Comments on: Adidas Hiding Content http://www.andrewblackburn.co.uk/adidas-hiding-content/ A collection of SEO, tech and other thoughts... Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://www.andrewblackburn.co.uk/adidas-hiding-content/comment-page-1/#comment-401 Anonymous Thu, 28 Jul 2011 06:59:00 +0000 http://www.andrewblackburn.co.uk/?p=91#comment-401 Cheers for the comment, Jon. I just checked and it's definitely still there on the homepage... although the content is much reduced now, only showing the headlines for each section. Ctrl+U on the homepage and then Ctrl+F "SEO" ;) Cheers for the comment, Jon.

I just checked and it’s definitely still there on the homepage… although the content is much reduced now, only showing the headlines for each section. Ctrl+U on the homepage and then Ctrl+F “SEO” ;)

]]> By: Jon http://www.andrewblackburn.co.uk/adidas-hiding-content/comment-page-1/#comment-400 Jon Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:52:00 +0000 http://www.andrewblackburn.co.uk/?p=91#comment-400 It now redirects to another page than the one you linked, and the comment has gone. They do still have a tag but no text content from before. Oh dear, I've just realised this post is from 2009 so that's probably why! We wrote a blog ourselves last year on their Flash homepage. I can't remember if we checked if the site was using a tag but imagine we would have. Maybe you scared em off Andy! It now redirects to another page than the one you linked, and the comment has gone. They do still have a tag but no text content from before.

Oh dear, I’ve just realised this post is from 2009 so that’s probably why! We wrote a blog ourselves last year on their Flash homepage. I can’t remember if we checked if the site was using a tag but imagine we would have.

Maybe you scared em off Andy!

]]> By: Andy http://www.andrewblackburn.co.uk/adidas-hiding-content/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Andy Wed, 20 May 2009 15:07:39 +0000 http://www.andrewblackburn.co.uk/?p=91#comment-89 Adrian... I think having the comment: <!– HTML Content for SEO –> kind of gives away the exact purpose of the content! Robert, who knows, perhaps their SEO will see this and come and hire me ;) Adrian… I think having the comment: < !– HTML Content for SEO –> kind of gives away the exact purpose of the content!

Robert, who knows, perhaps their SEO will see this and come and hire me ;)

]]> By: Andy http://www.andrewblackburn.co.uk/adidas-hiding-content/comment-page-1/#comment-337 Andy Wed, 20 May 2009 15:07:00 +0000 http://www.andrewblackburn.co.uk/?p=91#comment-337 Adrian... I think having the comment: kind of gives away the exact purpose of the content! Robert, who knows, perhaps their SEO will see this and come and hire me ;) Adrian… I think having the comment: kind of gives away the exact purpose of the content!

Robert, who knows, perhaps their SEO will see this and come and hire me ;)

]]> By: Adrian Palacios http://www.andrewblackburn.co.uk/adidas-hiding-content/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Adrian Palacios Thu, 14 May 2009 17:39:46 +0000 http://www.andrewblackburn.co.uk/?p=91#comment-88 Hmmm... is it possible that they are just mirroring the content in HTML? There is a message that JavaScript needs to be turned on. If you turn the JavaScript off, it looks like a static version of the Flash-y content... Hmmm… is it possible that they are just mirroring the content in HTML? There is a message that JavaScript needs to be turned on. If you turn the JavaScript off, it looks like a static version of the Flash-y content…

]]> By: Adrian Palacios http://www.andrewblackburn.co.uk/adidas-hiding-content/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Adrian Palacios Thu, 14 May 2009 17:39:00 +0000 http://www.andrewblackburn.co.uk/?p=91#comment-336 Hmmm... is it possible that they are just mirroring the content in HTML? There is a message that JavaScript needs to be turned on. If you turn the JavaScript off, it looks like a static version of the Flash-y content... Hmmm… is it possible that they are just mirroring the content in HTML? There is a message that JavaScript needs to be turned on. If you turn the JavaScript off, it looks like a static version of the Flash-y content…

]]> By: Robert Visser, PageRank-SEO http://www.andrewblackburn.co.uk/adidas-hiding-content/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Robert Visser, PageRank-SEO Thu, 14 May 2009 17:22:13 +0000 http://www.andrewblackburn.co.uk/?p=91#comment-87 Andy, Great catch on the hidden content. Here's a post on Google Webmasters/Site owner Help pages regarding their policy on hidden text: http://bit.ly/148el . Aside from Adidas UK having engaged in a "No No", it speaks loudly to not building web sites in Flash (or any other language where a search engine can't read and index the content). If the content had been presented in HTML so that a search engine can see it, then the content would not have to be cloaked. Cloaking is anytime content is presented to a search engine that is not presented to a visitor. Perhaps Adidas will hire one of us to rebuild their UK so it relies less on Flash for while maintaining a brand consistent user experience. Andy,

Great catch on the hidden content.

Here’s a post on Google Webmasters/Site owner Help pages regarding their policy on hidden text: http://bit.ly/148el .

Aside from Adidas UK having engaged in a “No No”, it speaks loudly to not building web sites in Flash (or any other language where a search engine can’t read and index the content). If the content had been presented in HTML so that a search engine can see it, then the content would not have to be cloaked. Cloaking is anytime content is presented to a search engine that is not presented to a visitor.

Perhaps Adidas will hire one of us to rebuild their UK so it relies less on Flash for while maintaining a brand consistent user experience.

]]> By: Robert Visser, PageRank-SEO http://www.andrewblackburn.co.uk/adidas-hiding-content/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Robert Visser, PageRank-SEO Thu, 14 May 2009 17:22:00 +0000 http://www.andrewblackburn.co.uk/?p=91#comment-335 Andy, Great catch on the hidden content. Here's a post on Google Webmasters/Site owner Help pages regarding their policy on hidden text: http://bit.ly/148el . Aside from Adidas UK having engaged in a "No No", it speaks loudly to not building web sites in Flash (or any other language where a search engine can't read and index the content). If the content had been presented in HTML so that a search engine can see it, then the content would not have to be cloaked. Cloaking is anytime content is presented to a search engine that is not presented to a visitor. Perhaps Adidas will hire one of us to rebuild their UK so it relies less on Flash for while maintaining a brand consistent user experience. Andy,

Great catch on the hidden content.

Here’s a post on Google Webmasters/Site owner Help pages regarding their policy on hidden text: http://bit.ly/148el .

Aside from Adidas UK having engaged in a “No No”, it speaks loudly to not building web sites in Flash (or any other language where a search engine can’t read and index the content). If the content had been presented in HTML so that a search engine can see it, then the content would not have to be cloaked. Cloaking is anytime content is presented to a search engine that is not presented to a visitor.

Perhaps Adidas will hire one of us to rebuild their UK so it relies less on Flash for while maintaining a brand consistent user experience.

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