: Is it bad SEO to embed an img tag in the middle of a sentence? I recently received a web mockup that included a sidebar with a short paragraph of narrow text; a quote from a person. At

@Sherry384

It should be no problem for search engines. Most probably wouldn’t even recognize that the image actually isn’t part of the surrounding sentence.

But it’s bad for semantics (which you may or may not be interested in). As you have a quote in your sidebar, you should use the blockquote element. But the person’s photograph is of course not part of the quote, so it shouldn’t be included in the blockquote element.

And it’s bad for accessibility (which you should be interested in). Think of a screen reader user. Example markup:

<blockquote>
<p>I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; <img src="bilbo-portrait.png" alt="Bilbo Baggins" /> and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.</p>
</blockquote>


The screen reader might read something like:


Quote: […] as well as I should like Image Bilbo Baggins and I like less than […]


Confusing, huh?

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@Kevin317

This will not affect your SEO. And even if it did, how much do you really think it would affect it? Not to mention a better user experience usually makes for better SEO anyways as that increases your chances of acquiring natural links which we all know does have a positive impact on your rankings.

Basically, don't even give SEO another thought when it comes to this or anything like it.

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