Google not following link on homepage in text size +1

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Google not following link on homepage in text size +1

Link on homepage with no text decoration - is this the reason?

zgb999

2:48 pm on Jan 9, 2003 (gmt 0)

We have a site with Pagerank 4 which has on the homepage
- a few pictures
- 8 navigation points done as image links
- 3 words in text size +1, one of the words contains a textlink.

Google follows the navigation points done as image links but it doesn't follow the textlink on the page. We are waiting now for google to add the pages linked from that text link for many months!

The page uses a css for the links setting TEXT-DECORATION: none.

Is Google not following links with no text decoration (underlining) or do you have any other clue as to why the text link is not followed?

chris_f

2:57 pm on Jan 9, 2003 (gmt 0)

There has to be another reason. At current Google doesn't read css files. Also, some of my sites do not have underlined links, they are crawled with no problems.

However, can I suggest you put the underline back in if it is a commercial site as I have found it increase conversions. It appears some web users on knows its a link if it's underlined even if the styling is completely different.

Chris

zgb999

4:15 pm on Jan 9, 2003 (gmt 0)

I also don't think that the css can be the reason as I have sites where links formated in the same way are followed. Changing the look and feel of a site is not that easy. That is why I would like to keep the links without underlining them. You made a good point about the users though.

I always thought Google preferred text links so it doesn't make sense for me that image links are followed and a text link isn't.

Nick_W

4:20 pm on Jan 9, 2003 (gmt 0)

Consider it confirmed that the CSS is not to blame.

As for the reason, Have you double checked the link code? Where does it link too?

If it links to file.asp?blah=34&xyz=3&mydog=bailey&geethisissilly=yep
then that could be your answer...

Nick

zgb999

4:52 pm on Jan 9, 2003 (gmt 0)

Thank you for your feedback. The link goes to a static page:

All other pages that google indexes are also in a directory though in a different one. The links that are followed are image links in the form of

jimbeetle

5:00 pm on Jan 9, 2003 (gmt 0)

Also check that robots aren't being disallowed by the robots.txt file or a leftover meta robots tag.