No-JavaScript fallbacks in 2026: Less critical, still necessary

Rendering isn’t always immediate or complete. Learn where no-JavaScript fallbacks still protect critical content, links, and ...
Searchenginejournal.com

Google Updates JavaScript SEO Docs With Canonical Advice

Canonicalization happens both before and after rendering. Conflicting canonical signals between raw HTML and JavaScript output can cause unexpected indexing results. Google recommends setting the ...
Searchenginejournal.com

Google Says It’s Normal For Cached JavaScript Pages To Appear Empty

JavaScript-based webpages may appear blank or incomplete in Google’s cache, which is normal and not indicative of any problems. This is stated by Google’s Search Advocate John Mueller in the latest ...
Search Engine Land

Google clarifies canonicalization with JavaScript

Google updated its JavaScript SEO best practices document, for the second time this week, this time to clarify canonicalization best practices for JavaScript. In short, Google said “setting the ...
Search Engine Roundtable

Google Updates JavaScript SEO Doc With Setting Canonical URL Advice

Google updated its JavaScript SEO best practices document with a new section on how to set the canonial URL when using JavaScript. Google wrote, "The best way to set the canonical URL is to use HTML, ...
CNET

Google: Dart will rescue browsers from JavaScript

The programming language for Web sites and Web apps is less complex and therefore easier to develop, Chrome programmers argue at Google I/O. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...
Search Engine Roundtable

Deep Dive On How Google Search Indexes JavaScript

The folks at Vercel and MERJ put together a super deep dive on how Google Search handles indexing JavaScript. They analyzed over 100,000 Googlebot fetches across various sites to test and validate ...
CNET

Google debuts Dart, a JavaScript alternative

Net giant details a new programming language for Web apps big and small, but stops well short of a 2010 internal memo that said it's designed to "replace JavaScript." Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...
ZDNet

Google expands open-source bounties, will soon support Javascript fuzzing too

Google has expanded its OSS-Fuzz Reward Program to offer rewards of up to $30,000 for researchers who find security flaws in open-source programs. The expanded scope of the program now means the total ...
PC World

Google’s AI discovers yet another Chrome JavaScript vulnerability

Google has fixed a vulnerability in Chrome versions 141.0.7390.122/123 for Windows and macOS and 141.0.7390.122 for Linux. According to Google, the vulnerability is not yet being exploited in the wild ...
MediaPost

Google: JavaScript Now Required To Search

Google has begun requiring users of its search engine to turn on JavaScript, a programming language that makes web pages interactive. The company said it protects ...