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Re: Skip links and SEO

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From: Karl Groves
Date: May 2, 2007 10:50AM

First, hidden text *does* work from an SEO standpoint. That's not the issue
It is frowned upon not because it will hurt your rankings but because Google
will out-and-out delist your site if they discover the hidden text.

That being said, I've never heard of anyone who's been delisted because they
had a skip link. Surely if Google can discover hidden text, and discovers
the skip link, they're smart enough to understand the difference between a
skip link and keyword stuffing.


Karl L. Groves
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