Is this a SEO SAFE anchor link

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Published on 2012-06-24T20:42:57Z Indexed on 2012/06/24 21:16 UTC
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so... Is this a safe way to use internal links on your site.. By doing this i have the index page generating the usual php content section and handing it to the div element.

THE MAIN QUESTION: Will google still index the pages using this method? Common sense tells me it does.. But just double checking and leaving this here as a base example as well if it is. As in.

EXAMPLE ONLY PEOPLE

The Server Side

if (isset($_REQUEST['page'])) {$pageID=$_REQUEST['page'];} else {$pageID="home";}
if (isset($_REQUEST['pageMode']) && $_REQUEST['pageMode']=="js") {
  require "content/".$pageID.".php";
  exit;
} // ELSE - REST OF WEBSITE WILL BE GENERATED USING THE page VARIABLE

The Links

<a class='btnMenu' href='?page=home'>Home Page</a>
<a class='btnMenu' href='?page=about'>About</a>
<a class='btnMenu' href='?page=Services'>Services</a>
<a class='btnMenu' href='?page=contact'>Contact</a>

The Javascript

$(function() {
    $(".btnMenu").click(function(){return doNav(this);});
});

function doNav(objCaller) {
  var sPage = $(objCaller).attr("href").substring(6,255);
  $.get("index.php", { page: sPage, pageMode: 'js'}, function(data) {
    ("#siteContent").html(data).scrollTop(0);
  });
  return false;
}

Forgive me if there are any errors, as just copied and pasted from my script then removed a bunch of junk to simplify it as still prototyping/white boarding the project its in. So yes it does look a little nasty at the moment.

REASONS WHY: The main reason is bandwidth and speed, This will allow other scripts to run and control the site/application a little better and yes it will need to be locked down with some coding. --

FURTHER EXAMPLE-- INSERT PHP AT TOP

<?php 
  // PHP CODE HERE
?>
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="scripts.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
  <div class='siteBody'>
    <div class='siteHeader'>
        <?php
          foreach ($pageList as $key => $value) {
            if ($pageID == $key) {$btnClass="btnMenuSel";} else {$btnClass="btnMenu";}
              echo "<a class='$btnClass' href='?page=".$key."'>".$pageList[$key]."</a>";
          }
        ?>
      </div><div id="siteContent"  style='margin-top:10px;'>
        <?php require "content/".$pageID.".php"; ?>
      </div><div class='siteFooter'>
    </div>
  </div>
</body>
</html>

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