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Is data inside an <option> tag indexed?

For example, would the following option tag allow "Volvo", "Saab", "Opel" and "Audi" to be indexed by a crawler?

<select>
  <option value="volvo">Volvo</option>
  <option value="saab">Saab</option>
  <option value="opel">Opel</option>
  <option value="audi">Audi</option>
</select>

Will search engines put any weight on data in an option form element?

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What do you mean by inside a tag? What type of tag? Do you mean options such as radio groups or check boxes and their labels? If you mean the text displayed next to these options in forms and such the answer is yes they'll be indexed. All text which you can see in your browser along with some other attributes such as alt in image tags etc are also taken into consideration when indexing a page.

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    The OP is referring to the content inside option elements, but the question is badly formatted and needs 1 more person to approve the edit. ;)
    – MrWhite
    Commented Nov 17, 2012 at 8:43
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    I would imagine since the text is technically rendered on the page it's counted in some way towards the pages relevancy. An automobile site using a select or multiselect menu with all auto manufacturers would be helpful to Google. It's not really hidden text
    – Anagio
    Commented Nov 17, 2012 at 18:12

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