Can Google read onClick links?

[jorgediaz]

Can Google read and pass link juice in a link like this?

<a <span="">href</a><a <span="">="#Link123" onClick="window.open('http://www.mycompany.com/example','Link123')">src="../../img/example.gif"/></a>

Thanks!

[alsvik]

As long as the onclick elements doesn’t change where the user goes and just track clicks, there shouldn’t be any problems. As long as the href= is in place you’ll be fine with the javascript in the link.

[AlanMosley]

Yes, there may be some tricky JS that can fool them, but they have got very good at it.

I should add, every link leaks link juice, even if the result is that the linked page does not recive it, such as a no-follow or a JS link that is broken or appears broken to the SE