hiding text through external css file

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    hiding text with h1 tags with css is 100% possible.But if i do like this what r the problems i have to face from google? please help me
     
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  2. norfstar

    norfstar Peon

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    I see my competitors get away with it all the time, but I don't do it myself as if Google "caught" me I suspect my site(s) would get penalised.

    If it is a black hat, throw-away website, then maybe go for it, but if it is a site which you intend on keeping for many years, it probably isn't worth the risk.
     
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    BigBadWolf Well-Known Member

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    I see people hiding content, links, all sorts of shady stuff with CSS... In the day people used to hide text on the same color background, this is no different. It may work "today" but "tomorrow" you will get caught.
     
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    WebGeek182 Active Member

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    imnotadoctor Well-Known Member

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    Google may not catch you right away, but in time they will.

    I mean they read forums all the time lol.
     
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    toinkzzz Banned

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    simple,, you will penalized and will get banned...
     
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    trichnosis Prominent Member

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    google may consider that hidden text. it's a reason for punishment
     
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    oseymour Well-Known Member

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    I did that a few years ago....until one day I checked my logs and saw that the google spider requested my css file on a few occassions.....I quickly removed it and never did it again....
     
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    seomax Banned

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    when google catches you your site will be killed:D
     
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    rooketmedia Banned

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    It's not worth the risk. The trade off is poor, you don't get a whole lot from hiding text. I sometimes have clients who do this and I always suggest that they remove any hidden text (behind css or otherwise), it doesn't help the site or ranking well enough to risk being penalized or banned.
     
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    htmlindex Prominent Member

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    Really? Google pays their staff to surf the forums & read posts to find out who's hiding text in css files? :confused:
     
    htmlindex, Jun 8, 2007 IP