Hidden Text in Style Sheet
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I have read Eric Enge's Comprehensive Guide To Hidden Text but I'm no coder so I would appreciate some clarification.
Am I assuming correctly that the following is hidden text coded within a style sheet:
here I am!
Thanks!
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I agree, just stay away from this all together
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That is a one of the main things you shouldn't do. So forget about this trick. Make pages for users not for the search engines. Then search engines will find it for them.
Regards
Prasad
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I know that anything with the word 'hidden' can't be good. Maybe I didn't explain myself properly but i'm just trying to understand the code in this example.
How bad is it? Can Google read this? I ask because it has been ranking within SERPs for a long time for a super competitive term. Overall, their SEO is good with minor tweaks/modifications to clean house. This is the first glaring issue I've come across.
So, really, how good is Google at reading hidden text? Not saying that if you can get away with it then go for it but maybe all it is, is an interesting observation.
Cheers
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I would read this from Google before implementing any type of "hidden text". Just a heads up from a SEO consultant. I would never recommend using any type of hidden text.
http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=66353
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