Comments on: Test Idea 1006- Testing Highlight Text http://www.vertster.com/blog/2007/02/test-idea-1006-testing-highlight-text.html Building a better mousetrap Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:43:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Scott Miller http://www.vertster.com/blog/2007/02/test-idea-1006-testing-highlight-text.html/comment-page-1#comment-35 Scott Miller Sat, 08 Dec 2007 22:13:00 +0000 http://blog.vertster.com/?p=98#comment-35 Because highlight text requires a custom style rule, I doubt that alone would be visible to search engines. <br/><br/>However, since the bold tags are standard markup, it would not surprise me if the engines used them to help figure out the contextual meaning of text. Because highlight text requires a custom style rule, I doubt that alone would be visible to search engines.

However, since the bold tags are standard markup, it would not surprise me if the engines used them to help figure out the contextual meaning of text.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.vertster.com/blog/2007/02/test-idea-1006-testing-highlight-text.html/comment-page-1#comment-34 Anonymous Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:37:00 +0000 http://blog.vertster.com/?p=98#comment-34 I've read about tests like these being performed but never one that was conclusive one way or another. I have read/heard of people saying highlighting or bolding targeted keywords within content can help the search engines see them better. I’ve read about tests like these being performed but never one that was conclusive one way or another. I have read/heard of people saying highlighting or bolding targeted keywords within content can help the search engines see them better.

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