: Would using AJAX only "Add to Cart" buttons be wise? I want to AJAX enable all of my "Add To Cart" buttons because search engine bots are indexing these and not paying attention to my robots
I want to AJAX enable all of my "Add To Cart" buttons because search engine bots are indexing these and not paying attention to my robots file or site map. I just don't want to lose potential customers. I have seen a number of top sites using content that relies heavily on JavaScript support, including Amazon. Is it OK to follow the trend?
The rest of my site progressively degrades, but I would really like to implement this because of the benefits to the customer (instant satisfaction), my infrastructure (constant page rebuilds), and allowing me to use SEO tools to optimize without the tool picking up thousands of "Add to Cart" widgets in my catalog.
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Since the rest of your site "progressively[gracefully] degrades" and presumably your Add-To-Cart buttons already work without AJAX, then why should your Add-To-Cart buttons become AJAX-only, when AJAX itself should be implemented as a progressive enhancement?
Since AJAX is supported by all relatively modern browsers and you are only interested in real visitors (with regards to Add-To-Cart) then it is unlikely to affect many real visitors (IMO), but why run the risk?
Your web stats should provide some indication of how many of your current visitors are (or more importantly "are not") AJAX enabled.
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