Using CSS Display None w/ jQuery Show / Hide - bad for Google?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by rogan4567, Jan 11, 2012.

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    I have an extensive FAQs page which has a lot of content, and will have much more in the coming months. Setting it up in the traditional sense (questions at top, answers at bottom) doesn't work well aesthetically. What I was wondering is whether Google is smart enough to determine that I'm not attempting to hide text if I use jQuery to show / hide the answers underneath the questions.

    The site is dynamic, so it wouldn't take a ton of extra work to post the answers after a question is clicked either from a database or from a secondary file. However, I really want the answers to load on the questions page as it has a lot of content that will support my site SEO wise.

    I could also create a unique page for each question / answer, but that's extra work for the visitor, and really will be much more work for me to get that working.

    So, again, if I use css display: none; to hide answers, will Google potentially think that I'm trying to hide text (in a bad way)? If anybody has experience with this, input would be appreciated.

    Thanks.
     
    rogan4567, Jan 11, 2012 IP