Re: FN-FORUM Pictures on Alta Vista

date posted 18th April 2001 10:54

Hi Chas,

I'm impressed. It's pretty nifty isn't it. I notice that some of my
customer's web sites have got images next to them but mine hasn't.

Thinking on why that might be I've decided that it's probably down to the
use of ALT tags on your images, i.e. putting rollover ALT tag text into your
images on the site. Needless to say I've just gone and added alt text to my
spacehoppa.com logo... what an oversight eh!

I could be wrong, but it may well have something to do with how they choose
which graphic to include.

ruth arnold
spacehoppa.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chas Walton" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: "Freelancers.Net" [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 9:28 AM
Subject: FN-FORUM Pictures on Alta Vista


> Has anyone noticed that the UK (but not the worldwide) listings on
> Alta Vista http://uk.altavista.com/ have recently started to include
> images with the selections?
>
> I assumed it was an additional revenue source for Alta Vista, so I
> asked them how much it cost to place an image next to my listing. To
> my surprise, they told me that it was a free service -- all I had to
> do was drop the appropriate code into my web pages.
>
> Does anyone know what that code is?
>
> Chas Walton
> [EMAIL REMOVED]
> www.textwizard.com