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(Entry was posted by Scott Cohe on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 03/31/2014).

Is this going to cause issues with Google?

G+ was glitching out when I tried to edit the link, so here`s a repost with the link removed:

hey all, another question. I`m using a lightbox to display an email sign up form. The plugin gives a template code that styles the content as "display:hidden." 
Here`s a link to the dev site.

dev(dot) amazingvermont (dot) com

 Click the button to see what I mean (excuse the appearance, it is in the very early stages of development.)

Is this going to cause issues with Google? I don`t want to get penalized for hiding content, even though this is not an attempt to fool search engines by any means. ?
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  • Scott Cohen: G+ was glitching out when I tried to edit the link, so here's a repost with the link removed:

    hey all, another question. I'm using a lightbox to display an email sign up form. The plugin gives a template code that styles the content as "display:hidden." ;
    Here's a link to the dev site.

    dev(dot) amazingvermont (dot) com

     ;Click the button to see what I mean (excuse the appearance, it is in the very early stages of development.)

    Is this going to cause issues with Google? I don't want to get penalized for hiding content, even though this is not an attempt to fool search engines by any means. 
  • Frank Ludriks: If its just a newsletter sign up, no, you won't get into trouble with Google. Users on the other hand hate pop ups, so why spoil the user experience?
  • Scott Cohen: It's not a pop-up (I HATE those too!) It's a lightbox that is triggered when a user hits the "sign up" button. I wanted to allow users to input their email without navigating away from the page they were on and the site design didn't look right with a sidebar sign up form.
  • Frank Ludriks: No problem at all then :-)
  • Edwin Jonk: From the expert panel in this weeks SEO Questions hangout on air on 00:58:16 into the YouTube video: https://dumbseoquestions.com/q/is_this_going_to_cause_issues_with_google +Scott Cohen

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