Adding more strings in wordpress smilies translation function... is it search engine friendly?

Question

I actually want to replace some words with images .... inside the function.php i found the codes like this

':mrgreen:' => 'icon_mrgreen.gif',
':neutral:' => 'icon_neutral.gif',
':twisted:' => 'icon_twisted.gif',
':arrow:' => 'icon_arrow.gif',
':shock:' => 'icon_eek.gif',
':smile:' => 'icon_smile.gif',
':???:' => 'icon_confused.gif',
':cool:' => 'icon_cool.gif',

i added some strings with this code and it worked...

'wiring' => 'wiring.gif',

now the question is... if i continue translating words like this .... is it search engine friendly?? will search engine index these words properly??

Answer 1

I believe that you are using a function to replace words with images in your blog posts. If yes, then the above query will not work until unless you add some code with them as well. like:

':mrgreen:' => '<img src="icon_mrgreen.gif" alt="Smile" />',

':shock:' => '<img src= icon_eek.gif alt="Shocked" />',

(please don't mind minus sign before img tag :)

In that case, SEO will effect!