Keyword Indexing Question

With regards to nested lists

[Demaestro]

I have a nested list to display and link some information and I wondered to myself... will this get indexed logically the way it is displayed.

Here is an example, A jr. sport team has three age group levels.

Let say I want to link the league standings and the playoff schedule so I create a list.

<ul>
<li>Atom</li>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="">2008 standings</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="">playoff schedule</a>
</ul>
<li>PeeWee</li>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="">2008 standings</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="">playoff schedule</a>
</ul>
<li>Bantom</li>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="">2008 standings</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="">playoff schedule</a>
</ul>
<li>
</ul>

Which will look like this:
-Atom
..*2008 Standings
..*Playoff Schedule
-PeeWee
..*2008 Standings
..*Playoff Schedule
-Bantom
..*2008 Standings
..*Playoff Schedule

When indexed will it see that the nested items belong to their parent and associate them as such or will it see duplicate content?

Just wondering how nested lists get indexed, do items nested get associated somehow to their parent?

[jimbeetle]

I'm not sure how deeply SEs try to suss out semantic hierarchy in markup; given the current state of it I doubt if they look at it that closely.

That said, assuming that the "2008 Standings" and "Playoff Schedule" pages for each division lead to different content I really can't see where there would be a dupe issue. Also, what about the page titles? I assume they read something along the lines of "Atom Division 2008 Standings," "Pee Wee Division Playoff Schedule," etc., so that is what will be indexed, no?

[Demaestro]

Jim.. I suspect you are right.

In this example yes they go to distinct URLs... the titles are also distinct but are all for a third party site.... The league site.