How does Google treat menus that are opened with hovering?

[BeytzNet]

Hi All,

As far as I know, Google also gives "importance" ranking to pages based on the number of clicks from the homepage that it takes to reach them.

The question I have is How Google treats menu items that are revealed only with hovering / click?

Menu Items such as the SEOMoz Blog that can be reached when hovering "Community" here in the top menu. Is it an equivalent to the Q&A Forum? Would it be the same if the menu would have opened with a click instead of hovering?

Thanks

[EugeneF]

Google isn't seeing the "hover", Google is seeing the code for the page.  If your menus are made with html, Google will be able to read the links just fine.  If you are using Java, Google has historically had a difficult time reading Java Script.  I have programmed menus that are html, but will substitute fancier Java code when the client can use Java.  This has given the best user experience while making sure that Google can read the links.