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Re: Hidden Skip link have SEO impact?

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From: John E Brandt
Date: Mar 16, 2011 12:54PM

Unless the technique to hide the Skip Navigation was using some
non-standards-based code (i.e., hack) to do this, the search engines would
not care. What I have read and heard about SEO in the last few weeks is that
the major things affecting SEO rankings are the quality (and now apparently
quantity) of content and the number and quality of incoming links. Following
this is the use of standards-based code including good use of Headings and
semantic descriptions for outbound links. So bottom line, if you are
producing good accessible and standards-based code on your website, your SEO
rankings will be improved.

BTW, I just blogged about Skip Navigation
http://jebswebs.net/blog/2011/02/skip-navigation/ I think it may be past
it's prime.

~j

John E. Brandt
www.jebswebs.com
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207-622-7937
Augusta, Maine, USA


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Rick Hill
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 2:35 PM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: [WebAIM] Hidden Skip link have SEO impact?

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