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Will the googlebot read these links

         

mikeD

11:49 pm on Mar 26, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Just wondered whether google will pick up my links that are on a garphical html file created in macromedia fireworks ?

kris

12:15 am on Mar 27, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Are you refferring to image map links? The last I heard google or other spiders won't follow image map links.

Please correct me if I am wrong.

piskie

12:21 am on Mar 27, 2002 (gmt 0)

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I believe thats right, they don't follow scripted links although I understand some spiders are now able to follow Flash links..

Macguru

12:41 am on Mar 27, 2002 (gmt 0)

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I think most spiders can follow standard image maps since over a year. SE using spiders that cant belong in some museum.

Googlebot follows links from text, graphic files, image maps, rollovers and Flash.

tedster

3:20 am on Mar 27, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Yes, image map links are not a problem today for the major SEs. If you have a standard anchor <a href="page.html" ...more attributes...> you're in.

But your not in if the link is inside a javascript function <a href="#" onClick="..."> or <a href="javascript:...">