Question about google...Help ASAP...please...

[Rick Sample]

Ok, I put a new navigation bar up on my homepage, and I'm afraid google or other bots won't be able to find it.

The reason: (it calls on files, the links aren't actually in the page itself: here is the ony script in the page for the buttons

<script type='text/javascript'>

//HV Menu- by Ger Versluis (http://www.burmees.nl/)
//Submitted to Dynamic Drive (http://www.dynamicdrive.com)
//Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com for this script and more

function Go(){return}

</script>

<script type='text/javascript' src='exmplmenu_var.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='menu_com.js'></script>
<noscript>Your browser does not support script</noscript>




As you can see it calls exmplemenu_var.js and menu_com.js. Inside exmplemenu_var.js is where I put all the links and its how I named the buttons.

Why did I think google wont find it? I went to www.google.com and typed in muscle-mustangs. Then I clicked cached, when it went to the cached version of my site, the navigation bar didn't appear.

Now I just changed that a few days ago, so I don't know if google scrolled my site while the navigation bar was down for a few min or if it just cant read the files...


any help or suggestions???

BTW: in case your wondering the navigation bar is located up in the upper left corner of the site.

[pie]

As far as im aware vB will be able to use it, Im pretty sure it'll parse it all.

[Dean C]

Just have a sitemap in your footer or something and have all the links in there and you'll be fine

[Rick Sample]

Originally Posted by Dean C

Just have a sitemap in your footer or something and have all the links in there and you'll be fine

Yeah, thats a great Ideal! Should I just do that on the main page then? I really don't want to clutter all my pages with that. I used to have one of them on everypage, but it got in the way. I don't think a few links on the bottom of the index page will be a prob though.

[Dean C]

It's one of the basics of search engine optimization to have an organised and concise site map made available on your homepage with a link (text if possible) It means that the search engines have instant access to every area of your site. You should be ok putting it in your footer on the homepage and that should do you fine. Also it helps to have descriptive titles for the links.

e.g. <a href="gallery.php" title="A gallery for members of our site where they showcase their mustangs!">Gallery</a>

I have made it habit to put descriptive rollovers on all links and images these days

[r6xual]

Does anyone have an example of the site maps that they have on their main page??

[Dean C]

Not my site but: http://www.sitepoint.com/sitemap