In a nutshell: Google recently confirmed that JavaScript is now required for users to submit queries to its web search service. According to a company spokesperson, the new requirement will improve ...

How Googlebot processes JavaScript. Image source: Google Search developer’s guide. On July 18, Google added a JavaScript SEO basics section to its Search developer’s guide. It includes general ...

Google warns against excessive JavaScript use. Here's why this warning is critical for AI search optimization. Over-reliance on JavaScript creates a blind spot for AI search crawlers. AI search ...

At its I/O developer conference in May, Google announced that its web crawler, Googlebot, will be “evergreen,” meaning that it will always be up-to-date with the latest version of Chromium. This ...

Google's Gary Illyes said that Google Search can process JavaScript redirects but Google still does not recommend using JavaScript redirects because other search engines might not pick up on it. Gary ...

This week’s question comes from Thomas, who asks: I disabled the JavaScript just to check the content of my webpage, but unfortunately I could not see any content except the banner H1 tag. Will it ...

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. The Google August 2025 spam update touched down very ...