Are links in pull down menus followed by Google? I have several partners in different areas and we share each others links via pull down menus. Would these links be better for PR if they were straight text links?

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Neal M
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http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:...ELA:en&strip=1

Click on the above link. That is how your home page looks to google in text version. to reach to that page get a cached copy of your website in google.
That is cache:http://www.houseviewonline.com typed in google search bar, or you could download google toolbar and then right click your mouse on the website and go to the cached copy of the page. Once the cached copy appears you will see the small window at the top showing google cache date etc. There you have to click text only version. If you click on text only you will see if google recognizes the links or not by seeing if the text is hyperlinked.

Many of the pull downs are not recognizable bt google. There are advanced Java and dhtml tricks used to make them "google" readable though.

Hi Neal.

I work with a lot of clients who love their dynamic menus. But I know that the more Javascript you pile onto your links, the harder you make it for search engines to crawl your entire site.

So I started making a simple change across the board to all sites with "fancy" navigation ... I add a second nav menu in the footer area with plain old text links. That way, there's a fancy menu for people, and a crawl-able text menu for search engines.

It doesn't take away from the look and feel of the site, but it adds a lot towards overall site visibility. Works every time.

Good luck!

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Brandon Cornett
Real Estate SEO Support Center

Brandon I have a serious issue with that, #1 design value, #2 excessive coding at the bottom of the page, why dont you try dhtml for the sidebar

Issue #1 - It doesn't affect design value because it's a tiny one-liner of text links at the bottom of the site, usually below the fold.

Issue #2 - It's not "excessive" coding because it's a one-liner of text links at the bottom of the site. By most people's definition, a single paragraph element with a handful of text links inside it does not constitute excessive coding.

If you have a serious issue with it, then don't apply it.

I only recommend it because (A) I've seen it work for more than a dozen clients with dynamic nav menus, (B) it's a five-minute implementation, and (C) it takes nothing away from the site but adds plenty.

Take care.

-Brandon

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Brandon Cornett
Real Estate SEO Support Center

Serious was a bad choice of word and it was a simple opinion.

If you really like dropdown menus, but still want them to be search engine friendly, then use suckerfish CSS dropdowns, take a look at my top tabs at www.nanaimoinformation.com - uses a series of ul / li and some nice CSS

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