links in drop down menu seo friendly?

[davidcamus]

Hello,

I would like to know if google and others bots will be able to crawl links displayed in drop-down menu like these :

<option value="http://www.mydomainname.com">text</option>

Thanks in advance for any feedback

Regards,

David Camus

[Receptional Andy]

Google will crawl pretty much any obvious URL. But that doesn't mean that you get the same benefit as with a straightforward link (especially as your drop down menu links won't have relevant anchor text). So, I wouldn't rely on these kind of URL references to get your site spidered and to pass link benefit around your site.