Will google punish my site for this?

spadez · 08-10-2007, 10:56 AM

Im running a forum which uses flash to navigate, i know its not wise but there is a reason for it. However i know this kills SEO so what i have done is put a conditional for bots, if it is a bot, text links at displayed at the top to allow the bot to navigate.

Since this is only displaying this content to bots it seems it is against google TOS, however on the other hand it is only to aid navigation not display extra content.

How would google take this do you think? Thanks for any help you can give,

James

08-10-2007, 11:18 AM

well maybe if you hide some text.. thats not a good idea.... and how did you really do that?

spadez · 08-10-2007, 11:21 AM

Using php and using the IP's address of the google bots.

toinkzzz · 08-10-2007, 02:25 PM

Just don't hide text...

jackyou · 08-11-2007, 10:16 AM

Using php and using the IP's address of the google bots.

T5Mikka · 08-23-2007, 09:11 AM

Yes you will get banned for this, the answer is to put another menu across the bottom of the screen, which is clear and not hidden, it may look a bit messey but if done right it should just blend in.
Also you should be using a sitemap xml to tell robots what pages are on your site.
Also a sitemap reference should also be in the robots.txt file aswell i.e.

SITEMAP: (then the full domain address followed by file name)(root directory only)

This should be on the first line above everything else.

Hope this helps

psyche · 09-19-2007, 12:45 PM

Your a tough guy hiding your text, but I advice you not to do that even for a reason do some alternative that will help you not to hide those text but can solve your reason. Don't make google banned your site.

skysoldier · 09-19-2007, 01:00 PM

Just don't hide the text, it's spammy for google and you will surely get banned !

08-10-2007, 10:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
spadez Noogle Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Will google punish my site for this? Im running a forum which uses flash to navigate, i know its not wise but there is a reason for it. However i know this kills SEO so what i have done is put a conditional for bots, if it is a bot, text links at displayed at the top to allow the bot to navigate. Since this is only displaying this content to bots it seems it is against google TOS, however on the other hand it is only to aid navigation not display extra content. How would google take this do you think? Thanks for any help you can give, James

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08-10-2007, 11:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
coolguy27 Guest Posts: n/a	well maybe if you hide some text.. thats not a good idea.... and how did you really do that?

08-10-2007, 11:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
spadez Noogle Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Using php and using the IP's address of the google bots.

08-10-2007, 02:25 PM	#4 (permalink)
toinkzzz Master Googler Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 952 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Just don't hide text...

08-11-2007, 10:16 AM	#5 (permalink)
jackyou Senior Googler Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 118 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Using php and using the IP's address of the google bots.

08-23-2007, 09:11 AM	#6 (permalink)
T5Mikka Junior Googler Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: UK Posts: 32 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Yes you will get banned for this, the answer is to put another menu across the bottom of the screen, which is clear and not hidden, it may look a bit messey but if done right it should just blend in. Also you should be using a sitemap xml to tell robots what pages are on your site. Also a sitemap reference should also be in the robots.txt file aswell i.e. SITEMAP: (then the full domain address followed by file name)(root directory only) This should be on the first line above everything else. Hope this helps

09-19-2007, 12:45 PM	#7 (permalink)
psyche Googler Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 82 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Your a tough guy hiding your text, but I advice you not to do that even for a reason do some alternative that will help you not to hide those text but can solve your reason. Don't make google banned your site.

09-19-2007, 01:00 PM	#8 (permalink)
skysoldier Google Freak Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 282 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Just don't hide the text, it's spammy for google and you will surely get banned !

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