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The answer is... it depends. In general, Google doesn't like hidden content - but search engines won't penalize you for it unless they find that the hidden content is meant to deceive. In this case it doesn't sound like it's meant to deceive, but there are a few things to check to make sure the content is being indexed properly. 1. Does the content require javascript or flash to become visible? If so, it's possible for search engines to disregard it. 2. While it's common to place content in divs with CSS attributes set to 'hidden' (for usability purposes) and it's common for Google to index this content, it's hard to say how much seach engines will "weight" this content in it's ranking algorithms. 3. Check Google's cache of the page, and click the text-only link (for example, here's Google's text-only cache of this page. Is there any text visible that's not visible to the user under normal circumstances? This text may not be treated the same way by search engines as completely visible text. Best practice is to view your site with javascript disabled (you can do this with the MozBar) and make sure everything is visible. If not, you may want to make sure everything degrades gracefully to ensure maximum accessibility, and maximum indexation by search engines.

I don't need them. The client has them and I wanted to get a consensus before I suggested that they rip them down.

Yes, I misread your post. Best, Christopher

Don't know about the dates yet Mat but you are right about the links!

So that was strange. When we did the site search we saw 9 entries from very old low level pages. Now it seems to be back up and all we did was install Webmaster tools. Ok then. Thanks Google Gods!