Picturelinks and PR

[G_Gekko]

Have i understod it correctly that Picture links doesn´t pass on PR?

[nkisberg2000]

Actually, I think you'll find it does as it still uses <a href="blah">

[stymiee]

All links pass on PR (barring javascript mangling of the link). The only difference between a linked image and one with text is the loss of anchor text for the site being linked to. But this doesn't benefit your site in anyway so you might as well use the anchor text and be nice to your link partner.

[sasport]

The only difference between a linked image and one with text is the loss of anchor text for the site being linked to.

alt tags are viewed as anchor text in way.

[stymiee]

Yes, but their value is very dimished thanks to keyword stuffing.

[someonewhois]

Yeah, like stymiee said, they're slowly being diminished due to spam. Like meta tags, they aren't always used for end users (I think IE doesn't show it unless the image isn't there, not sure though), therefore they're potential moneybanks, and have to be taken down.

Anchor text is still better, no matter what - but don't forget your alt tags nonetheless, they never hurt.

[stymiee]

They are important for accessibilty.

[vgarcia]

Yeah, like stymiee said, they're slowly being diminished due to spam. Like meta tags, they aren't always used for end users (I think IE doesn't show it unless the image isn't there, not sure though), therefore they're potential moneybanks, and have to be taken down.

That's a little backwards: IE shows alt text as a tooltip (which it's probably not supposed to do), while other browsers like Firefox and Opera only show it if the image is unavailable for whatever reason. Alt text is still important from an accessibility standpoint though.

Anchor text is still better, no matter what - but don't forget your alt tags nonetheless, they never hurt.

Off Topic:

Alt attributes, not alt tags. Minor nit-pick there

[G_Gekko]

Then how do i use javascript to avoid passing PR along. I don't mind giving it to my link partners but i don't like giving it in copyrightslinks and the likes.

[someonewhois]

They are important for accessibilty.

Of course. Definitely. Couldn't have said it better.

That's a little backwards: IE shows alt text as a tooltip (which it's probably not supposed to do), while other browsers like Firefox and Opera only show it if the image is unavailable for whatever reason. Alt text is still important from an accessibility standpoint though.

Right, Firefox's the one that does not. I knew either Firefox or IE didn't and the other did.

Alt attributes, not alt tags. Minor nit-pick there

Ack, I knew that. Need.. sleep.

Then how do i use javascript to avoid passing PR along. I don't mind giving it to my link partners but i don't like giving it in copyrightslinks and the likes.

You could just make a PHP file that is like, file.php?id=12345 and that redirects to the page. JS leads to problems if the person has JS disabled, PHP's server side. If you really want JS:
<a href="#" onclick="location.href='linkedsite';">Whatever</a>

[G_Gekko]

Thanks.