Ok ... I am redoing one of my sites because of server issues. It has a good PR already (5 or 6) but I am wanting to work more on my keywords and such. The site is a blog ... that many writers post to. It has a menu on the right, the blog in the center, and Google Adverts on the left. Now I have the menu set up as a php include so it pulls the information from one file each times that the page loads. Would it be better for me to put the menu in a javascript? Do search engines read javascripts? I am wanting the engines to ignore the menu and go straight to the content. Any clues?

SEs don't run javascripts

Would it be better for me to put the menu in a javascript?

No

Do search engines read javascripts?

No

I am wanting the engines to ignore the menu and go straight to the content. Any clues?

That way your links will not be crawled but if thats your objective use JS.

Thanks guys ...s ticking with the good ole php