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Google's crawler can retrieve HTML elements even if they are hidden with display:none. Links found within elements like details tags or popovers are also followed by the crawler if they exist in the DOM, thereby facilitating the discovery of content on the Internet.
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TL;DR
Google's crawler also explores elements hidden by display:none, including links within details or popovers. This means these elements are not invisible to Google.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Google indexe-t-il les contenus masqués par CSS ?
Oui, Google peut indexer même les éléments masqués par display:none.
Est-ce que cela impacte le SEO ?
Potentiellement, mais l'impact exact dépend d'autres facteurs SEO.
Faut-il éviter les contenus masqués ?
Non nécessairement, mais vérifiez qu'ils sont pertinents et pas nuisibles au SEO.
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