It will only be an issue if what you present to a user is different to
what you present to a search engine. If what you're doing is using a
text replacement technique using an image etc, then there are no
problems with that. But if you are adding invisible headings or links
etc (ie anything that "should" be allow for user interaction, but doesnt
because its been move out of sight to enhance seo etc) then this will be
a problem as it is, what is commonly referred to as, a "black hat
technique".
The thing to remember is that while its doubtful google will spot it
through an automatic spider, google do manually check pages (either
randomly, or when the spider, or even a person, flag something up). Its
that manual detection that will spot this kind of fraud, and will likely
result in an immediate ban.
regards,
David Dixon
e: da...@temperedvision.com
w: www.temperedvision.com
On 26/5/09 17:26, Spellacy, Michael wrote:
Hello list! I have a quick question for any accessibility and SEO mavens
out there. It was recently brought to my attention that a few elements I
have placed on a site that have text indented 9999px to the left for
accessibility might be viewed as a form of cloaking by some search
engines. Is my colleague correct in this assessment? If so, is there a
middle ground that can be met to make search engines and visually
impaired folks happy?
Thanks in advance!
Regards,
Spell
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