- Part 1 JavaScript SEO: understanding, investigating, auditing
Show Notes
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·05:00 - Overview of the JavaScript SEO 2024 study and its origins. The study was initiated from a feature request and evolved to include a comprehensive survey and data analysis. ·08:30 - Importance of understanding Googlebot's view during website crawling. Nearly all respondents agreed on the significance of knowing what Googlebot sees, highlighting the need for accurate rendering and crawling. ·12:45 - Discrepancies in SEO professionals' understanding of JavaScript SEO. Despite the consensus on its importance, only about 60% had read Google's documentation, and half knew only the basics. ·17:20 - The role of webinars in enhancing understanding of JavaScript SEO. A webinar following the study attracted significant interest, indicating a strong community desire to learn more about JavaScript SEO. ·21:50 - Collection and analysis period of the SEO survey data. Data was gathered over a five-week period post-webinar, with insights derived from both the survey responses and historical software usage data.
Episode Summary
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·"Almost everybody agrees that rendering and crawling are crucial for SEO." - Patrick Hathaway ·"Only about 60% have actually read Google's documentation on JavaScript SEO." - Patrick Hathaway ·"50% of respondents knew, at most, the basics of how Google indexes JavaScript." - Patrick Hathaway ·"A third of respondents said that they didn't know how to determine if a site had significant dependence on JavaScript" - Patrick Hathaway ·“One of the things we know that Google does is they don't just take the user declared canonical and just use that.”- Patrick Hathaway
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