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Can Google read my backlink in Javascript??
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Hi SeoMoz community!
I have a software product, which our clients implement onto their websites. It is like a pop up box. I know that backlinks are very important for SEO ranking, and I really want to give our clients 2 options of product:
1. you can get the free/cheaper option if you use the code which has a keyworded backlink to our site on it
2. you can pay small fee if you don't want to use the version with a link to our site on it
Now, the problem is that the product is written entirely in Javascript, and I don't think that Google crawls this, do they? Is there a way around this?
Thanks for your help!
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Hi Hamed,
Welcome to the Moz forum! Say, would you mind opening asking this question in a brand new thread? As this one is quite old, that will be the best way to get your question answered.
Thanks!
Christy
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i have same question. we have an affiliate program in our site, while we have big range of products, and each product has its own page, we want our affiliate users put a java script in their site that shows our banner and link, in javascript we have ability for rotating banners in our affiliate users site,
in our current site, each banner has its own code (regular <a>tag and tag) and they counted as backlink for us,</a>
<a>I want to know if we use java script will google think we are spammer? and also is our links count as backlink?</a>
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As Brian says - depends how the JavaScript is written whether Googlebot can parse the link.
Bigger issue though is that the concept you're talking about is exactly the kind of thing that the Penguin Update was designed to devalue/penalize.
Using this method (assuming the links get parsed) is going top create a glaringly unnatural link profile that will likely draw the unwanted attention of the spam team.
Paul
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Googlebot is most definitely able to run scripts: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/just-how-smart-are-search-robots How is your link positioned inside the script? Is there visible anchor text anywhere in the widget/pop-up window?
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