- From: Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2020 12:22:52 -0500
- To: Simona Bariselli <simona.bariselli@gmail.com>
- Cc: wai-eo-editors@w3.org
Hello, Ah, interesting issues, indeed. We host a WAI Interest Group (IG) discussion list where such issues of digital accessibility are discussed. You could send your question to that list to get more perspectives. You can search the mailing list archives, to get a feel for the list, through: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/ You can join the mailing list and post questions by following the instructions about the Discussion List under: https://www.w3.org/WAI/about/groups/waiig/#mailinglist Best regards, ~ Shawn <http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/> On 30-Oct-20 6:06 AM, Simona Bariselli wrote: > Hello, > > I'm an accessibility consultant for retail websites. > When I review headings, suggesting a new meaningful and hierarchically correct structure as per Wai guidelines, I often add few visually hidden headings (where not considered by design). > > Each time I find me arguing with the SEO consultant, who thinks that adding visually hidden headings "can be considered as cloacking, going against Google guidelines about hidden text.", and who think that adding headings in the footer "is not SEO relevant and going against Heading Tag best practices." > > I believe it isn't but I cannot find a clear and eminent source saying that. I found only this one: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-using-hidden-text-for-screen-readers-will-not-hurt-rankings/294605/#close > > Any suggestion that could stop the arguing forever? ;) > > Thanks > > Simona > Simona Bariselli > www.simonabariselli.com <http://www.simonabariselli.com> >
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