I am using DevExpress to create my site's main navigation menu, which is important to me to have Google crawl them but DevExpress Menu Control's output is not pure anchor element but rather an with a inside it.Now is it SEO safe to use this menu? Here is the output code:<li id=ASPxNavBar1_I0i0_ class=dxnb-item onclick=ASPx.NBIClick(event, 'ASPxNavBar1', 0, 0) style=text-align:Right;><a id=ASPxNavBar1_I0i0_T class=dxnb-link href=view.aspx?id=001><span class=dx-vam>Some Link</span></a></li>
Is it SEO safe to put  inside  element?
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The span element doesn't have any semantic meaning, it is used to hook text within inline elements.Using a span won't effect you from an SEO stand point.