Google Changes How it Handles Pages

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Google Changes How it Handles Pages

levo

9:29 pm on Sep 1, 2014 (gmt 0)

I don't have a specific date, but Google has changed its crawling method. I think Google is now ignoring the "static" version (before the javascript runs) and just evaluates the "final" (rendered) version.

For articles, I embed resized images that link directly to full-size versions. When the DOM is ready, javascript replaces those links with links to optimized gallery pages. Around July-August, full version images started dropping from Google Images results.

Funny thing is, some of them are now appearing under a different website that iframes my pages with sandbox (javascript never runs, so Google crawls full-size image links)

I've switched from replacing links to attaching window.open events and Google started to crawl & include full-size versions.

phranque

10:46 pm on Sep 1, 2014 (gmt 0)

this is very interesting to see google is handling javascript.

I've switched from replacing links to attaching window.open events and Google started to crawl & include full-size versions.

is this a generic technique to handle headless browsers or something specific to your application?

levo

4:16 pm on Sep 3, 2014 (gmt 0)

is this a generic technique to handle headless browsers or something specific to your application?

Not generic, attaching onclick event doesn't change 'right click and open', so I was changing the actual link.

levo

9:51 am on Oct 27, 2014 (gmt 0)

I was right. They've just announced the "rendering-based indexing."

[googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com...]

EditorialGuy

1:56 pm on Oct 27, 2014 (gmt 0)

I wonder if this might lead to a more sophisticated version of the "Page Layout Algorithm" (a.k.a. the "Top-Heavy Algorithm") that would look at total page clutter, not just at ads above the fold?

Zivush

2:08 pm on Oct 27, 2014 (gmt 0)

As I see it, they are targeting too many above-the-fold ads, not sites with pages containing heavy number of ad units, otherwise, thousands of sites will fall off the roof.

FranticFish

3:05 pm on Oct 27, 2014 (gmt 0)

Either way, they want access to your script files and will downgrade you otherwise.

Planet13

3:11 pm on Oct 27, 2014 (gmt 0)

Good to hear.

Hopefully that means those sites with the annoying css-based pop-over ads that take up nearly the full size of the screen will start to loose rankings.

Robert Charlton

6:46 pm on Oct 27, 2014 (gmt 0)

We've got a parallel thread on the official announcement here. I'm locking this discussion, and let's move further discussion to the new thread....

Google Updates Webmaster Guidelines: Crawling Page Assets May Help SEO
http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/4711411.htm [webmasterworld.com]