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does google follow?

[seoer]

or is <a> the only link google follow?

also are there any other ways of creating links or tags that google will follow?

thanks.

[seoer]

anyone?

[kaled]

Apparently, Google will follow any url it finds provided it begins http://

It is my understanding that the url needs to appear in the source text of a page only. However, only recognised links are likely to pass page rank.

Kaled.

[mbauser2]

I have used LINK pretty extensively since 1995. I have never seen Googlebot take a file that was only linked to with a LINK element. That's all I can say about Google.

I have seen some other robots grab LINK-linked files. In fact, AskJeeves surprised the hell out of me by grabbing a bunch of LINKed RDF metadata earlier this month. I wonder if they're up to something?

[Solution1]

Google also recognizes this type of javascript links (and counts them as backlinks):

document.writeln("anchor text".link("file.html"))

This is the link method of the String object.

[raptorix]

I was wondering or google understands this:

[mysite.com...]

I catch the url parameter on redirect.asp (i have a counter script on that page), but the question is or google can understand those kind of links?

To be sure i put a real url anchor between Noscript tags behind it, but don't know or that is necassary.

[Solution1]

raptorix - Google does understand them. I use almost exactly the same redirects, and they do show up as backlinks.

I wouldn't use the noscript tag here, though. That one is for javascript, and as you use it here, it looks like a hidden link, which Google frowns upon.