Official statement
The content of compliance banners (like Cookie Management Tools (CMP) or age confirmation prompts) may sometimes be indexed by Google, especially if the HTML data volume of these banners is significant and they appear at the top of the HTML code across many pages.
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TL;DR
Consent banners, due to their high HTML volume, may get mistakenly indexed by Google. Be careful about their placement in the code to avoid negatively impacting your SEO.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Les bannières peuvent-elles toujours être indexées ?
Oui, si elles sont volumineuses et en haut du code HTML, elles risquent d'être indexées par Google.
Comment puis-je savoir si mes bannières sont indexées ?
Il est recommandé d'utiliser des outils de crawl pour simuler le comportement d'indexation de Google.
Devrais-je revoir mon code HTML ?
Si vos bannières sont problématiques, envisagez de réorganiser le code pour donner la priorité au contenu SEO pertinent.
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