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Re:Infographs are Ruining the Internet by steveklabnik on Tuesday February 01, 2011 @10:42AM (#2165848)
> Why so cynical?

Well, infographics are often drummed up for SEO reasons. You simply take advantage of the fact that people hotlink 99% of the time, and all it takes is one controversial or popular infographic to get approximately 1MM backlinks.

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Re:Infographs are Ruining the Internet by tomlin on Tuesday February 01, 2011 @12:00PM (#2166220)
But wouldn't there be some detriment to the content being a graphic? ALT attr won't convey, either.
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