will G penalize a paragraph in javascript?

Discussion in 'Google' started by cafinater, Dec 3, 2007.

  1. #1
    i am adding an area on every page of my site, at the top of the main content of each page, that will have maybe 130 words (the same words on every page). it will change every day (it's kind of like a thought of the day or quote of the day).

    This will interfere with SERPs because the page topic and keywords would be more watered down.

    I am definitely putting it on every page of my site because visitors are spread evenly on all pages and I want them all to find this new daily addition without having to click.

    So, I am planning to put this paragraph- tha tis identical on ever page of my site- in javascript. There is no keyword stuffing or cloaking, or redirecting, just a javascript that makes this "thought of the day" type of content appear for visitors but not for spiders, at the top of every page.

    It's kind of reverse cloaking. visitors see some content the spiders won't.
    On a scale of 1 to 5, what do you think the chances are Google would penalize me for this? (I have solid SERPs and don't want to risk penalty, but also don't want to waterdown keyword density, topic, confuse search engines with unrelated keywords, etc.

    Thanks for your time and opinion :)
     
    cafinater, Dec 3, 2007 IP
  2. godmode

    godmode Well-Known Member

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    #2
    how about putting a widget instead?

    i dont see any issues with that. SE can't read JS anyways.
     
    godmode, Dec 3, 2007 IP
  3. SeoJoe

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    #3
    Google Reads JS at least they claim they do. To be safe use HTML. About hiding for spiders THEY WILL FIND YOU. as a matter of fact google reads yahoo ads and yahoo reads google adsense! And its JS
     
    SeoJoe, Dec 3, 2007 IP
  4. godmode

    godmode Well-Known Member

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    they don't read ads. Thats BS whoever told u. Now dont tell me that ads appear on your site effect search engine rankings, that would make me faint.

    Google can read links inside JS which are pure HTML
     
    godmode, Dec 3, 2007 IP
  5. multippt

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    No search engine can read JavaScript (yet), so it does not influence rankings at all. However, it does read what's inside "noscript" tags though.
     
    multippt, Dec 3, 2007 IP
  6. SeoJoe

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    IT doesnt affect your PR and it doesnt count as a link. The fact is if you have a google ad yahoo will pick it up in the serp. Do you a search for someone that does content network and they will come up on yahoo. I tested it myself. Again it does not count for PR or Links.
     
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  7. Zanswer

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    Doesn't sound too alarming to me, I like the widget idea better though.
     
    Zanswer, Dec 4, 2007 IP
  8. ognos

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    bot wont read any js scripts
     
    ognos, Dec 4, 2007 IP
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    Have it in a separate file not inline just to be safe.
     
    Code Monkey, Dec 4, 2007 IP
  10. cafinater

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    Thanks for your comments. :)
     
    cafinater, Dec 8, 2007 IP