RLJ Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Hi all, So I have a table where some rows are set to style="display:none" (then a javascript function unhides them when an "expand" button is clicked), will text inside these rows still be found by search engines such as google? If not, is there a better way to hide this text from the user? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikachu2000 Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 If you can see it in View ---> Source, so can a search engine spider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLJ Posted April 4, 2011 Author Share Posted April 4, 2011 OK that's pretty clear! Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Developer Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Hi all, So I have a table where some rows are set to style="display:none" (then a javascript function unhides them when an "expand" button is clicked), will text inside these rows still be found by search engines such as google? If not, is there a better way to hide this text from the user? Thanks! Yes.. Google can easily read hidden text. Don't use it as it is considered as a part of "Black Hat SEO" and Google would penalize your site for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderwell Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 so having divs that toggle from hidden and visible could affect your SE rankings? only i have made many pages in the past where i have a list of items than when clicked 'show' the div containing the relevant info, and hide all the others (all divs positioned in same place) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juliaadams Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Well if code is seo friendly then you dont need to hide it and it wont effect your ranking, for more detail information how to hide a code, kindly check this link: http://www.phpbb-seo.com/en/phpbb-seo-mods/article4429.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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