Jump menus and keywords

Is it ok to use keywords on a page if they only appear in the jump menu...

[paulclarke]

Please can someone tell me if it is ok to put words in the keyword tag that only appear in the jump menu of a page and do not appear in the plain text.

[WebGuerrilla]

Hi Paul,

Since most jump menus are generated by JavaScript, and most engines don't index JS, it would do much good. I'd stick to just using words that are included in the body of the page.

[paulclarke]

Thank you

[Damian]

Hi Paul, in my experience at least Google will index the keywords in something like this:

<FORM NAME="form" METHOD="post" ACTION="">

<SELECT NAME="where" onChange=self.location.href=self.document.form.where.options[selectedIndex].value>

<option>Keyword</option>
<option>Keyword2</option>

</form>

[paulclarke]

Thanks

I will add a few options in the keywords tag and see if the page shows up

[Mark Candiotti]

Do you think Google would also consider any LOCAL URL in the option tag (e.g., copyright-info.htm) as a link and follow it?