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Hidden Skip link have SEO impact?

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From: Rick Hill
Date: Mar 16, 2011 12:36PM


It was suggested to me that hiding our skip navigation links be moving them off the visible page and re-displaying them when they gain focus (a popular approach) may have negative consequences for search engine rankings. Is this true? Is it something to be concerned about? The technique in question is referenced at:

http://webaim.org/techniques/skipnav/#focus

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Rick Hill, Web CMS Administrator
University Communications, UC Davis