I added a scoll box to my site for news. the reason was it was always getting long and i needed to delete some news but when i did it hurt my site on SE. Im wondering if anyone nows if the SE can read the scroll box. Thanks.
Depends on how you implemented it. If it was a scrollable div or inside of a TextArea object then it can be read. If it was inside of a flash or java object then maybe not.
I agree with RockyMtnHi. It comes down to whether you used javascript or dhtml or flash. If it is javascript or flash, you probably should change it back to regular html. Can you show us the url?
your best using a div where the news is going to be, then putting the line overflow: auto; into your css, this will leave a nice scroll box, plus the search engines will read, take care not to put too much on your home page as the search engines will get bored an go elsewhere
It sound like you used a javaScript control that removed the "content text" from the page and placed it within the control. It is just like removing the text from the page. This is why the SE did not like it. The only Search friendly way to do this is to place it in a "Text Box". But I wouldn't, just break it appart and make another page. It's safer and retains the SEO.