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1. Harty
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I'd like to hide the tags on my posts from being seen by viewers. But still have them available to 'be seen' by the search engine.
   Is it possible?
   Thanks.

2. Dagon Design
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   The only way to really hide them would be to remove the functions in the theme files that display them.

   Trying to comment them out, while leaving them in the code, would not really work - modern search engines are designed to only pay attention to text that is visible to the users. To prevent people from just adding in a lot of hidden text for search engines.

   You could probably remove the tag listing from post listings, and things like that, but still have them listed somewhere on the site. That way the page with them could still be accessed, but it would not be as obvious to the users.

   While it is possible to add in code that only displays things if it is a search engine robot, things like that are considered a no-no and may get you removed from the search listings.

3. Harty
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thanks Dagon.
   I made the tags the same colour as the background, but the commas still showed up. So I gave up on this idea and reverted to the original style sheet.
   Cheers,

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