[css-d] Display:none and SEO

2006-05-26 Thread Jonathan Berry
Hello all, I was wondering if using display: none to hide alternate content would cause search engines to pass over your page. If you have any online resources or other advice I would appreciate it. -- Jonathan Berry, M.A. IT Consultant 619.306.1712(m) [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [css-d] Display:none and SEO

2006-05-26 Thread Jan Brasna
Matt Cutts (Google): I don’t recommend that people use CSS to hide text -- http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-mistakes-unwise-comments/ Aaron Wall: If Google are stupid enough to try and catch spammers by looking for display: none; [...] then they'd dump a whole boatload of good sites. --

Re: [css-d] Display:none and SEO

2006-05-26 Thread Jan Brasna
Additionally, to an off-list response: Jonathan Berry napsal(a) dne 26.5.2006 20:40: What about alternate content for Flash sites? I figured Google would be doing this, but it's ridiculous. Well, for Flash... Forget about display: none. Go for some degrading/alternatives: