Javascript and Googlebot

cjk8142 · 04-08-2011, 08:30 AM

Just update the design of our real estate website (easystreetrealty-indy.com). Can anyone tell me if they think a google bot will be able to crawl the links contained in the search header (directly below the search for homes section). I have read conflicting reviews about googles ability to open java script. Thanks in advance.

paulgl · 04-08-2011, 08:47 AM

Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't

I assume you have a better chance if the links are only
tweaked using javascript. That is, they are part of the
javascript code. Since your code does not seem to have them,
I would take that they will not. In fact, your code seems to hide them.

In fact, your links show up as javascript:void(0), at least
on my firefox browser.

That's not a good sign.

If you made the hidden links as part of the code that is visible to
search engines, you would have a better chance.

Paul

cjk8142 · 04-08-2011, 08:55 AM

Thanks Paul for your insight.

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cjk8142 Warrior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Social Networking	Re: Javascript and Googlebot Thanks Paul for your insight.