Best way to view Global Navigation bar from GoogleBot's perspective

[SShiyekar]

Hi,

Links in the global navigation bar of our website do not show up when we look at Google cache --> text only version of the page.

These links use "style="<a class="attribute-value">display:none;</a>" when we looked at HTML source.

But if I use "user agent switcher" add-on in Firefox and set it to Googlebot, the links in global nav are displayed.

I am wondering what is the best way to find out if Google can/can not see the links.

Thanks for the help!

Supriya.

[benjaminspak]

What's the reason for the style you are using? Are you trying to hide them for a "benefit"?

If another agent can see it, Google can see it.

[SShiyekar]

The global navigation is created by an out-of-the-box widget which is using style=display:none.

If I use "fetch as Googlebot" on this page, the links are displayed in code.

So I believe Googlebot is able to see the links but "display:none" doesn't make sense

from SEO POV.