Do links within imbeddable widgets carry link juice?

[JesseCWalker]

I'm dipping my toes into infographic design.

On of my desired outcomes is to gain links by having other sites embed my graphic.

I'm considering using Tableau's interactive data visualization software to do so; thus creating a widget, embedding it on my blog, and including the embed code for others to post.

Is it possible to include a juice passing link in such an infographic?  I know its possible to include links inside the tableau graphic but not sure if they have straight SEO value.

If these links are not juice passing would it be better to go with a simple image link that passes value?

[kdaly100]

If you create the embed code with your link back to the site then you will get the juice.  You cant actually put a link in a graphic as far as I know (yet!) so make sure the Widget code is attractively titled as well so people will actually like to use it along the lines (not saying this is the way to go by the way)

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[deltasystems]

Ask for a link in exchange for allowing websites to embed your graphic.

Check out Creative Commons licenses and pick the one that works best for you at the following link, and make sure the websites are made aware of the license:

• Creative Commons Licensing

Make the link modest so that the websites don't mind keeping it. Also consider asking that the image links to your website instead of a caption text, or give the website an option to do either.

Crawl your infographic or widget with a GoogleBot simulator if you aren't sure if Google will pick up the link. Although, you shouldn't have a problem doing what I described.

You can hide a link behind the image, but you really shouldn't be trying to hide links. Just stick with my advice and you should be golden.

Good question! Cheers.

[JesseCWalker]

excellent advice guys.  most appreciated!

[zeepartner]

Yup, I would do it exactly like kieran says. Make sure to have some anchor text variation though, so that the "scheme" looks more natural and not like it's bought or something.