Fix: Crawlable Links

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If your internal links rely on JavaScript click handlers instead of real <a href> tags, or use patterns crawlers can't follow, search engines may never discover the pages those links point to — no matter how good that content is, it stays invisible if nothing crawlable links to it.

Google follows standard <a href> links to discover pages. Links built with JavaScript onclick handlers or buttons are often not crawled, leaving parts of your site invisible.

How to fix it

1

Audit your internal navigation and links

Check that primary navigation, footer links, and in-content links use real <a href="..."> tags, not JavaScript-only onclick handlers.
2

Fix any JavaScript-dependent navigation

Buttons that navigate via JavaScript should still have a real href as a fallback, or use proper client-side routing that renders real links.
3

Check for orphaned pages

Confirm every important page has at least one crawlable internal link pointing to it from somewhere else on your site.

Common mistakes

Google's crawler does execute JavaScript to some degree, but it's not guaranteed or immediate — a real <a href> tag is a much more reliable guarantee of discoverability than relying on JS execution.

How you'll know it's done

All important pages are reachable via real, crawlable <a href> links from elsewhere on the site.

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Fix: Crawlable Links

How to fix it

Common mistakes

How you'll know it's done

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