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Many modern sites build their pages in the browser with JavaScript. Google then has an extra step, called rendering, before it can see what a visitor sees. JavaScript SEO is about making sure that step does not hide your content or links from search.
Developers could start with Rendering JavaScript for Google Search, a podcast-style episode where Google staff discuss the DOM and how long rendering takes. If a ranking drop has you blaming scripts, Maybe It Isn't JavaScript has Martin Splitt arguing that other causes are often to blame.
React owners may like Avoid client-side routing and rendering, from the vendor Majestic. Several talks here date from 2019 and 2020, and rendering may work differently now. The URL Inspection tool in Search Console shows what Google gets from a page today.
Official source
JavaScript rendering in Google Search is explained by Zoe Clifford, who joins Martin Splitt and John Mueller to talk about the DOM, whether every page is rendered and how long it takes.
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Martin Splitt explains to web developers how Googlebot and other crawlers see JavaScript pages, and which common pitfalls to avoid when building for search.
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Why might content on a page fail to rank? Jamie Alberico explains Googlebot rendering, the difference between the page a visitor sees and the one Google processes.
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Which steps help diagnose common JavaScript SEO problems? Martin Splitt of Google goes through them in a short web.dev LIVE session.
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Is JavaScript really the cause of your SEO problem? Martin Splitt argues that SEOs are quick to blame it, and shows how to troubleshoot with Google Search Console and real examples.
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Why can client-side routing and rendering hurt rankings in a React app? Simone De Palma warns about both and explains what the terms mean for SEO.
Independent practitioner
JavaScript SEO and Google indexation come up in an interview where the guest explains the challenges of learning the field and how server log analysis helped them learn it quickly.
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Martin Splitt looks inside the evergreen Googlebot and goes through rendering best practice and debugging steps for developers who want their content found in Search.
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Martin Splitt of Google joins Bartosz Goralewicz and Tomek Rudzki to talk rendering SEO, the future of technical optimisation and why SEO should look beyond JavaScript.
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Pages missing from Google's index are the problem here, with the speaker asking how much content goes unindexed, how SEOs should think about JavaScript websites, and presenting a new toolset.
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