Technical SEO FAQ · JavaScript SEO & Rendering

How would you diagnose a JavaScript SEO problem?

Use a controlled comparison:

  1. Raw HTTP response.
  2. Browser-rendered DOM.
  3. Google Search Console URL Inspection.
  4. HTTP status.
  5. robots directives.
  6. canonical.
  7. links.
  8. structured data.
  9. JavaScript console/runtime errors.
  10. API/resource requests.

Look for differences between what the server initially sends and what becomes available after rendering.

Common failures include:

  • content only available after failed API requests;
  • important links created by non-crawlable interactions;
  • canonical changed incorrectly;
  • noindex injected unexpectedly;
  • resources blocked by robots.txt;
  • hydration errors;
  • inconsistent rendering.

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