Using Transcription Service For Videos - Have Question Around Search and Spiders
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Hi All,
So I have put together a weekly video series on security topics. I have read an SEOmoz post around how you can boost SEO by adding the transcription to the page, which makes perfectly good sense.
My question is, can I include the first couple of paragraphs and then have a "read the full transcription" so when the user clicks, the rest of the content appears? Do the search engine spiders only crawl the first two paragraphs in this instance or do they crawl the whole thing even though the entire content is not on the page?
I dont mind making the page longer and including the entire transcription if it is easier for SEO but if there is no difference, than I think the first option would be the best user experience.
Thanks for the help
Pat
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If you use a collapsable div or CSS to hide the text, it should be absolutely fine. View the page with JS and CSS turned off. If you can then read all the text, then you've done it correctly.
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If you use a collapsable div or CSS to hide the text, it should be absolutely fine. View the page with JS and CSS turned off. If you can then read all the text, then you've done it correctly.
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I believe the bots will still be able to crawl the content even though it is hiding behind a "read more" type link.
I have had people suggest in SEO proposals adding this type of text on my home page to add more content.However, Google Webmaster's Guidelines state to limit the use of "hidden text," and I am not sure if that applies to this. http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=66353
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