Illegible font on infographics?
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I noticed that some infographics have really small font.
I think that the intent is to make the font small so that people who see the infographic (on a blog that embeds it) have to squint and then are compelled to click on the image to be redirected to the owner's website. Often bloggers post the smaller size to fit on their blog.
Do you think this is a good practice and is aiming for the image link better/worse than a just a text link e.g. Infographic courtesy of Acme Co.
Thanks!
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Project#Labs,
I think there may actually be a couple of things at play here. One is that depending on the resolution of the screen you are viewing the image in, it may be very small. I use a high res screen on Mac and really have to squint often (and I wear glasses). As to could they be trying to get clicks, yes. As to image link versus text link, well I like infographics and we use them. But, according to Matt Cutts, Google has talked of devaluing them as they believe the intent was not always to provide a link back, etc. (I am paraphrasing grossly).
Good question.
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