On this page of the SEO tutorial, it says the following:Since no text is being displayed in the top anchor, isn't this a form of cloaking? Google says that code shouldn't be used that is not visible by a person. I know it is a minor point but I am curious as to how this is justified?

Hi,

I don't know to be honest. It's a reference anchor, not a link so there's nothing hidden there really, and it's acceptable to have empty anchor tags from a W3C compliance point of view. But I see your point though. Maybe it could trip a filter but it's my feeling it would be ignored at worst.

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Thanks, that makes sense.

I agree with Paz, and it is an odd/tricky one.

The thing about cloaking that Google have a problem with, is when different content is presented to a user than to a search engine spider. In this case there's no cloaking, as such, and it's a legitimate anchor point in a page.

Nothing to worry about.

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