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Old August 5th, 2003, 07:47 AM
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Drop downs - OK?
Are drop downs able to be read by spiders - that is content and / or links?
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Old August 5th, 2003, 08:14 AM
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Good question.
I dont believe they are as they are essentially javascript links. That's why I always use footer links as an alternative if I'm using drop down menus.
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city,

they are not search engine friendly.

if you like, I discussed this exact topic in my article that can be found at:
JavaScript or DHTML Dropdown or Pulldown Menus on SEOChat
JavaScript or DHTML Dropdown or Pulldown Menus on RustyBrick (my site)
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The ASP drop down can be seen by the search engine spiders.

I'm not certain about other server side scripts though.


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Thanks for the info, thought this may be the case.
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Old August 6th, 2003, 11:11 AM
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I should add that it only applies to passing variables without the querystring.

ie: dropdownpage?red=blue

request.querystring("red")

The "?" in the statement causes most spiders to stop and not continue to spider the page.

There are ways around that, however.

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