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SEOs prefer to have the "relevant content" as high on the page as possible. Since viewstate is just a large blob, many SEOs assume it decreases relevancy. I've
by pixelbath 16y ago
SEOs prefer to have the "relevant content" as high on the page as possible. Since viewstate is just a large blob, many SEOs assume it decreases relevancy. I've never seen results that confirm this assumption.
Edit: See sajidnizami's post for the relevant StackOverflow question. Though, this still doesn't make sense to me logically. Why would a search engine disregard a (reasonably) longer page?
- sajidnizami 16y agoLonger page would increase page load time. A longer page with viewstate at the beginning would delay loading of content. Google penalizes pages that load slower. http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2010/04/using-site-speed-in-web-search-ranking.html http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2010/04/using-sit...