JavaScript SEO in 2024 with Patrick Hathaway

05/08/2024 58 min Temporada 3 Episodio 31

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Episode Synopsis

Patrick Hathaway makes his triumphant return to the show to discuss the Sitebulb JavaScript SEO Report.
This episode delves into the internet's growing reliance on Javascript, the importance of understanding Google's indexing & rendering processes and the growth of technical skills gaps in the SEO industry.
Sitebulb JavaScript SEO Report https://sitebulb.com/javascript-seo/report/
Follow Patrick & Sitebulb:

Patrick on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickhathaway/
Sitebulb on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sitebulb/ 
Patrick on Twitter: https://x.com/HathawayP
Sitebulb on Twitter: https://x.com/sitebulb
Website: https://sitebulb.com/

Sponsors

⁠⁠⁠⁠This week's episode is sponsored by AlsoAsked - the best way to access People Also Ask data at scale.⁠⁠⁠⁠
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Chapters:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:02:40 - Sponsor: AlsoAsked

00:04:25 - Sponsor: Core Updates

00:05:43 - Welcome back, Patrick Hathaway

00:07:17 - What was the inspiration for this JavaScript SEO study?

00:10:07 - A two part study combining the survey & Sitebulb data

00:11:12 - The JavaScript skills gap in SEO

00:12:48 - The evolution of JavaScript and the internet

00:14:55 - Why JavaScript is popular for new developers

00:16:32 - Google’s JavaScript documentation

00:18:04 - The anti-JavaScript movement in SEO

00:20:03 - The opacity of fixing JavaScript problems

00:20:30 - Google has improved their JavaScript rendering

00:22:00 - How important is it to understand JavaScript for SEOs?

00:23:45 - Why SEOs should learn how to use DevTools

00:27:05 - Communicating with developers

00:28:32 - Don’t be afraid to ask developers questions

00:30:35 - Be honest if you don’t know

00:31:15 - A third of SEOs don’t feel comfortable investigating JavaScript issues

00:33:07 - How to communicate the value of technical SEO fixes

00:36:28 - How to reduce the JavaScript SEO skills gap

00:39:57 - We should communicate more interdisciplinarily

00:42:40 - Understand when key elements are being changed by JavaScript

00:46:37 - Sitebulb’s hints and resources are great

00:48:43 - A JavaScript horror story with Squarespace

00:50:00 - More people are using Sitebulb’s Chrome crawler than ever before

00:51:30 - The problem with plugins

00:53:10 - Where to follow Patrick & Sitebulb

00:55:16 - Outro

00:57:03 - Next week’s guest is SEOJoBlogs AKA Jo Juliana Turnbull!


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