javascript - Google SEO and hidden elements

Question

Will google ignore words that are inside the elements that are set to "display: none" in css?

Example:

<div id="under_meny" style="display:none;">About Us | Contact Us</div>

It looks maybe a bit strange that I want to hide a menu like that, but there is a submenu. And will the user to activate it. But I do not want it to go beyond SEO.

Answer 1

hide your menu with javascript on pageload. this way google will still analyse your text. it ignores display:none elements, as well as elements which textcolor is the same as background color, thus making it invisible to the human eye

sources: i read it in a book a long time ago. there are sites on the internet though on the topic

• http://www.webdesign-in.de/mts/google-bestraft-display-none-visibility-hidden/
• http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/002971.html
• http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-mistakes-nearly-hidden-text/
• http://www.julian-bez.de/blog/2005/10/20/display-none-considered-spam/
• http://searchengineland.com/is-hiding-content-with-display-none-legitimate-seo-13643