Accordion FAQ or regular FAQ?

[Ma_ku]

Hi all,

Does anyone know if it makes any difference SEO-wise to have an accordion-style FAQ (expandable), as opposed to just a list of questions and answers (i.e. all expanded by nature)?

Or is it just purely for aesthetics? Since it improves the UX, maybe it is also good for SEO?

Thanks !

 

[pyrosember]

Well, it's something curiously enough, but a trick I usually do with this, Is check w3c recommendations. It seems to be a good way to ensure SEO Google experience...

 

[IM Dude]

This article says it don't matter when it comes to SEO. Accordion gives better UX though.
myseoexperts.com/wiki/tabbed-content-accordions-seo/

 

[hideath]

It doesn't really matter,
Google crawl both and take both into account,
when it comes to UX, it won't change anything related to google UX signals as the time spent on page and bounce rate,
so, in terms of SEO, both are similar,
but, it's better for the overall website UX, so just use it, it costs nothing

 

[fb3003]

It doesn't really matter,
Google crawl both and take both into account,
when it comes to UX, it won't change anything related to google UX signals as the time spent on page and bounce rate,
so, in terms of SEO, both are similar,
but, it's better for the overall website UX, so just use it, it costs nothing

it does not matter, but it is a pain in the ass when you want to go through all of FAQ and have to click each one to open them

 

[Stitches and Burns]

I personally hate accordion-style FAQs. Got no time clicking a million questions.

 

[Starblazer]

If you think FAQ is not important but just additional info (like citations) for curious users, you can use accordion style. Otherwise, just use regular FAQ and format it in such a way that users can skim through questions and read answers to interesting questions.

 

[GenesisOne]

If you are posting your FAQs on a one page landing page: use accordion.
If you have a FAQs page: it would be silly to use accordion.
For SEO purposes: it doesn't matters.

 

[alirazajavaid1]

It doesn't matter.
But I'll recommend a regular FAQ to you.

 

[rafark]

Hi all,

Does anyone know if it makes any difference SEO-wise to have an accordion-style FAQ (expandable), as opposed to just a list of questions and answers (i.e. all expanded by nature)?

Or is it just purely for aesthetics? Since it improves the UX, maybe it is also good for SEO?

SEO-wise. No. It doesn’t matter. Most accordion FAQs load all the text at once, and crawlers get this text using APIs instead of clicking elements like we do.

As for usuability, I prefer accordions. I don’t usually read all the answers and finding the questions that I’m most interested in is easier when you have a list of the questions without every single answer being visible and getting in the way.

 

[biblisch]

I personally hate accordion-style FAQs. Got no time clicking a million questions.

Maybe they can implement an ‘expand-all’ button.