External vs inline for CSS menu

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Which is better for search engines: external or inline menus? And which language: CSS, Javascript, or both?

[Theo-NL]

What exactly is an 'external' or 'internal' menu? Every menu that is on your website is internal by definition that it is 'on your website'?

Menus should be fully accessible with Javascript turned off. With that in mind you could add Javascript to make the menu function better for users that have Javascript enabled.

[teatable]

Thanks for the quick reply.  I guess I should have specified an external CSS file that contains the menu coding, vs. inline CSS coding.  From an SEO/crawl bot perspective, should the CSS menu coding be in an external file or inline?

[SteveOllington]

Even though inline uses less code than usual, I'd still say always go for an external file so there is less code to crawl though for your content. The cleaner the code, the better. Inline is still more code than just a linked external stylesheet.

*Edit: Oh and CSS every time over JavaScript

[teatable]

Thanks, Steve.  That makes sense.