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Mouse Over Buttons... Can the Bots Recognize the Link?

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Old January 2nd, 2005, 10:59 AM
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Mouse Over Buttons... Can the Bots Recognize the Link?
I read something that has made me curious. And after this last PR Update, I'm even more curious... Can bots recognize RollOver Buttons like I have at the top of my website?

www.WebofOpportunity.com

Would it be better if I just used a text Roll Over?...

Thanks for your input in advance!
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try a spider simulator

http://www.targetable.com/scripts/spidersimulator.html
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...or just temporarily disable Javascript on your web browser and try to navigate. If you can't, spiders (with some exceptions) can't.
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I know googlebot recognizes javascript links, not sure about other bots.
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There are dozen of ways to create a link with Javascript and Google recognizes only those javascript links which include the full destination URL in the HREF parameter of an A (anchor) tag.
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try a spider simulator

http://www.targetable.com/scripts/spidersimulator.html
It worked. So I'm probably good...

And as LowLevel said,I do "include the full destination URL in the HREF parameter of an A (anchor) tag".

So I'm Good With Google... Can Yahoo and MSN read Java?

Thanks for your input,

Matt
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