Is this true, or is my leg being pulled?

[MrsPWN]

I was talking last night with a friend and he told me to help with SEO you can inbed key words the same colour as the background so no one can see them but they get picked up...is this true??

[debbidoo]

You can do, but Google will kick your butt for it :)

That's a black hat SEO method and you should avoid it.

I'm sure an expert will be along in a minute to explain it :)

[Simon-M]

Yes. You get picked up as being a spammer and a big red flag gets put next to your website so as to make sure that if anyone searches for your site, google are sure not to presnet your site in their listings.

5 years ago this was great :)

[DotNetWebs]

Have a look here:

http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=66353

"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"

Regards

Dotty

[GreatSEO]

Not a good idea at all

Steer well clear of using a method like this

Dave

[MrsPWN]

Thanks, I knew this was the place to ask lol, I guess his website has been around a while cos he is the straightest guy I know! i thought it wa just not that easy :|

[LiamZing]

Why not just write some nice content for the page and slot the keywords into neatly it? It's probably easier than keyword stuffing and more likely to get your website ranking well.


Liam

[david64]

Concur with the above.

If you spend all your time thinking and doing for Google, you are not going to be building your website - which is what it is all about at the end of the day. You are probably going to be making a mess.

[snvinfotech]

This is one of the Black Hat techniques and google will surely banned you for this :)

[OldWelshGuy]

Thanks, I knew this was the place to ask lol, I guess his website has been around a while cos he is the straightest guy I know! i thought it wa just not that easy :|

BMW Europes site had been around a while before IT got banned last year. Your friend is walking a dangerous path, and if a competitor reports him he WILL get banned.

[TheAlbear]

That used to work untill Google and the rest of the engines decided it was black hat SEO, doing that now will result in being banned from there indexs.

[OldWelshGuy]

Yes there are far better ways to get banned now, like CSS off page positioning, or font size =0 , or hidden divs to name but 3..

Same colour text HUH that is SOOOO 1990's :D

[MrsPWN]

Thanks OWG, I wasn't planning to do it, just asked who did his website and he told me he did then topld me about the hiding words. I shall certainly leave SEO etc to whoever does my website :D

[sirearl]

I was talking last night with a friend and he told me to help with SEO you can inbed key words the same colour as the background so no one can see them but they get picked up...is this true??

Did you say he was a friend.?:|:D

Earl

[MrsPWN]

Yes and a vey sexy one, if a abit wrong in the SEO dept :p

[OldWelshGuy]

See how we all assumed the friend had to be a bloke :(

[MrsPWN]

Sorry OWG he IS a bloke, but I am a woman lol, name was a typo and haven't figured out how to change it...any tips?

[crossdaz]

Sorry OWG he IS a bloke, but I am a woman lol, name was a typo and haven't figured out how to change it...any tips?

I just assumed it was one of those welsh words that only welsh people know - like on the road signs that have the real word painted out?

[MrsPWN]

Funny Welsh story, when we used to drive up a lot we tried a different route and I got lost, passed a sign with a loooong Welsh word on in that I couldn't find on the map so I popped in to the post office and asked her to show me on the map where I was. Turned out it wasn't the name of the village but their version of "Drive Safely" :redface::redface:

Damn silly language :D