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Can I hide H1?
Don’t use display:none Often, web developers will simply hide the existing with css that uses display:none. However, that will also hide the page title from assistive technology and bots. Instead it is best to visually hide the . This will hide it from visual presentation, but keep it available to AT and bots.
Is an H1 tag visible?
The HTML tag is usually used for the title of a page or post and it is the first header visible on a page. The formatting of an h1 usually differs from the rest of the header tags found on a page (h2, h3, h4).
What does it mean when Google penalizes your website?
Unfortunately, there’s a flipside: a penalty. That’s the consequence of Google taking issue with something on your site. Sometimes a penalty is well deserved, but even if you know you’re in the wrong, you probably want to do something about it.
Is it okay for Google to see hidden content?
Google renders the web page to approximate what a user might see. If content is hidden behind a “read more” link to make the content visible on the page, then that’s okay. If a user can see it then Google can see it too. Google views web pages as a user does. Google has confirmed this way of handling tabbed content over the years.
What’s the correct way to hide the tag and not be banned from?
You should be fine with visibility: hidden. That said, if your image is part of the content (and I would dare to say that a company logo is content, not presentation), and you care about accessible html, you should consider changing your code to include the image as a img element with title and alt ernate text, instead of a css background-image.
If Google detects a weirdly high number of keywords in a page, it may penalize you – rightly or wrongly. Footer links. Some web designers use footer links as a navigational aid; some try to manipulate PageRank by using the footer as a place to pass link juice unnaturally.