(Entry was posted by Marty Eigner on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 04/21/2016).

Does Google penalise sites who hide structured data?

I have added some hatom microdata to a WordPress site and have hidden it with CSS for aesthetic reasons. Does Google penalise sites who hide structured data?

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Marty Eigner: I have added some hatom microdata to a WordPress site and have hidden it with CSS for aesthetic reasons. Does Google penalise sites who hide structured data?
Tim Capper: I don't think they would as long as it is applicable to page it applies to. I don't think they Penalise either, rather they don't display if deemed spammy.