Best way to view Global Navigation bar from GoogleBot's perspective
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Hi,
Links in the global navigation bar of our website do not show up when we look at Google cache --> text only version of the page.
These links use "style="<a class="attribute-value">display:none;</a>" when we looked at HTML source.
But if I use "user agent switcher" add-on in Firefox and set it to Googlebot, the links in global nav are displayed.
I am wondering what is the best way to find out if Google can/can not see the links.
Thanks for the help!
Supriya.
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The global navigation is created by an out-of-the-box widget which is using style=display:none.
If I use "fetch as Googlebot" on this page, the links are displayed in code.
So I believe Googlebot is able to see the links but "display:none" doesn't make sense
from SEO POV.
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What's the reason for the style you are using? Are you trying to hide them for a "benefit"?
If another agent can see it, Google can see it.
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