(sharp) # sign in query string and SEO

Question

Hi there, I have a site Index.html and there is a categories menu generated from database. Menu consists of HTML anchors, but href attribute is always something like "Index.html#cat=xyz" because content of each category is generated through AJAX call.

<a href="Index.html#cat=1" onclick="javascript:LoadHref("cat","1");"></a><br />
<a href="Index.html#cat=2" onclick="javascript:LoadHref("cat","2");"></a><br />
<a href="Index.html#cat=3" onclick="javascript:LoadHref("cat","3");"></a><br />

From the AJAX side everything works, but I want to ask if for example Google or other search engine will index these links which contains # (sharp) sign. Thanks for answers.

Answer 1

You're asking the wrong question. If you want your links to be indexed, make them obvious to a crawler about the content. Multiple links to the same page won't help your SEO efforts. Consider creating a separate page for "contacts" "investor information" "careers" (or whatever your categories are) and publishing them. Then your link becomes

<a href="careers.html">careers</a>

etc. When a human sees this link (your actual end target) he'll be able to make a better choice whether or not it's the "right" result.