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NealRM · 04-22-2008, 03:07 PM

If the page does not have a link somewhere on your site or another link leading to it, the search engines will never find it. So you could put what ever you what on it, it would not matter. Without sometype of link to the external world, you might as well print a hard copy and place it into your file cabnet.

Based on the orginal post, he was talking about pages that are meant for spyders and bots only. These are a bad idea. Google directly states this is a no-no

Homebuilder · 06-03-2008, 04:50 PM

I think you misunderstood the message that the SEO was trying to get across. I'm pretty sure he didn't mean actual hidden pages, but simply a link page besides the main link page which isn't as easily accessible by average visitors. I think Jade has explained this process better:

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Originally Posted by Jade456

If they are there, I would put a link to them, at least from the sitemap. You really aren't hiding them intentionally, just leaving them orphaned. People who get penalized are actively trying to hide links to gain the most from the links to them. Some just hide them in plain site, by putting a no follow tag on them. They won't get penalized by google for it, they just are screwing over their link partners by being sneaky.

bigmax · 09-14-2008, 12:50 PM

SE rankings are a complex procedure. Doubt hidden links and the like are particularly penalizing. It's just too complex.

Adier · 09-15-2008, 05:34 AM

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Originally Posted by bigmax

SE rankings are a complex procedure. Doubt hidden links and the like are particularly penalizing. It's just too complex.

Doubt no more, from Google itself

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Hidden text and links
Hiding text or links in your content can cause your site to be perceived as untrustworthy since it presents information to search engines differently than to visitors. Text (such as excessive keywords) can be hidden in several ways, including:

* Using white text on a white background
* Including text behind an image
* Using CSS to hide text
* Setting the font size to 0

If your site is perceived to contain hidden text and links that are deceptive in intent, your site may be removed from the Google index, and will not appear in search results pages.

Hidden text and links - Webmaster Help Center

bigmax · 09-15-2008, 01:18 PM

Well OK. Maybe.

Then how would you explain the phenomenal success of googlebombing and other "dirty" tricks? They work.

Adier · 09-15-2008, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by bigmax

Well OK. Maybe.

Then how would you explain the phenomenal success of googlebombing and other "dirty" tricks? They work.

Have you checked it out lately? is it still on the top of the search result? The thing is it works fast but don't last for long worse your site may even be banned to Google's index.