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Does Google follow javascript links?

mikeD

6:46 pm on Apr 6, 2005 (gmt 0)

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Does Google follow javascript links? can it read them?

Just wondering in context to affiliate links.

Brett_Tabke

7:02 pm on Apr 6, 2005 (gmt 0)

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Google won't execute js. It can however, scan the actual text of the code and pick out urls.

Thus, generated or obfuscated urls will not be followed, but raw http links will.