Daily Updates with RF Rizwan Farrukh
The yearly ‘we’re getting better at JavaScript’ was posted on Friday by Google, which included crawling, indexing, what’s behind it and understanding it.
Another thing to be getting excited about is the hint that Google is developing tools within Google Webmaster Tools in order to show common crawl issues with JavaScript on your site.
This is what the blog post read:
“To make thing easier to debug, we are currently working on a tool for helping webmasters better understand how Google renders their site. We look forward to making it available for you in Webmaster Tools in the coming days.
Google also detailed the common debug issues:
– If your webserver is unable to handle the volume of crawl requests for resources, then that could have a negative impact on Google’s capability to render your pages. Also, if you would like to make sure your pages can be rendered by Google, then you need to make sure your servers are able to handle crawl requests for resources.
– If sources like CSS or JavaScript in separate files are blocked so Googlebot is unable to retrieve them, then Google’s indexing systems will not be able to see your site like an average user. Google recommends allowing Googlebot to retrieve CSS and JavaScript so that content can be indexed better. This is vital for mobile websites, where external sources like JavaScript and CSS help Google’s algorithms understand that the pages are optimized for mobile.
– In the case JavaScript is too arcane or complex for us to execute, Google will not be able to render the page accurately and fully.
– Some JavaScript removes the content from pages instead of adding it, which means Google is unable to index the content.
– Having your site degrade gracefully is always a good idea. This helps users enjoy your content even if their browser doesn’t have compatible JavaScript implementations. This also helps visitors and search engines.
