Are links inside Select Boxes Indexed by Google

[Schebesta]

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I have been googling around for quite a while and haven't quite found an answer yet. I have a website that is getting some pages indexed which are only accessible by the select box. Does anyone have a view on whether Google can index the links from a select box or is it still best to have static links listed as textlinks on the page.

Thanks in advance for any help,
Schebesta

[Barry]

Yeah they can be indexed in my opinion. I have also had urls only listed in javascript that have been indexed too and have also had pages indexed that are just in the post part of a form.

Ta

Baz

[ash]

No (not by Google, anyway), in my experience.

Its pretty easy to test for yourself.

[getvisible]

it depends how they're coded.

[Schebesta]

it depends how they're coded.

This is how they are currently coded:

<select name="url" onchange="switchpage(this)">
<option value="">Select Suburb</option>

<option value="/buying/suburbprofiles/Bellevue-Hill.aspx">Bellevue Hill </option>
<option value="/buying/suburbprofiles/Bondi.aspx">Bondi </option>

<option value="/buying/suburbprofiles/Bondi-Beach.aspx">Bondi Beach </option>

[searchmatters]

Hey mate, it's possible, but it's tricky.

Check out this post -

http://beantin.se/post/811943791/search-engine-friendly-select-box-dropdown-menu-country