Can Google read text in Javascript?
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We have just completed the redesign of our product page, which you can see here:
http://www.uksoccershop.com/p-19045/2011-12-Chelsea-Adidas-Away-Football-Shirt.html
Because we want the select size / add to basket section to appear prominently, you can see we are showing only a snippet of the product description in this section and then user has to click "more" to see it.
My question is, can Google read the product description here since it's in Javascript? The code is as follows:
2011-12 Chelsea Adidas Away Football Shirt
£44.99
Item Code:379606
Brand new, official Chelsea away shirt for the 2011/12 Premiership season, available to buy in adult sizes S, M, L, XL, XXL, XXXL. This football shirt is manufactured by Adidas and is black in colour.[ More...](javascript:void(0);) Brand new, official Chelsea away shirt for the 2011/12 Premiership season, available to buy in adult sizes S, M, L, XL, XXL, XXXL. This football shirt is manufactured by Adidas and is black in colour.
Cheer on the Blues in style in the new adidas Chelsea Away Shirt, featuring a striking blue blocked design on an imposing black background complete with the club crest and adidas logo embroidery across the chest for a great style on or off the pitch.
The new Chelsea Away Shirt is designed with adidas' ClimaCool technology to bring moisture away from your skin, keeping you cool, comfortable and performing at your best as you emulate the skills of Frank Lampard, Fernando Torres and John Terry on the pitch.
Customise your shirt with Premiership shirt printing for your favourite Chelsea stars or choose your own custom name and number.
Adult Football Shirt
Short sleeves soccer jersey
Chelsea club crest to left chest
adidas logo and stripes
Print sponsor to centre
ClimaCool technology
Machine washableProduct code: 379606
The 2011/12 Chelsea away football kit is released on 7th July 2011.
<form name="currenychange" action="http://www.uksoccershop.com/p-19045/2011-12-Chelsea-Adidas-Away-Football-Shirt.html" method="get">
<select class="topselectbox" onchange="this.form.submit();" name="currency" style="float:right;"> <option value="USD">US Dollars</option> <option value="EUR">Euro</option> <option value="GBP" selected="selected">UK Sterling</option> <option value="AUD">Australian Dollars</option> </select>
</form>Available Now
[Be the first to ask a question](javascript:void(0); "Ask a Question")
[Be the first to review this product](javascript://)Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
<form name="cart_quantity" action="http://www.uksoccershop.com/p-19045/2011-12-Chelsea-Adidas-Away-Football-Shirt.html?number_of_uploads=0&action=add_product" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
Which parts of this is Google going to be able to read?
Should we make the product title our H1 header for this page and can it currently read that within the code above?
</form>
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I have read articles where people were using blackhat seo tactics through javascript thinking that google does not analyze it and were caught. Apparently they do analyze javascript.
This analysis is actually not difficult to achieve. All you need is a javascript interpreter, like spider monkey. Im sure google can write something themselves without even using a third party product.
This is computatively intensive however. So google might spider the page and then run an analysis several weeks later off the live internet with one of their background computers. So whatever is in javascript may not be picked immediately but will probably be picked eventually.
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I would recommend using the Chrome extension "Google Eyes" to see what Google can see: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nnfbmlcnheohiajjmloocbaclnpdhfdp
But it should be able to read the product description without any problem.
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