In the body of index page i want to be able to add text that can be picked up by crawlers but I do not want these text to be visible? How can I code this?
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in the body of index page i want to be able to add text that can be picked up by crawlers but I do not want these text to be visible? How can I code this?
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Dana provided the answer above. Good luck.
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Hi Finind Design, Whew! I am so glad it's Flash we are talking about
Okay, here is an article that may be very helpful: http://www.hochmanconsultants.com/articles/seo-friendly-flash.shtml
Here is an excerpt that I believe addresses your concern:
"My recommended Flash SEO method uses a DIV with search-engine-accessible, primary content, and an open source Javascript function called swfobject() to detect when browsers are capable of viewing Flash. When an appropriate version of Flash player is present, the Javascript manipulates the page's document object model (DOM) to replace the primary content with the Flash movie. Most search engine spiders can't handle Flash, so they will elect to view the primary content. The primary content may contain links, headings, styled text, images—anything we can add to an ordinary HTML page. With SEO copyediting and coding skills applied to the primary content, Flash becomes a non-issue.
Flash accessibility programming isn't spamming, as long as the primary content and the visible movie are essentially the same. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) specifically states thatmultimedia content should have an alternative representation available. Accessibility programming creates the benefit of presenting visual information without losing the visitors and search engines who depend upon textual content.
As of July 2007, I discussed this method with Dan Crow of Google. He warned that this programming method could draw attention because of the possibility for abuse. If you use this method, make sure the alternative content is a faithful representation of the Flash content, and avoid combining this with other coding methods that could be abused. While this SEO method is not abusive, it is aggressive because there is a small risk that the search engines could mistakenly decide that the primary content is a form of cloaking."
This is great advice - I highly recommend reading his entire post.
I hope this helps!
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if there is no flash installed then how do I have the text in my flash show up and also when flash is running I do not want the text to pop up.
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if there is no flash installed then how do I have the text in my flash show up and also when flash is running I do not want the text to pop up.
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if there is no flash installed then how do I have the text in my flash show up and also when flash is running I do not want the text to pop up.
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if there is no flash installed then how do I have the text in my flash show up and also when flash is running I do not want the text to pop up.
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Adding text to a page for search engines but not people is a black-hat technique that can get your website penalized. It is not recommended.
However, you may have a legitimate reason to want to do this like if you have flash/javascript running with words as an image you could add alternative text to the flash file, provided it states exactly what's on the flash images then that is acceptable.
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Hi Finind Design, That kind of techniques are known as Black Hat SEO. Doing that can really harm your site rankings.
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I am going to jump in and respond, but before I give you the "Noooooo, don't do it!!!!!" speech, may I ask, what is the purpose of the text you wish to hide from your visitors?
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