Webplus x6 hotspot button

[dd00719]

Hi

I am just in the process of creating a new website, http://www.penguindownloads.com and i am trying to hyperlink the logo to the home page.
Two questions:
1) i was going to use the hotspot button, to draw a frame around the logo and the text. Where is that hotspot button gone in WP X6? it was on the bottom of the left hand side pane in X5...
2) should i even be using the hotspot button or should i link the image and the text directly? (is that better from the SEO perspective, does the search engine see it in a different way?)

Thanks!

[Archibald]

Use 'Insert' > 'Hotspot'.

I doubt using a hotspot will have any affect on SEO: you are only linking to your home page.

[dd00719]

thanks, but as a rule, should I avoid using hotspots and directly link images to pages of the site? from the search engines perspective, a hotspot frame means nothing. in fact, im not sure if search engine would see a hotspot, so yes, in this case, just linking to home page wouldnt make any difference but would that be the case if the link was to other pages and there was just a hotspot link, and not a direct text link. would search engine still see it?

[Archibald]

Originally Posted by dd00719 Thanks, but as a rule, should I avoid using hotspots and directly link images to pages of the site? from the search engines perspective, a hotspot frame means nothing. in fact, I'm not sure if search engine would see a hotspot, so yes, in this case, just linking to home page wouldn't make any difference but would that be the case if the link was to other pages and there was just a hotspot link, and not a direct text link. would search engine still see it?

A search engine will see the hotspot URL as it's in the HTML code for the page.

There is a lot of folklore about SEO based on speculation and on assuming search engines have more intelligence than they probably have.

Who knows if search engines take more notice of hyperlinks from individual images than to hotspots applied over an image?

WebPlus hotspots are applied to a 1x1 pixel transparent GIF image stretched to a larger area. Hopefully search engines will not spot that!

[Tom.]

Originally Posted by dd00719 2) should i even be using the hotspot button or should i link the image and the text directly? (is that better from the SEO perspective, does the search engine see it in a different way?)

Using a hotspot is the least to worry for SEO, other factors could be. If you have not already done so, I would suggest you start a thread asking for a review of your print shop website.

It appears to be difficult to find in the SERPS.