As far as I'm aware, it's not something that Google will automatically ban a site for anyway but if it is being used for black hat tactics then the site is open to being reported by anyone (possibly a competitor) which Google may then do a manual check of and ban the site if they deem the site to be breaking their terms of use.
If display: none; is being used for a legitimate purpose then I wouldn't worry about it but as I mentioned earlier, it can have a negative impact on accessibility so as with most things, it depends how and why you're using this method. Thanks Dave - - - - - - - - - - http://www.dave-woods.co.uk On 30/10/2007, Alexander Gounder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > The Fact is that SEOs use this CSS feature (display:none) for cloaking which > is a Black Hat SEO technique. > > Further the whole idea of you showing something(h1-3 tags filled with > Keywords) to Google or any Search bot and hiding these from you end user > speaks very bad about your intentions... > > Instead if your using this for some other purpose and the effect of this can > be viewed by the end user then its not considered cloaking and google is > quite intelligent to know that but the same can't be said about other search > engines. > > So you need to decide on this depending on where your traffic is coming > from. > > Thanks > Alexander, > Web Designer and SEO in Mumbai, India > http://www.ecreeds.com > > On 10/29/07, Simon Cockayne < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Simon > > > > > > > ******************************************************************* > > 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] *******************************************************************
