Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 09/05/07 14:11

K. wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I have been reading a book about "Positioning in web search engines".
> There was written such sentences: "Menu built up in javascript code is not
> so familiar for
> some search web browser robots, which should visit links to URLs (subpages
> on your page), but
> in some cases they do not visit links placed in javascript menus. That`s why
> not all subpages on your web page are indexed up and that`s why it is more
> possibility to reach your page by unknown user which searches web pages on
> the web search browsers".
> Could you give me how to make menu which is good and familiar for robots? Is
> it possible to build a menu not using javascript or could you give me the
> examples of such menus which are familiar for 100% for search robots to be
> sure that all subpages will be indexed by search robots?

Firstly, This is not so *untypical question* of a question

Secondly*, I can assume English is not your first language but as I
understand you question if you want your menus to be usable for both
humans and search engines then do as Daan suggests with plain HTML list.

Thirdly, you can use CSS to style the list anyway you wish, (vertical,
horizontal, boxed, bordered, whatever), without compromising search
engine accessibility.

Fourthly, for your convenience as the designer that needs to insert and
maintain the navigation for the site is can be inserted by server-side
scripting: SSI, PHP includes, and the like and the menu data can be as
simple as a text file, or a database table for more complex websites.


<whisper>*Just for you dorayme ;-)</whisper>

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Take care,

Jonathan
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