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In my web app the application itself will take up most of the screen estate (the pink layer in the below picture), while the about page (the blue layer) is hidden below it, thanks to z-index. If the user clicks the about button, the pink layer will slide up, uncovering the about page. Since the about page explains the content of the page, could this affect my SEO?

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I have seen websites like Spotify animate seamlessly between pages that have different URLs - could that, in case what I am currently doing is absolutely inadvisable, represent a good solution? How would I possibly approach that design practice?

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    Hmm, I know for sure that they announce they mark content in dropdowns, tabs and other hidden containers waiting for event to be triggered as not available, but I am not concern about the overlapping containers I guess google bot isn't so complex to calculate if your window is hidden under another, but it is possible, that's a good question.
    – knif3r
    Commented Mar 28, 2016 at 15:54

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Search engine bots evaluate HTML content, not CSS positioning. Whatever text you have inside your HTML elements is all that matters.

So one question is, is the about page filled in on this one at the same time or fetched later? If it's fetched from a different URL, /about, search engines can find that, too.

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    Search engines will take into consideration CSS: if text and background share the same color, text will be ignored, for example (as it can't be seen by the human eye). I'm not a savvy on the matter, but I'm quite sure that it's not HTML alone to be evaluated.
    – user62342
    Commented Mar 28, 2016 at 17:40
  • The about page and the app page share the same URL (they're both the index) and downloaded (is that what you mean?) at the same time.
    – user62342
    Commented Mar 28, 2016 at 19:34
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    @Willege Yes. I ignored the cloaking techniques some people try and pull. And, yes, that's what I meant about the URL.
    – Rob
    Commented Mar 29, 2016 at 1:14

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