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I have a site that lists products, each product has about 4 thumbnails which when clicked opens a javascript window to the exact size of the picture then loads a page to display that picture. I've noticed google indexs these pages. Would it be a good idea to place an absolutely positioned DIV outside of where the picture appears with a message of what the screen shot is and a link to my homepage?
I was thinking not only would this help visitors who entered the screenshot page directly though the SE's to get to the homepage but would also pass some pr back to the homepage. Have I got this right?
Also, will google have any problems with the fact that the window that opens on my site to display the picture is not large enough to see the message (I don't want them to think I'm hiding links or anything) even though clicking the link in the SE results opens it in the current browser window and allows the message to be seen.
Hope I've explained this right and any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
ObeBogie.
Then how can this possibly help users get back to your homepage if they can't see it. If you do something with the stance that it is good for usability, then maybe make sure people can actually see it.
Nothing wrong with giving consumers a link to click on this page - but do just that - give the consumer a link (which happens to also be seen by search engines) and make it visible for them to see.
Make sure the anchor is descriptive and not just a keyword. What is good for the user is most times good for an engine - as long as it is done with the user in mind first.
When you visit that page from a search engine it just displays the picture in the upper left hand corner full screen, nothing else. All I wanted to know was whether google would penalise my site because when the page was crawled through my site the window size would be set so the DIV is out of site, but visiting from an SE it is visable.
