JavaScript Issue? Google not indexing a microsite

[Jen_Floyd]

We have a microsite that was created on our domain but is not linked to from ANYwhere EXCEPT within some Javascript elements on pages on our site. The link is in one JQuery slide panel.

The microsite is not being indexed at all - when i do site:(microsite name) on Google, it doesn't return anything. I think it's because the link's only in a Java element, but my client assures me that if I submit to Google for crawling the problem will be solved.

Maybe so, but my point is that if you just create a simple HTML link from at least one of our site pages, it will get indexed no problem.  The microsite has been up for months and it's still not being indexed - another newer microsite that's been up for a few weeks and has simple links to it from our pages is indexing fine.

I have submitted the URL for crawling but had to use the google.com/webmasters/tools/submit-url/ method as I don't have access to the top level domain WMT account.

p.s. when we put the microsite URL into the SEOBook spider-test tool it returns lots of lovely information - but that just tells me the page is findable, does exist, right?  That doesn't mean Google's going to necessarily index it, as I am surmising...Moz hasn't found in the 5 months the microsite has been up and running.  What's going on here?

[benjaminmarcinc]

How big is the website?

[Jen_Floyd]

very large...>100,000 pages.  we are frequently crawled...91 DA, big business.

[benjaminmarcinc]

Whats the url?

[Jen_Floyd]

can't disclose, sorry

[benjaminmarcinc]

ok, are there any no follows on the site? and redirects? 301s? Is the site unsafe or blacklisted?

[Jen_Floyd]

I need to check with the site owner that we aren't blocking javascript files indexing with .robots, just read something about it here.  But I don't think so.

My Art of SEO book is pretty clear about javascript creating indexing issues: "Links in hard to parse JavaScript – If you use JavaScript for link, you may find that search engine either do not crawl or give very little weight to the embedded links. Links embedded inside Java and plus-ins are invisible to search engines."

I just saw a March 2014 video with Matt Cutts saying Google's gotten better at this.  But I suspect that since there are no simple links on the page to this microsite, this is why it's not indexing.  NOT because we haven't submitted the URL on a sitemap or Fetch operation.

We have another microsite that's newer and simply linked, and doing just fine - fully indexed.

Thanks for your help....

[Lantec]

Found a good article to help get your website indexed fast! If this fails then there is a problem with the website or domain.

(not sure if its against the rule to post a URL as this is the first time)

[Jen_Floyd]

Thanks Lantec.