Q: Should I use text that is visible to search engines but not to humans?
Dear Kalena...
I was reading an article by you at Pandia about the importance of using search-engine-readable text on the home page of one's site.
You referred to the text needing to be "visible," and one test of that was whether one could select the text on screen (differentiated from graphical text). My question is about the "visibility" of the text. My home page has 50-75% black background. If I was to place text, black-on-black, would it still be read by the search engine? Does "visible" mean that it appears in the source code, or does it mean visible to the human eye? I would like to retain the, more or less, graphical nature of my home page but still have the benefit of capturing the attention of the search engine.
Doug
I was reading an article by you at Pandia about the importance of using search-engine-readable text on the home page of one's site.
You referred to the text needing to be "visible," and one test of that was whether one could select the text on screen (differentiated from graphical text). My question is about the "visibility" of the text. My home page has 50-75% black background. If I was to place text, black-on-black, would it still be read by the search engine? Does "visible" mean that it appears in the source code, or does it mean visible to the human eye? I would like to retain the, more or less, graphical nature of my home page but still have the benefit of capturing the attention of the search engine.
Doug
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I think this answers your question!
Yes, good point Paul!
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