Can the Lightboxes on My Site be Crawled?

[bosleypalmer]

I'm trying to optimize my site, but I have lightboxes and I don't know if they are visible to the search engines. If they aren't, could you suggest something that I could do? THANK YOU so much!!!!!

My site is lymphexpo.com

[linda_h]

Hi Stephen,

That's pretty easy to check. Just type this in the browsers address bar:

cache:lymphexpo.com

Then click 'Text version' and you can see exactly how Google sees your site.

Then check if your lightbox content is visible.

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[bosleypalmer]

Are you saying that because I've got information in lightboxes, it is by definition hidden from Search Engines? And if this is the case, is there anything I can do about it? Thanks.

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[bosleypalmer]

Thanks! I tried this but the site is so new, it hasn't been cached yet. I will look again soon. If the content isn't visible, what do you recommend? Thanks.

[bosleypalmer]

Hi Josh,

I'm a little over my head on this topic, and I'm a little confused. What is duplicated across my site now?

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[bosleypalmer]

Oh, do you mean the disclaimer? I can take that out of the about section, and it will only appear on the front of the site. I guess I wasn't clear what I was talking about. If you select a category on the front page, the click on a company, then a lightbox opens up with a video and other info about their company.