AFAIK, no SEO bots will ever execute javascript or read hidden (display:none, visibility:hidden, etc.) HTML for SEO purposes.
This is as a result of some developers "front loading" hidden content that was not really part of the website to fool the search engine to giving it higher rankings. Consequently, the bots were changed to reflect this. JK -----Original Message----- From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:jquery...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of neokio Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 9:51 PM To: jQuery (English) Subject: [jQuery] Re: [treeview] Brief flash of expanded tree > I'm not sure if it's the best solution, but a friend of mine helped me > overcome the issue i was experiencing. > We added a line of CSS to hidetreeviewon load, and then set it to > display in the demo.js file once everything was loaded > $("#browser").treeview({ > animated: "fast", > persist: "cookie", > collapsed: true > }).css('display','block'); Hey Andrew, nice patch. I've been bothered by that flash for a while now. I wonder how that will effect SEO .. I'm using treeview for my main content navigation. Do you think the bots and crawlers will trigger the display:block call, or will the hidden treeview remain hidden? And what about visitors with js disabled? The nav will be hidden completely. Anyone know of another way to stop the expanded flash glitch? Thanks, Niko
