: SEO cost of garbage text For SEO, "Content is King". I wonder what would be the SEO cost of garbage text inserted between descriptive content. The case I have in mind concerns ascii art. Such

@Bryan171

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For SEO, "Content is King".
I wonder what would be the SEO cost of garbage text inserted between descriptive content.

The case I have in mind concerns ascii art.
Such page would contain consecutive blocks containing a description of the ascii art, followed by the ascii art itself.

Example:

<div class='asciiart'>
<div class='description'>here is an hideous kitty</div>
<div class='ascii'><pre>
(%(// (6%(
/%7%CCGG66%%C
(%7%%G#QO%C%(
/%7%%%OOGC777%/
77(%G6C6GQ%(%/
C67%%776%7%%%
(O%OGQQ#GCC
(77%G6CGQG%(
7%%%%%GQ%%C%/
(%77%%GQ6%%%%(
/#O((%GQGGG%%7(
O%7%%%OOGC%%%%(
(%%77%CGQ@Q%%%(%%/
/C%766OQQ#OQG6C777%(
7%C7%%6GGQGQO6%%%%7%
(7%77%OQ@Q#@#QC%((%%%/
(7%7%%GG(%OQ#Q#QGC%77/
7%77%6OOGQ@#%O6%(7%%/
/77%%6GQ@#QCOQGCO%%(
/(%C6G##@@QOO%%%/
///(O@#@(/(/
/#@6/
(GG#/
/@@O
/@@6
Q@O
( /O@O
@ @6 /(QQ@@
(@@6@#</pre>
</div>
</div>


or maybe worse, instead of <pre> element, the ascii art can be composed of consecutive <span> in <div> in order to set different colors to each part of the art.

In both case, the page is full of textual data that are non-sense for a search engine.
If this implies a negative impact on SEO, is there a way to tell the search engine to ignore these garbage parts?

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