Hiding text with Javascript and a more button

[mascotmike]

I am considering putting a block of text on may pages, that initially appears as a snippet with a 'show more' button that expands to show the whole lot.

Question: If the search engines can see the whole lot, but the visitor only sees the snippet until they click 'show more' then is this cloaking? Is it a really bad idea? Or can I get away with it because I am not being deceptive just improving the design?

Help!

[brycebertola]

It doesn't sound like you're being deceptive, just trying to provide a better user experience.

In general, if you don't feel comfortable explaining what you're doing to a google employee, you probably shouldn't be doing it.

In my opinion, what you're doing is fine, and I wouldn't have a problem doing the same.

[dmac]

Completely legitimate as long as you're not serving up one thing for the bots and something unrelated to your visitors.