drop down menus, do they count?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Ian, Jun 19, 2005.

  1. #1
    I want to apologize if this has been discussed before, I did a search on it and couldn't find it here at DP.

    If you have a drop down menu (<option value="value">Item 1</option>) with many pages of your site, are they read and spidered? Do either Y! or G acknowedge them as links?

    Again, sorry if this has been discussed before, but thanks in advance for your insight.

    Ian
     
    Ian, Jun 19, 2005 IP
  2. T0PS3O

    T0PS3O Feel Good PLC

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    They won't be links since the engines can;t work out they're links instead of any other form element. The text might be spidered, not sure.

    If you want them to be indexed and linked for sure change them to CSS drop downs based on <ul> lists. That way they show as raw text caches.
     
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  3. Ian

    Ian Well-Known Member

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    Thanks T0PS30. I haven't used that method before. Do you have an example link that has sample code? I've been looking but haven't found it yet. The only ones I've found also incorporate javascript, which I'm not sure will work in this application.

    Ian
     
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    You'll get a good example of CSS dropdown menus here - www.alistapart.com/articles/dropdowns/

    Hope it helps.
    Sue
     
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  6. Ian

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    Terrific. Thank you both very much!

    Ian
     
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