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How do search engines feel about hiding part of a page when JavaScript is disabled?
I will not describe the situation completely, I will give a small example for clarity of understanding. Some people have JavaScript disabled (for whatever reasons). The site has three blocks (article, feedback form and comments). Without JS included, the feedback form and comments will not work, but will be visible to a person. He can try to interact with them (fill out a form, send a comment) and he will fail, he will be nervous. In order not to make him nervous, I wanted to hide these blocks through styles at times when there was no JS support, but I came up with the thought of an unambiguous answer to which I find it difficult to give.
Thought:
If there is no JS support, I hide unnecessary blocks with styles and then a search engine bot appears - JS is disabled for it and it will not see either feedback forms or comment forms and can regard this as hidden content, which, according to search engines, is nothing more than one of the ways to influence the ranking of sites in the SERP with all the ensuing unpleasant consequences. On the other hand, personally, I would regard such actions on the part of the site owner as taking care of the user - I hide what he cannot interact with.
Here I sit, thinking, but I still can’t find the answer. Maybe people who are knowledgeable and experienced in website building and search engines will share their opinion on this issue?!
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I think it will not impose filters and pessimization if the forms on the site are hidden, it’s okay, they don’t carry an informative part and many do this to save space: click on the link to open the form for sending a callback, it’s another matter if you write 100500 times on the page "buy concrete, buy concrete Moscow, buy concrete in Moscow ....." and hide the block, then questions will arise
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