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Hidden Text

by Joe Singh
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Hi,

what is Hidden text? Is it necessary to use in contents of website?
#hidden #seo services uk #text
  • Profile picture of the author Bruce Hearder
    Originally Posted by Joe Singh View Post

    Hi,
    what is Hidden text? Is it necessary to use in contents of website?
    "Hidden text" is text that is hidden from the web visitor but viewable to search engines.

    Usually done by making the text :

    1. Same color as the background
    2. Making the text so small that almost impossible to read
    3. Setting it so that it appears way off on the left hand or right hand margin of the screen, like having a left posiution of -200

    Don't use it is the safest thing.

    If the content is good, and the other on-page SEO factors are all done, then don't use it is too risky..

    Hope this helps

    Bruce
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  • Profile picture of the author Jay Moreno
    use it but not on your own site!

    whats crazy is google can and will penalize you for tactics like this - however i have seen a very respectable site that provides templates for joomla, implementing this method with hidden backlinks and their site is now like a PR7 or PR8 with 1000's of backlinks...
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  • Profile picture of the author FlexibilityTheme
    Hidden text is against Google's TOS. #1 item in the specific quality guidelines is, and I quote, "Avoid hiddent text or hidden links". Use them with caution.
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    You will get banned trust me. My friends got banned for that.
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    • Profile picture of the author thesslstore
      Hidden text is this text is same font color of backgroung and don't visible for customer only for search engine crawler. Hidden text is black hat tactic & don't use it.
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      • Profile picture of the author reapr
        Don't do it ... well unless you are competing in my niche. Just kidding.

        Actually I suggest not using it all against googles TOS and besides there are much easier ways to get google lovin' that is not against TOS.
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  • Profile picture of the author captivereef
    there is a local site www.wimort.com if you highlight the home page you can see tons of hidden text. These guys have ranked well for many local mortgage terms for years with this setup and have never fallen from the rankings.

    I always wondred why they never got de indexed and have been able to get away with this for over 5 years!
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  • Profile picture of the author captivereef
    there is a local site www.wimort.com if you highlight the home page you can see tons of hidden text. These guys have ranked well for many local mortgage terms for years with this setup and have never fallen from the rankings.

    I always wondered why they never got de indexed and have been able to get away with this for over 5 years!
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  • Profile picture of the author scene4u
    Hidden text may bring you some benefits you the short-term, if you get caught by Google then you automatically be removed from the indexes and it could be very hard to ever be indexed again.
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