will google follow this links?

googlebot follow JS links?

[Josecito]

hey guys, someone know if google follow javascript links like

onClick="goToURL('parent','any_html_file.html');

?

[Brett_Tabke]

ya, if it is a full http abs url. It will key on anything with http in it. The fact that it is js is not important. It could be something like - oh say - in a comment tag.

[Josecito]

thanks dude

[egomaniac]

If the javascript is in a separate file, Googlebot will not follow the link.

[athinktank]

For me, what a timely post. I was just wondering about

at the top of the page is

<!-- Begin

function Start(page) {

OpenWin = this.open(page, "CtrlWindow", "toolbar=yes,menubar=yes,location=yes,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes");

}

// End -->

then lower on the page is my link....

blah blah blah, <a href="javascript:Start('http://www.domain.com')" ;>Domain</a> and you can blah blah blah

If I understand it correctly, googlebot will follow this link. Will it also credit it on back links, or rather, treat is just like any other link such as

<a href="http://www.domain.com">Domain</a>

[athinktank]

bump

[4serendipity]

I've heard that google will follow javascript links like those that you've listed. I'm assuming that if google can follow a link it'll also count it as a backlink. This is how it works with my cgi links (at least the ones that have the target URL as a part of the href).