Developer is using Javascript links on .net for accessiblity purposes. Pages behind the JS links are being indexed, but link juice does not apear to follow. What are some work arounds I can review?

[mjcarrjr]

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[AlanBleiweiss]

The best solution without having to rewrite the code is to have HTML links added throughout the site.  It's vital to have HTML links to ensure all search engines can crawl the site properly if they're going to be assured the ability to discover content.

[mjcarrjr]

Rewriting the code, the navigation, as HTML links seems to go against the accessibility of the site, and the goal of getting those that have accessibility issues to the main form on the site.   And the current design of the site does not really allow for multiple HTML in the design.

[AlanBleiweiss]

If you don't have proper pure HTML links, search bots can not be guaranteed to be able to properly crawl the site & discover all the content, search algorithms are less likely to be able to properly assess content relationships.  Proper HTML is fully capable of providing accessibility - it's a core function of HTML based navigation.

If someone needs to use alternate means of navigating beyond a mouse, it's those very pure HTML links that are most likely to provide functionality to special browsers designed to meet accessibility guidelines.