: Bad for SEO? I've just come across this protection code: <!--hppage status="protected"--> It hides the html and page code from anyone who wants to right click and view source. I can't

@Tiffany637

It depends on the level of encryption. Search engines can read levels 1 and 2, but they cannot read level 3. All are hppage status="protected"

Level 1 and 2 are just fine for SEO. The spiders can read them as normal text.

Levels 2 and 3 slow your page load time a bit.

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@Sue5673885

That's just a comment. You can use view source from your browser menus. However if the rest of the page contains javascript which obscures the page somehow then that won't run when search engines crawl it, so they won't see the content of the page. So yes, bad for SEO.

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