Do Search Engines read the text in a marquee?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Ash, Jan 6, 2007.

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    Do Search Engines read the text in a marquee? Because if so, then couldn't you just put a lot of text related to your website in a marquee which would save you a lot of space...

    So anyone know (i think it does but I'm not 100% sure)?
     
    Ash, Jan 6, 2007 IP
  2. Bluecircle

    Bluecircle Peon

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    Marquee kills usability. Don't use it.
     
    Bluecircle, Jan 7, 2007 IP
  3. oseymour

    oseymour Well-Known Member

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    I agree. remember the days of the marquee and the dreaded blink tag? I remember webmasters making errors and had the whole page scrolling or blinking.
     
    oseymour, Jan 7, 2007 IP
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    hextraordinary Well-Known Member

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    marquee is just another tag, search engines can read it as well as any other text.
     
    hextraordinary, Jan 7, 2007 IP
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    D_C Well-Known Member

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    I agree with that. The text is still on the webpage. If you put <font> tags around text it will still be read, so I dont see why a <marquee> tag would be any different, even if its moving visually.
     
    D_C, Jan 7, 2007 IP
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    i think yes search engines read text in marque. this is not js code this is only tag so engines see this texts.
     
    master06, Jan 7, 2007 IP
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    Ash Peon

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    Alright thanks for clearing all that up. :)
     
    Ash, Jan 7, 2007 IP