Using dropdown list form - gets crawled?

Discussion in 'Google' started by onlinetrading, Sep 29, 2008.

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    I have one site with free flash games.

    I list all 50 or so on the page and considering a dropdown list form.

    So, the question is will google still crawl in the same way?


    It would make it much more user friendly :)

    Thanks guys!
     
    onlinetrading, Sep 29, 2008 IP
  2. vansterdam

    vansterdam Notable Member

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    Google will be able to read the drop down menu items. The Google spider won't be able to navigate your website using drop down menus though. When using any type of form elements for navigation, it is best to double up with some text links.
     
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    Google has no problem crawling the dropdown links on one of my sites. I list all the US states in the dropdown and all pages are indexed.
     
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  4. onlinetrading

    onlinetrading Active Member

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    thank you both ! :) wish i asked earlier looks like site users will have a much more easy time now usign the site :)
     
    onlinetrading, Sep 29, 2008 IP
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    View the source of your page and that's what the Google bot sees. You'll see all 50 items of your drop down list in text...and so will Google.
     
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    Hi Snowbird! That sounds like a very cool website. I'd like to see it. :)
     
    AngelaE8654, Sep 29, 2008 IP