Disclaimer in footer - is it affecting my SEO?
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For legal reasons I am required to include a 266 word disclaimer in the footer of every page of my credit card comparison site creditcards.com.au. My question is in 2 parts:
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is this indexable content likely to be hurting my SEO?
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if so, what is the best way to include the text in the footer but prevent search engines from indexing it?
Thanks.
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Great, thanks for these answers. I figured iframe and image were my best options. I will implement one of those.
Cheers.
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Agreed, if you are keyword stuffing this could have a negative effect. I have seen individual frames indexed before so I'd recommend just using an image, plus it's less development time.
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If your disclaimer could be seen as keyword stuffing in the footer then yes this could have a negative effect.
As your domain name is repeated throughout the disclaimer then yes this could be a problem - your domain name is creditcards.com.au
If you need to keep the disclaimer in the footer of each page then have you considered using an iframe???
Using an iframe will mean the content will not be indexed but will still be visible to people using your website.
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