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darrens
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Posted: 2006-Sep-20 04:38
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Hi,

Im building a new site and i have the problem that the info (text) that i want the bots to read first is near to the bottom of every page.

If i am to build the page and place the info (text) that i want the bots to see at the top of the page and then make the CSS change the way the page is viewed by the end user is this cheating and can i get in trouble for it?

Everything in my source will be displayed so im not hiding anything but it will be displayed in a different order to what the end user see's?

Example: Bots will see ....

<text 4>
<text 2>
<image logo>
<other image>
<text 1>
<text 3>

But the end user will see it as ...

<image logo>
<text 1>
<text 2>
<other image>
<text 3>
<text 4>

Spam ? or being clever? not like im cloaking or using hidden text etc ..



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Posted: 2006-Sep-20 05:17
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People have been using this kind of technique for a long time - eg; table trick with no penalty from the search engines. When you use CSS, do not place/position elements 'outside' the page.



darrens
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Posted: 2006-Sep-20 14:41
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thanks for the advice




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Posted: 2006-Sep-20 19:12
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You can find out more by searching for "table trick" wink


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