Is this link type conducive to spiders?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by grobar, Aug 12, 2007.

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    I am wondering if a link like this will be followed by spiders? It has an href, and i assume thats what they take and follow, but it also has an onclick to open in a new window with a redirect. Does a spider effectively "click" ?
    
<a href="http://www.site.com/" onclick="open_window('p/links_page/links.php?view.14','full');return false;">ANCHOR</a>
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    grobar, Aug 12, 2007 IP
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    trichnosis Prominent Member

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    it will not be followed google because google only follow href and src tags tags.

    it will not follow onclick part of your link
     
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    grobar Well-Known Member

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    so then crawlers WILL spider that link then...right? It has an "HREF" with the destination. I just wondered if ALSO having the onclick in there will cause problems.
     
    grobar, Aug 12, 2007 IP