Google’s John Mueller and Martin Splitt recently debunked the notion that JavaScript SEO is dying. It’s certainly not dying, nor is it getting easier. If anything, JavaScript SEO is only going to get more technical as issues become more challenging to identify. This topic was brought up in a Google Webmaster Central hangout during a […]
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Custom JavaScript can now be added to AMP pages, Google announced this week. The amp-script component can be used to enable user interactions, and to share code across AMP-enabled and non-AMP pages. JavaScript features, such as multi-page forms that need to be validated before moving on to the next section, can now be delivered via
Your business has a website. You’re not a tech expert. These two sentences describe most business owners, and that presents some challenges. First, you probably don’t care about the process and theory behind the construction of a website. You don’t have to — but you do need a website that delivers desired results. If potential
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Google recently posted a new help document around JavaScript and SEO. Google received some early feedback from the SEO community around the doc and as of this morning has updated the doc to address those questions and concerns. Here was the original feedback: @googlewmc Hello, I would like to offer some feedback that maybe the
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At its I/O developer conference in May, Google announced that its web crawler, Googlebot, will be “evergreen,” meaning that it will always be up-to-date with the latest version of Chromium. This update enables Googlebot to crawl most modern websites and access features that modern browsers can access, such as those based on JavaScript. Although this
A couple weeks ago, Martin Splitt from Google announced on Twitter that he and Lizzi Harvey from Google posted a new developer document on the basics of JavaScript and SEO. The guide describes how Google Search processes JavaScript and the best practices for improving JavaScript web apps for Google Search. The document is broken into
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JavaScript can improve a shopper’s buying experience, encourage interaction, and even improve site performance in some cases. But where search engine optimization is concerned, JavaScript requires an extra degree of care. Googlebot is busy. The web spider is responsible for crawling more than 130 trillion pages. If each web page took just one second to
How Googlebot processes JavaScript. Image source: Google Search developer’s guide. On July 18, Google added a JavaScript SEO basics section to its Search developer’s guide. It includes general descriptions of how Google processes JavaScript as well as some best practices. What it covers. In addition to an overview of how Googlebot crawls, renders and indexes
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Google has published a new developer document that goes over the basics of JavaScript SEO. The guide was written by Google’s Martin Splitt and Lizzi Harvey. Splitt has become an authority on JavaScript SEO, having recently produced a video series on the subject. The guide goes over much of what was covered in the video
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Google’s Martin Splitt, a webmaster trends analyst, recommends reducing reliance on JavaScript in order to provide the best experience for users. In addition, “responsible” use of JavaScript can also help ensure that a site’s content is not lagging behind in Google’s search index. These points were brought up during the latest SEO Mythbusting video which
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