Re: FN-FORUM: Hidden Divs & Google

date posted 24th September 2007 14:35


On 24 Sep 2007, at 15:02, Martin Wheatley wrote:
> On 24/09/2007 14:49, Peter Scoins wrote:
>> Hello Good People,
>> I Just wondering... does Google index the text inside divs which are
>> hidden?!?
>> Regards Peter Scoins
>
> Yes, I don't think google cares for stylesheets, one of my sites
> seems to appear on google when I search for text that was hidden.

not only does googlebot see everything in your html source, it can
take a dim view of hidden text that is *deceptive in intent*.

there's a lot of debate about how googlebot sees image replacement
techniques too, so something to be used with caution.

see:
http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=66353

hth

;)