It depends what you're using it for. If it's for black hat search engine tactics which will contain keywords then yes it's bad as it can get you completely banned from Google.
If it's for hiding an element of the page which you'll then be displaying using either CSS or JavaScript then it's not neccesarily bad for search engines but can be bad for accessibility as screen readers will ignore it so you'd be better off using negative text indent or negative absolute positioning. It depends on what situation you're using it for but yes it can be bad if used wrongly. Thanks Dave - - - - - - - - - - http://www.dave-woods.co.uk On 29/10/2007, James Jeffery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I highly doubt that presentational styles will effect SEO. > > When you use display:none you are not removing the > content from the source, you are just hiding it from > users viewing the web page. > > If you was to remove the element from the source using > DOM that would be different. > > James > > > On 10/29/07, Tony Crockford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 29 Oct 2007, at 15:46, Simon Cockayne wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am sure I read that CSS's display: none has a detrimental on SEO. > > > > > > Is this true* or did I dream it? > > > > > > *To clarify...I am keen to know if it is true that there is a > > > detrimental impact...not whether it is true that I read it or not. > > > > Google specifically caution against hiding text with CSS: > > > > > http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=66353 > > > > is that what you meant? > > > > > > > > > ******************************************************************* > > List Guidelines: > http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > > Unsubscribe: > http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ******************************************************************* > > > > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: > http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: > http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
