CSS and SEO

[boron]

I've heard that having CSS in your Home page HTML is not good for SEO. Can someone explain this in a little detail? I can understand that links and menus made with JavaScript won't be checked by Google spiders, but what's the issue with CSS?

[Reckless]

I've heard that having CSS in your Home page HTML is not good for SEO. Can someone explain this in a little detail? I can understand that links and menus made with JavaScript won't be checked by Google spiders, but what's the issue with CSS?

i never heard of this...

after a bit of searching on google, i found this:

http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200510/google_seo_and_using_css_to_hide_text/

[boron]

Above article tells that hiding text with the help of CSS can be a questionable, it is close to Black Hat SEO techniques which are not allowed.

I'm especially interested how Google consider CSS - from the point of recognizing text - not for the sake of hiding but for to be recognized at all. If Google doesn't recognise the text properly it won't be showed properly, I guess.

[Submerge]

Haven't heard this, but I know CSS can help if you put your main content in the top of the HTML file and style it to it's actual position with CSS.

[boron]

CSS is good when it is put in a separate file. This way the original HTML will be shorter and a Home page will be smaller in size, which can improve site loading speed. If HTML remains clean (no CSS and Javascripts within it), Google will easily crowl through it.

An article about CSS/SEO (http://www.miswebdesign.com/resources/articles/why-css-is-good-for-google.html).

[Reckless]

CSS is good when it is put in a separate file. This way the original HTML will be shorter and a Home page will be smaller in size, which can improve site loading speed. If HTML remains clean (no CSS and Javascripts within it), Google will easily crowl through it.

An article about CSS/SEO (http://www.miswebdesign.com/resources/articles/why-css-is-good-for-google.html).

thnx for the article