Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'css'

Google Gives Blessing To Image Replacement Techniques

There is only so much CSS can accomplish with making headlines pretty. If you want to give your headlines a pretty font that not all computers support, then you need to go with graphics. But as an SEO, you don't...

How Google Views Four Ways Of Hiding Content

I would consider this Google Groups thread a "gem thread," since you don't always see a thread at this level - it is precious. A Googler, Wysz, discussed in detail four methods of hiding content and how Google may interpret...

CSS, AJAX, Web 2.0 and Search Engines

SES San Jose Organic Track: CSS, AJAX, Web 2.0 and Search Engines Speakers: (Moderator) Anne Kennedy, Managing Partner, Beyond Ink Shari Thurow, Founder and SEO, Omni Marketing Interactive Vanessa Fox, Zillow.com Mikkel deMib Svendsen, Creative Director, deMib.com Amit Kumar, Yahoo!...

Google Allows Some Cases of Hiding Text with CSS

A Google Groups thread asks if it is acceptable in accordance with Google's new webmaster guidelines on Hidden text and links to use CSS as an image replacement technique for graphic links. Image a site that has images for their...

Is Google Sending GoogleBot CSS Hunting: Google Crawling CSS Files?

A Cre8asite Forums thread links to a blog post named GoogleBot Requested a CSS File. This is not the first time I heard threads where people suspect GoogleBot is crawling their CSS files. But this one has the most discussion...

Using CSS To Hide Text: Search Engine Responses

A WebmasterWorld sparked this post from me. At SES Chicago '06, during a session named CSS, AJAX, Web 2.0 & Search Engines the search engine representatives were asked about how they handle CSS. It is currently easy to hide text...

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