Do the engine spiders see this javascript?
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http://www.drsfostersmith.com/general.cfm?gid=259
I'm looking at building something like these banners, and wondering if the engines a) see b) value links like these in the drop-down selector?
I guess I could test it but wondering if anyone else has before I do it.
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General rule of thumb: Never count on SE's spidering javaScript, but also never assume that they won't.
In this case, I do not think you should expect to get any link juice from those drop-downs.
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I think it would depend on the nameing and directories they are leading the client to give the navigation credit. But Java Script it self, in my opinion, does not get any link juice, however the Spiders to see the
Href=Link&Page-name the page links to with get the ping.Hope it helps
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