The recent discussion of css and seo had me wondering.
I have convinced the big wigs that although search engine rankings are very
important, and they are with our very competitive keyword, we need to maintain
accessibility. I have kept our alt tags pure, our h1 tags are using an image
replacement technique, but still are not filled with spam. We use no
<noscript> spam or doorway pages.
However, I have been thinking, hmmmm could we spam an h4 tag and put a
class="spam", clever huh? Then move the text off screen in the main style
sheet, display none in the print style sheet... normal, although unethical
stuff so far. But what about the screen reader. It certainly would be unfair
for them to hear their screen reader emphasize spam words and because of that I
am against the idea.
However, we have that media="aural" descriptor. Could I set up a new aural css
with
.spam {display:none;}?
For those covering your ears and eyes screaming NOOOOOOOO! I know it is a bad
thing to spam your keywords. But if we need to do it to be competitive, would
this at least protect those that are innocent, the people who need to use
screenreaders?
Ted
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