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Do search engines "click"

Do search engines click links or merely navigate to what they find in the href?

e.g.,

[code]
<a href=”SomePage.asp” onclick=”javascript:ApplyCode(this,’10’);”>Clean href, uses onclick to append the icode</a>
<script type=”text/javascript”>
function ApplyCode(link,code){
link.href = link.href + ‘?code=’ + code;
}
</script>
[/code]

If a user clicks on the link, they are taken to “SomePage.asp?code=10”.
Would search engines see “SomePage.asp” or would they see “SomePage.asp?code=10”

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@scragarApr 09.2008 — since the manage to search all the posts on forums(public posts)I'm going to assume that they use the full link.
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@yamaharussApr 10.2008 — Most search engines do not read Javascript. In your example, "SomePage.asp" would be the link indexed from that page.
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