Anchor text with class atttribute followed by search engines?

[insite360]

Hi folks,

Is an anchor containing a class attribute followed by the search engines? Viewed the "text only" version of the cached page in Google and the link is not listed so not sure if it is followed for indexing purposes The code:

Reports

Actually the link was recognized as an internal  link using the SEOMOZ toolbar and also was listed as an internal link using A1 Analyzer.

Any thoughts welcomed!!

Finn

[AlanMosley]

Of cause all links unless they are rel="nofollow" are followed

[JGar-28032]

Hey Finn,

If the link is exactly like that (no extra JS code, etc.) then you're probably fine. You may not be seeing it for a few reasons, primarily:

• The cache doesn't show you 'everything' in the same way that Google sees it.
• Sometimes updates take a little time to appear, just in case it's a new link.

As a matter of fact, Google promotes (sorta) the use of schema.org, which uses a lot of tag and link attributes to identify pieces of your code. So a simple css class won't hinder them.

But just to be sure, make sure there are no "hidden" elements to that class in the CSS. They can "read" and identify that stuff rather well.

[insite360]

Tnanks Alan

[insite360]

Thanks for the complete answer Josh.! Cleared the issue totally.

Best of weekens,

Finn