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Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Lukas, Oct 10, 2008.

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    Anyone have a definitive answer on using tabs like sites NY Times, Yahoo, is it bad for Google spiders. content is hidden unless clicked on but it shows in the source.
     
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  2. yasiralhayan

    yasiralhayan Member

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    hope its right
     
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  3. DoDo Me

    DoDo Me Peon

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    if just tab, it's not hidden text, and it's ok

    hidden text is for "keywords" or "large part of text"
     
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    sultanofseo Notable Member

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    tabs and hidden texts are 2 different things. i would not suggest you to have hidden text. SEs will not like it and will consider spamming
     
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    Text content behind tabs shouldn't cause a major issue, and is a good technique to reduce the initial clutter of a web page. As you mentioned the text will be visible within the source code along with text and background colours !! The tab method is very different to using hidden text, which is completely pointless these days.
     
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  6. motherknucker

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    its like alt tag for images.
    important point here is - if it works for yahoo then why will you have problem with it
     
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