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  • Simon Wigzell

    Javascript links and search engine spiders

    Will a search engine spider pick up and follow (and index!) a javascript
    popup window link like this :

    <a onclick="MyWind ow=window.open( 'http://www.[SOME
    DOMAIN].com','MyWindow ','')">[SOME STRING]</a>

    Thanks!


  • KC Wong

    #2
    Re: Javascript links and search engine spiders

    > Will a search engine spider pick up and follow (and index!) a javascript[color=blue]
    > popup window link like this :
    >
    > <a onclick="MyWind ow=window.open( 'http://www.[SOME
    > DOMAIN].com','MyWindow ','')">[SOME STRING]</a>[/color]

    Yes and No.


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    • Simon Wigzell

      #3
      Re: Javascript links and search engine spiders


      KC Wong <sterilize.the. spammers@killki llkill.com> wrote in message
      news:bmfqm1$ldt io$1@ID-200690.news.uni-berlin.de...[color=blue][color=green]
      > > Will a search engine spider pick up and follow (and index!) a javascript
      > > popup window link like this :
      > >
      > > <a onclick="MyWind ow=window.open( 'http://www.[SOME
      > > DOMAIN].com','MyWindow ','')">[SOME STRING]</a>[/color]
      >
      > Yes and No.
      >
      >[/color]
      Oh great and mighty Zen master of the universe, please, oh pretty please,
      shed a little more of your great wisdom and knowledge on a pathetic little
      ignornat peon like me. I back away, groveling, eyes cast down, bowing,
      tugging my forlock at your great and majestic wisdom, hoping for more
      enlightenment.. ..




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      • David Dorward

        #4
        Re: Javascript links and search engine spiders

        Simon Wigzell wrote:
        [color=blue]
        > Will a search engine spider pick up and follow (and index!) a javascript
        > popup window link:
        >
        > <a onclick="MyWind ow=window.open( 'http://www.[SOME
        > DOMAIN].com','MyWindow ','')">[SOME STRING]</a>[/color]

        Maybe, but probably not. It depends on the bot.

        Try writing good JavaScript (i.e. JS that makes use of progressive
        enhancement):



        --
        David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/

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        • Lasse Reichstein Nielsen

          #5
          Re: Javascript links and search engine spiders

          "Simon Wigzell" <simonwigzell@s haw.ca> writes:
          [color=blue]
          > Will a search engine spider pick up and follow (and index!) a javascript
          > popup window link like this :
          >
          > <a onclick="MyWind ow=window.open( 'http://www.[SOME
          > DOMAIN].com','MyWindow ','')">[SOME STRING]</a>[/color]

          My guess is: Probably not. It depends entirely on the spider.
          If they follow the URL, they will most likely also index it.
          /L
          --
          Lasse Reichstein Nielsen - lrn@hotpop.com
          Art D'HTML: <URL:http://www.infimum.dk/HTML/randomArtSplit. html>
          'Faith without judgement merely degrades the spirit divine.'

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          • KC Wong

            #6
            Re: Javascript links and search engine spiders

            > > > Will a search engine spider pick up and follow (and index!) a
            javascript[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
            > > > popup window link like this :
            > > >
            > > > <a onclick="MyWind ow=window.open( 'http://www.[SOME
            > > > DOMAIN].com','MyWindow ','')">[SOME STRING]</a>[/color]
            > >
            > > Yes and No.[/color][/color]

            You didn't state *which search engine spider* you're using. Depending on how
            it is written (how it parses the page), it may or may not pick up links in
            java scripts.


            KC


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