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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 2:56 pm
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 10:14 pm
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wrreisen.RemoveThis@yahoo.com (William.R.Reisen) wrote in
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> Hi,
>
> I want to fully describe the nature of each image on my site by giving
> each a long file name with underscores inbetween each word is there a
> limit to the length that will be acceptable to Google before it
> penalises my site? Thank you.
No idea, but - seems to be preferred.
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 11:23 pm
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William.R.Reisen wrote in
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> Hi,
>
> I want to fully describe the nature of each image on my site by giving
> each a long file name with underscores inbetween each word is there a
> limit to the length that will be acceptable to Google before it
> penalises my site? Thank you.
You're OK with underscores, that won't be seen as spamming - Google will see
it as a very long and unusual word.
Is it the image file or the web page that's getting the long name?
Whilst it's your choice, I can't help feeling that there are better ways of
dealing with the issue: alt text, title text... etc. If it were a practical
idea, I'm sure we'd have seen it before - OTOH, you may be an innovatory
visionary so don't let me put you off.
There is, IIRC, a limit of 256 characters to filenames on most servers.
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 11:46 pm
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On 19 Aug 2004 11:56:12 -0700, wrreisen RemoveThis @yahoo.com (William.R.Reisen)
wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I want to fully describe the nature of each image on my site by giving
>each a long file name with underscores inbetween each word is there a
>limit to the length that will be acceptable to Google before it
>penalises my site? Thank you.
Why not use the alt tag or the longdesc tag?
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 11:46 pm
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Big Bill wrote:
> ...
> Why not use the alt tag ...
What's an 'alt tag'?
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 11:46 pm
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On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 20:46:19 GMT, Big Bill <kruse RemoveThis @cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> On 19 Aug 2004 11:56:12 -0700, wrreisen RemoveThis @yahoo.com (William.R.Reisen)
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I want to fully describe the nature of each image on my site by giving
>> each a long file name with underscores inbetween each word is there a
>> limit to the length that will be acceptable to Google before it
>> penalises my site? Thank you.
>
> Why not use the alt tag or the longdesc tag?
Perhaps the alt and longdesc attributes would be more helpful.
From <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/objects.html" target="_blank">http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/objects.html</a> :
alt: "For user agents that cannot display images, forms, or applets, this
attribute specifies alternate text."
longdesc: "This attribute specifies a link to a long description of the
image. This description should supplement the short description provided
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 11:46 pm
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----- Original Message -----
From: "William Tasso" <>
Newsgroups: alt.internet.search-engines,alt.www.webmaster
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: Is there a maximum length of image file name that google will
accept before penalising a site?
> Big Bill wrote:
>> ...
>> Why not use the alt tag ...
>
> What's an 'alt tag'?
>
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 11:31 am
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"PeterMcC" <peter.RemoveThis@mccourt.org.uk> wrote in message
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> William.R.Reisen wrote in
> <c254b7f4.0408191056.4b54671b.RemoveThis@posting.google.com>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I want to fully describe the nature of each image on my site by giving
> > each a long file name with underscores inbetween each word is there a
> > limit to the length that will be acceptable to Google before it
> > penalises my site? Thank you.
>
> You're OK with underscores, that won't be seen as spamming - Google will
see
> it as a very long and unusual word.
>
> Is it the image file or the web page that's getting the long name?
>
> Whilst it's your choice, I can't help feeling that there are better ways
of
> dealing with the issue: alt text, title text... etc. If it were a
practical
> idea, I'm sure we'd have seen it before - OTOH, you may be an innovatory
> visionary so don't let me put you off.
>
> There is, IIRC, a limit of 256 characters to filenames on most servers.
>
Given that most servers are of *nix variation how can that be? A few
servers running windoze are limited by file name length - but limits are
the norm for windoze - I think?  <!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Is there a maximum length of image file name that google w.. |
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 11:31 am
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Bill Logan wrote:
> Given that most servers are of *nix variation how can that be? A few
> servers running windoze are limited by file name length - but limits are
> the norm for windoze - I think?
Linux on ext2/ext3 are limited to 256 character names. Probably with other
filesystems too. Possibly with other Unices too.
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(Msg. 10) Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 11:31 am
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On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 00:56:37 +0100, Toby Inkster wrote:
> Linux on ext2/ext3 are limited to 256 character names.
Holey moley you're right.
How very un-Unixy.
I'm going to start a rumor that the next version of Linux won't be case
sensitive.
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(Msg. 11) Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 11:31 am
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On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 00:17:13 GMT, Will Spencer
<will.spencer DeleteThis @internet-search-engines-faq.com> wrote:
>On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 00:56:37 +0100, Toby Inkster wrote:
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>> Linux on ext2/ext3 are limited to 256 character names.
>
>Holey moley you're right.
>
>How very un-Unixy.
>
>I'm going to start a rumor that the next version of Linux won't be case
>sensitive.
You mean Case Sensitive.
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(Msg. 12) Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 4:50 pm
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"Toby Inkster" <usenet200408 DeleteThis @tobyinkster.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Bill Logan wrote:
>
> > Given that most servers are of *nix variation how can that be? A few
> > servers running windoze are limited by file name length - but limits
are
> > the norm for windoze - I think?
>
> Linux on ext2/ext3 are limited to 256 character names. Probably with
other
> filesystems too. Possibly with other Unices too.
>
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(Msg. 13) Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 4:50 pm
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Bill Logan wrote:
> Toby Inkster wrote:
>
>> Linux on ext2/ext3 are limited to 256 character names. Probably with
>> other filesystems too. Possibly with other Unices too.
>
> Yeah . . . . . . . . . .right!
Go on. Try it.
$ touch "hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"
(mind the word wrapping)
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(Msg. 14) Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 4:50 pm
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Bill Logan wrote:
> "Toby Inkster" <usenet200408 RemoveThis @tobyinkster.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:pan.2004.08.20.06.09.23.1482@tobyinkster.co.uk...
>
>>Bill Logan wrote:
>>
>>>Toby Inkster wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Linux on ext2/ext3 are limited to 256 character names. Probably with
>>>>other filesystems too. Possibly with other Unices too.
>>>
>>>Yeah . . . . . . . . . .right!
>>
>>Go on. Try it.
>>
>>$ touch "hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
>>hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
>>hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
>>hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
>>hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"
>>
>>(mind the word wrapping)
>
>
> A limitation in touch - not the file system!
>
>
Pretty sure Windows (NTFS) is limited to 255 character filenames too.
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(Msg. 15) Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 6:24 pm
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On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 07:09:23 +0100, Toby Inkster
<usenet200408.TakeThisOut@tobyinkster.co.uk> wrote:
>Bill Logan wrote:
>> Toby Inkster wrote:
>>
>>> Linux on ext2/ext3 are limited to 256 character names. Probably with
>>> other filesystems too. Possibly with other Unices too.
>>
>> Yeah . . . . . . . . . .right!
>
>Go on. Try it.
>
>$ touch "hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
>hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
>hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
>hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
>hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"
>
>(mind the word wrapping)
Now if you just put an "ag" before all them "h"s you'll get an idea
why us gentle folk from alt.internet.search-engines don't often stray
into the html groups.
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