From 74842ce644bfc47e64a8dcab733ad25bbf6c7f41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rohan Kumar Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2022 18:32:30 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] New note: JS-enabled engines --- content/notes/JS-enabled-engines.md | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/notes/JS-enabled-engines.md diff --git a/content/notes/JS-enabled-engines.md b/content/notes/JS-enabled-engines.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dc33cd5 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/notes/JS-enabled-engines.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +--- +title: "JS-enabled engines" +date: 2022-06-02T18:30:30-07:00 +replyURI: "https://mk.nixnet.social/notes/911asmc9rn" +replyTitle: "if search engine crawlers didn't run JavaScript the Web would be better" +replyType: "SocialMediaPosting" +replyAuthor: "Alexandra" +replyAuthorURI: "https://www.alm.website/me" +--- +The only engines I know of that run JavaScript are Google, Bing, and maybe Petal. None of the other engines in my list appear to support it. I don't even think Yandex does. + +It's common practice for sites to give a JavaScript-lite version to search engines, though if the content differs heavily you run the risk of hitting a manual action. I'd imagine that search-crawler-exclusive editions would become the norm if crawlers stopped handling JavaScript. + +Marginalia actually seems to penalize its use.