At 2:00 PM +1000 5/15/08, Blake wrote: >On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 6:51 AM, Brian Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> i've been using negative absolute positioning on text that i want >> hidden, but need to be accessible to alternate devices. someone has >> suggested that the text won't be seen by bots (like google) so it >> won't be processed and can't be utilized for SEO purposes. in your >> experience is this true? > >Google won't punish you for using image replacement techniques or >hiding something that you only need to display for alternate devices. >It can tell the difference between that and spamming keywords or links >and then hiding them.
As far as I know, Bob Easton was credited with the off-left technique -- here's what happened to him: http://www.access-matters.com/2008/04/19/off-left-banned-by-google/ It's something to consider. Cheers, tedd -- ------- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
