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Collapsible Tree Structure And SEO
By Robin Nobles
Expert Author
Article Date: 2002-10-31
Q: Hi there, I have a question that I hope you can answer.
My company is currently working on the redesign of a few websites. My boss wants me to turn the navigation menu into a collapsible tree structure (like in Windoze Exploder :-P). Though I would be using text for the links and not images, my concern is that the tree will exist within a JavaScript in the HEAD tag. Are search engines going to see these links and be able to follow them? Of course, I will have a list of links in the page "footer" as well, is that enough?
Regards,
Ch'anyom Mike Barber
NetRenovations.com
A:<Robin>
The engines aren't going to be able to see those links in the JavaScript. Plus, if the JavaScript is long, you may very well want to move it to a separate .js file anyway. So, I would definitely put text links to all important pages elsewhere on the page. :)
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About the Author:
Robin Nobles conducts live SEO workshops
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