Hidden Content for Search Engine Use

Has anyone heard of web sites having hidden layers full of
text content that they don't necessarily want on the front page but
is there so that search engines could index their site much
better?

Are you willing to take the chance? And - why would you have
such a thing
so far out of the main content section anyhow?
It smacks of spamming, and if you were my competitor for
position, I'd
report you.
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"rmiman" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>
quote:
Originally posted by:
Newsgroup User
> > Really, why would they do that? What's a better
method to promote your
> > site
> > more without having to bog your front page down
with information you
> > really
> > don't want to display?
>
> That's the point Google is making. If it's not content
you don't want
> people
> to see, then it must not be very legitimate or important
information.
>
> The main argument is that you could spam Google to rig
the search results.
> For instance:
>
> CocaCola.com
>
> <p>Welcome to Coke's web site</p>
> <p class="hiddenOffScreen">Pepsi Pepsi Pepsi Pepsi
Pepsi Pepsi </p>
>
> So, searching for 'Pepsi' would return CocaCola.com
>
> I tend to agree completely with google here. If it's
viable/important
> content, put it on the page. It's a design issue, not an
HTML issue.
>
> -Darrel
>
>
>
> Good point but does this really come up often enough for
it to be an
> issue?
>
> For all they know, I could have a button in the bottom
left hand part of
> my
> screen that if you rollover, it'll simply display that
hidden layer full
> of
> that text content.
>

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Hello,
I was wondering how good this would work to hide specific
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<script>
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document.write(text)
</script>
I have a site that has a database, when a user arrives at the
page the
database is checked against the ip and a flag is shown for
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country. I would like to hide that from search engines as the
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do you think the above should work ok. I have been told else
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would be interesting to know others commons on this.
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.oO(Malcolm _)
>On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:28:41 +0200, Michael Fesser
<[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>.oO(twocans)
>>
>>>
http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/europe/uk/flag.htm
>>>
>>>union jack
>>
>>But the Union Jack is not the English flag, which is
what I asked for.
>>
>>Working with flags in the WWW can become very
difficult. Making an
>>inappropriate choice may even offend some people.
>>
>>Micha
>
>well the English flag is the St George's Cross - Red
Cross on white
>background. it is shown just below the Union Flag.
Correct, but most people don't know that and just take the
Union Jack
for everything that's somewhat related to "English", hence my
question.
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different
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out that
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think that
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?

.oO(123polis123)
>meta tags for search engines needed only to homepage
mainly ?
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Change search engine using shortcuts

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I've recently updated firefox and I've noticed the search bar has changed.
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Search Engine Use

Recently when I select text and right click to start a new search for the chosen text it is using YAHOO as the search engine. I do not like Yahoo search, I prefer Google. Please help me fix this problem.

Are you willing to take the chance? And - why would you have
such a thing
so far out of the main content section anyhow?
It smacks of spamming, and if you were my competitor for
position, I'd
report you.
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"rmiman" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:f17lhh$7lh$[email protected]..
>
quote:
Originally posted by:
Newsgroup User
> > Really, why would they do that? What's a better
method to promote your
> > site
> > more without having to bog your front page down
with information you
> > really
> > don't want to display?
>
> That's the point Google is making. If it's not content
you don't want
> people
> to see, then it must not be very legitimate or important
information.
>
> The main argument is that you could spam Google to rig
the search results.
> For instance:
>
> CocaCola.com
>
> <p>Welcome to Coke's web site</p>
> <p class="hiddenOffScreen">Pepsi Pepsi Pepsi Pepsi
Pepsi Pepsi </p>
>
> So, searching for 'Pepsi' would return CocaCola.com
>
> I tend to agree completely with google here. If it's
viable/important
> content, put it on the page. It's a design issue, not an
HTML issue.
>
> -Darrel
>
>
>
> Good point but does this really come up often enough for
it to be an
> issue?
>
> For all they know, I could have a button in the bottom
left hand part of
> my
> screen that if you rollover, it'll simply display that
hidden layer full
> of
> that text content.
>

Spry optimization for search engines

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Let's say I have two ArrayLists of Strings:
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'match' containing the search criteria.
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Regards,
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