Drop down menus and search engine rankings?

[tier1ip]

Does using javascript drop-down menus negatively affect your search engine rankings?

[Gecko]

Hello tier1ip, and welcome to our board.

Using java script menus does not directly affect your SER (search engine ranking)
However search engine bots cannot see the links in a java menu and therefore they will not index your web site.

To overcome this issue just use text links at the bottom of the pages, somewhat like a site map.

If you want to see what your site looks like in text only, as search engine do I suggest that you use:
http://www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.html

[dckap]

Sure it will not affect the ranking for any site.