Will google follow this link?

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Will google follow this type of link?

<a HREF="http://www.mysite.com/links.asp" onClick="msgWindow=window.open (&quot;http://www.mysite.com/links.asp &quot;,&quot;displayWindow&quot;, &quot;toolbar=no, location=0, directories=no, status=no, menubar=no, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes, width=600, height=500 &quot; ); return false">

[edited by: Brett_Tabke at 4:17 pm (utc) on April 2, 2003]
[edit reason] shortened link for clarity - spaces added before &'s and ,'s [/edit]

[takagi]

If there is also a closing tag (the "</a>" tag), I would say yes. The

HREF="http://www.mysite.com/links.asp"

part will be used by Google and the rest ignored. To be sure, just use it on a PR4+ page and see what happens after the April update (i.e. the update that should come at the end of April).

[edited by: takagi at 4:12 pm (utc) on April 2, 2003]

[Brett_Tabke]

Follow- yes.
Index - probably.
Rank well - never. Would have to have a bazillion inbound links to climb out of cellar.

[takagi]

> Rank well - never. Would have to have a bazillion inbound links to climb out of cellar.

I miss the point in Brett's reply. Presuming the "&quot;" are real quotes in the source, I don't see why this link would be handled differently by G than

<a HREF="http://www.mysite.com/links.asp">Widget links</a>