SEO hidden text and AJAX

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81 points Bogdanas | 2 comments | 30 Jul 15 12:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.587s | source

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Stormcaller ◴[30 Jul 15 14:21 UTC] No.9975124[source]▶

Ok, I think this doesn't mean much and is a flawed experiment. The test url is: https://devx.lt/en/node/9 which contains ALL the content used in this experiment. All 9 tests are done on the same page, at once.

in the 4th experiment, he searches for "site:devx.lt GetJar is an independent mobile phone app store founded in Lithuania in..." and the result is returned WITHOUT any bold text. So this was a "most relevant" result, not a "found" case. Now the problem is, these paragraphs contain same words. Google returns "LinkedIn /ˌlɪŋkt.ˈɪn/ is a business-oriented social networking service. Founded in..." because, for one it at least contains "founded" part and further the paragraph I'm sure there is more. Since the results are limited to "site:divx.lt", and paragraphs contain same words, of course all 9 tests end with "found", as it is the only page close to being relevant.

I'd like to see the same test repeated, -NOT- all tests on the same page.

Some tests return bolded results, so I consider them to be true. I think 1-2-4-5 are false positives.

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1. 5h ◴[30 Jul 15 14:29 UTC] No.9975183[source]▶

>>9975124 #

We also can't be sure that "literal searches in quotes" are considered the same way for SERP ranking etc, which I guess would be the motive for hiding text.

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2. Stormcaller ◴[30 Jul 15 14:34 UTC] No.9975214[source]▶

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also these text contain double-quotes so I wouldn't be surprised if they aren't even considered

few examples:

Its mission statement from the outset was "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful,"

140-character messages called "tweets"

LinkedIn filed for an initial public offering in January 2011 and traded its first shares on May 19, 2011, under the NYSE symbol "LNKD"

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