Does Google and other web crawlers follow through HTML forms?

[dan.backowski]

Has anyone read or heard anything about this? I'm trying to decide if it's necessary to spell out all form options as links as well?

Thanks!

[TextMarketing]

There doesn't seem to be a real definitive answer to this question. back in 2008 Google talks about exploring new and improved ways to crawl pages including some HTML forms. It's been almost 5 years since then so I'm sure they're doing more than before. I would still however include some text links on pages if you're looking to send web crawlers there. Also make sure that you have a solid sitemap to help the crawlers find your content on these pages.