Is using "current" instead of "/","url" in your nav menu bad for SEO?

Oak · Feb 10th, 2008, 12:41

Hi

<li class="current">Home</li> vs  <li><a href="/">Home</a></li>

I really like this method bellow of highlighting the active page, is it bad for SEO or am I just being over concerned?

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#p7menubar li.current {
background-color:#FFFFFF;
font-weight:bold;
    padding: 3px 30px 5px 10px;
    border-right: 1px solid #00A592;

<div id="menuwrapper">
<ul id="p7menubar">
<li class="current">Home</li>
<li><a class="trigger" href="#">Classes</a>
</ul>

Cheers

Marc · Feb 10th, 2008, 13:00

I don't get ya... That code doesn't even make sense...

alexgeek · Feb 10th, 2008, 13:01

Umm, that won't make a difference.

Oak · Feb 10th, 2008, 13:07

Ok, sorry I hope this does! cos I wanna use it..

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<div id="menuwrapper">
<ul id="p7menubar">
<li class="current">Home</li>
<li><a class="trigger" href="#">Classes</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="url">Monday</a></li>
<li><a href="url">Tuesday Children</a></li>
<li><a href="url">Friday</a></li>
<li><a href="url">Mon &amp; Fri</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><li><a href="url">Events</a></li>
<li><li><a href="url">Contact</a></li>
<li class="url">Teacher</li>
<li><li><a href="url">Images</a></li>
<li><a class="trigger" href="#">FAQs</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="url">Music & the Game</a></li>
<li><a href="url">History</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="url">Links</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>

MikeHopley · Feb 10th, 2008, 13:19

It makes no difference to SEO, but it is an improvement in usability: a page should not link to itself, because doing so perplexes users.

See Nielsen's article (point 10).

Oak · Feb 10th, 2008, 13:37

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Umm, that won't make a difference.

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It makes no difference to SEO, but it is an improvement in usability: a page should not link to itself, because doing so perplexes users.

Thanks guys!