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I have an html page with a css overflow:hidden affected to body My <content> is at top:100% positioned in absolute. When I scroll, a javascript code change the <content> top position to simulate a scroll so I control where the user will land each time he use his mousewheel (I also do it for touch screens)

Will that badly affect my SEO? Or does google panda + rankbrain are smart enough to get it right?

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  • I've run across a few sites that do that (usually news articles) and I always wonder why. It is really confusing to me. I don't usually end up reading those articles. I certainly don't come back to those sites if I can remember which they are. Why do you want to do this? – Stephen Ostermiller♦ Jan 28 '19 at 12:32
  • Except that it's not an article/blog page, it's a home page only composed with interest points. (like most of the fwa or awwward winners) – vincent-d Jan 28 '19 at 13:17
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This is a bit of a guess so don't hold me to it.

With tools such as SEMRush (Helps identify weaknesses in your sites SEO); I think this reads the page only up until you would be able to execute jQuery / JS. So whatever is on your page within the DOM on load - is what is read.

Having objects 'overflow: hidden;' isn't going to make a difference to your score.

So long as you are not spamming multiple H1's, or using things like 'display: none; & visibility: hidden;' on boxes filled with keywords. You should be okay.

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Yes, it will affect it. Anything that comes after "hidden" will be weighted less, so you wanna avoid having keyword heavy stuff after "hidden".

Source: https://www.rebootonline.com/blog/hidden-text-experiment/

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  • No, it doesn't work like this anymore. Your article is really old. – vincent-d Sep 6 '19 at 7:34

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