Finding small text

[Steve_gts]

Hi,

I just ran a check on www.asalesforum.com , the tool I used said I had small text on the page (not good for SEO) however I can't see it! Is there a way of trying to find it?

Thanks

[MandyJay]

Your stylesheet shows Verdana 8pt as the size - . Otherwise your page has 10pt as the smallest whcih to me is fine.

But I cant see why the size of a font is not good for Search Engines ....
maybe they have a help section that can explain .....

Personally I would ignore, I have never actually come across that comment before ....

MJ

[Steve_gts]

Google definitely penalise you for small text, there was some on another site I have and it jumped up in the rankings when I removed it. They consider it to be spamming if you have tiny text or text the same colour as the background etc.

8 point is fine, but there must be something somewhere which is much smaller. perhaps it's in an includes, ill check those too. I was just hoping there was an easy way to find it

[MandyJay]

Well it depends on your definition of small text. 8pt I cant read, I have to put my glasses on, so for me that is small. So unless they can specify what they call small ....???

Yes I agree if you have text so small it cant even be read with a magnifying glass then yes .... same as using text same color. Check your style sheet then you have a class for 1pt, except you dont have any text of that size on your page .... as I say ... have to specify what you call small .....

MJ

[Steve_gts]

I'm not sure exactly what they class as small, the last one had 1pt on there. That's definitely a bit naughty!

I've just scanned a few other pages and they all have it, I guess it must be in an includes!

I'll have a look at the style sheet and see what it has.

[Steve_gts]

Just found this in the style sheet:

.blank {

font-size: 1pt;
}

I changed it to 8pt (the site still looks OK) and will see if my rankings improve when my site is cached again.

If they do I would say it's pretty conclusive evidence that it does make a huge difference. I'll let you know........................................

[MandyJay]

Yes thats the one I said I found, I did a site search and it seemed to only apply to empty table cells - no content.

MJ