How to find what Googlebot actually sees on a page?
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1. When I disable java-script in Firefox and load our home page, it is missing entire middle section.
2. Also, the global nav dropdown menu does not display at all. (with java-script disabled) I believe this is not good.
3. But when type in <website name="">in Google search and click on the cached version of home page > and then click on text only version, It displays the Global nav links fine.</website>
4. When I switch the user agent to Googlebot(using Firefox plugin "User Agent Swticher)), the home page and global nav displays fine.
Should I be worried about#1 and #2 then?
How to find what Googlebot actually sees on a page?
(I have tried "Fetch as Googlebot" from GWT. It displays source code.)
Thanks for the help!
Supriya.
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Yes. Definitely! HTML with CSS is way to go!!
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NO problem! Was it helpful?
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Thank you so much Todd!
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someone wrote a pretty good article discussing the use of javascript in navigations, here is the link:
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