JavaScript: SEO Mythbusting




In this third episode of SEO Mythbusting, Martin Splitt (WebMaster Trends Analyst, Google) and his guest Jamie Alberico (SEO Product Manager, Arrow Electronics) discuss the issues of JavaScript in the context of SEO, such as:
Where do misconceptions about SEO & JavaScript come from? (0:00)
Is JavaScript the devil 🙂 ? (1:56)
Lazy loading in search (5:11)
Ajax, SEO, and crawl budget (5:36)
Googlebot & JavaScript (8:21)
Is pre-render always the best solution? (10:48)
What are the user benefits of implementing JavaScript SEO well? (12:38)
What should SEOs look for in a website solution stack? (13:33)
Recommended testing tools for JavaScript SEO (15:10)

Documentation mentioned in this episode:
Search-related JavaScript troubleshooter → https://goo.gle/search-js-troubleshooter
Lazy loading in search → https://goo.gle/lazy-loading-in-search
Crawl budget → https://goo.gle/crawl-budget

Next week, look forward to the fourth episode – Web Performance: SEO Mythbusting.

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18 responses to “JavaScript: SEO Mythbusting”

  1. I was surprised (not unpleasantly) about it being better to wait a bit longer, but have the page more fully delivered. I'm sick of pages that are so focused on FCP that they are constantly rebuilding themselves as I try to engage with the content.

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