Panels on home page?

[1weekSEO]

Hi guys

I am advising a new client and I have never come across a page design with a panel

I am looking to create some super text below the fold that's good with keywords [insert content is king, write for people not search engines comments here] but I have come across something called a Panel

Is this like a frame?

Am I right in asking for this to be removed so I can concentrate on text only?

Here's a snippet
<div class="panels" id="panel1">

There's about 14 panels in all

If anyone wants the web URL please feel free to DM

Many thanks
Nina

[mcol]

Unless I'm missing something obvious, that's just a class in the stylesheet.

[SFD]

When you say panel, do you mean similar to a 'tab' system?

[1weekSEO]

When you say panel, do you mean similar to a 'tab' system?

Umm, like it takes the first snippet of text then takes you to an inner page

eg:

Choosing a new headboard
If you are quite happy with the divan bed that you have, you could update the look of your bedroom and bed by simply replacing your old headboard. Some divans come with or without a headboard and you can choose whether or not to want to have one. Most people choose to have a headboard [...] <<<<This is the snippet, you get me?

[drounding]

This sounds like there's some javascript changing the display of the div to none unless clicked so the 'panel' text is only visible when selected to be so.

[1weekSEO]

This sounds like there's some javascript changing the display of the div to none unless clicked so the 'panel' text is only visible when selected to be so.

So this text is not spidered?

[drounding]

Possibly, just depends how the javascript is coded. If the div is initially set to display when the page loads and when page load completed the javascript sets some of it to none then it should get indexed. If the javascript works the other way around with a default of none before the javascript runs then it might not be.

[SFD]

If it's taking you to an inner page then it just sounds like a summary with a link to the page where the text is found. Very common on wordpress sites amongst others.

[mcol]

So this text is not spidered?

I expect it will be spidered as css rendering is done client side - do a view source on the page. Whatever you can see will be spidered.

Depending how it's been done it could look spammy to search engines.

If you want to PM me the url I'll take a look and explain what's going on.

[mcol]

hi Nina,

it's six div elements on the page, five hidden, one visible. When you click the next arrow the current div gets hidden by some javascript and the next is made visible.

All this is client side, so all the text is visible to spiders, but whether Google will index text in a hidden div I'm not sure.

I'd suggest you rip it all out and replace with some decent copy.

regards

[drounding]

Google will probably index the text but wether it will appear in the index is debatable. There is also a chance that it will be seen as black hat dependant on the relevance of the content.

You could either rip it out and redo the page in some other way or change the css to have the divs display until the javascript runs to hide some of them. That way the SE will 'see' all the text. The drawback to this is that you may see a redraw effect on the page when the js runs and sets the div display to none depending on the speed of the users computer and the browser.

[Tin]

This is quite common. If I'm understanding you correctly the text isn't actually hidden, it's using css to place the text out of visitor view so the visitor only sees one panel at any one time. I think you'll find that all the text within the divs will be fully hardcoded into the html, if so then it's fully scanable to search engines, will be indexed and assist associated rankings if other usual criteria is met.

There's a number of systems available that create such panels simply as a means to facilitate pockets of page relevant copy whilst not detracting from the design or wanting to overwhelm visitors with what may appear to be a busy page.

Hope that helps

Ray