reason for slow page loading (depends on the file size)

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