onClick for top menu !?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by AKnogood, Jul 27, 2009.

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    In the top menu of my site the anchor texts I use are not optimized since I want to keep them user friendly. For ex. my home page use the anchor text "Home"...

    If I use onClick for my top menu and then put another menu lower in my code with same links but using optimized keywords and href instead of onclick will Google and other SE skip my top menu and then crawl the links using proper anchor texts?

    Would there be other pro/cons about using that technique?

    Thanks!
    Vincent
     
    AKnogood, Jul 27, 2009 IP
  2. Dan Schulz

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    Don't do this. Not only will the search engines realize you're trying to game the system (which is about as good an idea as playing with fire after dousing yourself in gasoline) but it'll also confuse your site's users. Not a good thing if you're also concerned about accessibility and usability (which you appear to be - and rightfully so).
     
    Dan Schulz, Jul 28, 2009 IP