Is this link follow or nofollow? Does it pass linkjuice?

[TLM]

I have been seeing conflicting opinions about how Google would treat links using 'onclick'.

For the example provided below: Would Google follow this link and pass the appropriate linking metrics(it is internal and points to a deeper level in our visnav)?

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<div id='<a class="attribute-value">navBoxContainer</a>' class="<a class="attribute-value">textClass</a>">

<div id="<a class="attribute-value">boxTitle</a>" onclick="<a class="attribute-value">location.href='bla</a>h.example.com">

<div class="<a class="attribute-value">boxTitleContent</a>" title="<a class="attribute-value">Text Here</a>"><a href<a class="attribute-value">Text Here</a>"><a ="blah.exam.cpleom">Text Herea>div>
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An simple yes/no would be alright, but any detail/explination you could provide would be helpful and very much appreciated.

Thank you all for your time and responses.

[TLM]

Tabbing seems to have scrunched the code, maybe this is easier to read

<div id='<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank">navBoxContainer</a>' class="<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank">textClass</a>">

<div id="<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank">boxTitle</a>" onclick="<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank">location.href='bla</a>h.example.com">

<div class="<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank">boxTitleContent</a>" title="<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Text Here</a>"><a href<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Text Here</a>"><a ="blah.exam.cpleom">Text Herea>div>

Hope that helps.

[jesse-landry]

Well I'm assuming this code is modified and isn't live anywhere as it's kind of a mess and I don't mean formatting-wise. That said, clearly your question is mainly on the div onClick functionality and whether or not that passes link juice.

To my knowledge, so long as the href is in place you will be fine. Google parses Javascript functionality pretty well and this is one of the simpler JS functions around.

So my answer is: yes.

[TLM]

Yes, the code isn't posted here 'as-is'.

I appreciate the quick response and the explination. I will wait for some other voices to chime in with their thoughts but I suspect they will mirror yours (although I am very interested in conflicting opinions if they are out there).

[jesse-landry]

Fair enough! If there are conflicting opinions, I'll be surprised. Google has said since about 2008 or 09 that they are parsing Javascript functionality. Something about creating virtual link structures for spiders, blah blah but that's irrelevant really.

Anyway, good luck!

[TLM]

I didn't know that marking a Good Answer would mark the thread as Answered.

Still looking for responses; hope the 'Answered' tag doesn't cause too many people to pass the topic over.

[David-Kley]

Since the onclick event is a Javascript issue it's to all intents and purposes ignored by the search engines. What counts is whether or not your link appears in the href attribute, and whether or not the link is nofollowed. If you do not have it set to nofollow, there is a slight chance they would follow it, but as stated above, Google is pretty good about parsing javascript links.