Now JavaScript is becoming handled better and better by search engines the opportunities for web design & development are really beginning to grow. More than that, however, is that SEOs may be able to benefit from using JavaScript when optimising their content. In this presentation, Chris Green shows you the Do's and Don'ts of JavaScript Content optimisation.
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Content Optimisation
Via JavaScript
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“Excuse me ma’am
have you ever
thought about
JavaScript
SEO?”
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Google IO 2018 was another
great step forward
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Google IO 2018 was another
great step forward
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We can take the learnings from
our own experiments, Google & the
community
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I’m going to show you the Do’s and Don’ts
of JS Optimisation
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Why are we all getting
excited by JavaScript
now?
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For a long time JavaScript
was the enemy of SEO
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Google uses their Web Rendering Service
(WRS) to “view” JavaScript
http://www.thesempost.com/google-indexes-ranks-javascript-pages-two-waves-days-apart/
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Meaning a “truer” version of
the site is now ranked.
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The Opportunity
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We can embrace more dynamic websites
(yay!)
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W.W.J.M.D?
(What Would JohnMu Do?)
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Don’t doubt the
damage you could do!
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Screwed up a test here
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Screwed up a test here Fixed it here
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A Word of Warning
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The WRS (Chrome 41), whilst useful, is very
out of date
It’s over 3 years old & 26 versions behind ours!
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Lots of unsupported
elements
http://bit.ly/can-chrome-41
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And doesn’t treat JavaScript
exactly like our browsers do
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You Can Check Yourself
In Browser Stack
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There is no substitute
for building it right
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JavaScript optimisation shouldn’t be the
first choice
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But it’s much better
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than doing
But it’s much better
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than doing
But it’s much better