Technical SEO

JavaScript SEO For React, Vue And Angular Sites

Get JavaScript-rendered content reliably indexed.

Google renders JavaScript, but it does so on a delay and with a budget, and any failure in that process silently costs you the page. Single-page applications routinely ship content that never gets indexed because of a routing or hydration decision nobody thought of as an SEO choice.

You probably need this if

  • View source shows an empty div where your content should be
  • Pages are indexed but with no content or the wrong title
  • Client-side routing means internal links are not real anchor tags
  • Content appears only after a user interaction

What you get

  • Rendering strategy recommendation across SSR, SSG, ISR and dynamic rendering
  • Rendered-DOM audit comparing raw HTML with what Googlebot sees
  • Routing and internal linking fixes so crawlers can follow navigation
  • Metadata and canonical handling that works with client-side navigation
  • Framework-specific implementation guidance for your stack

How we approach it

  1. Establish what is actually indexed

    Compare raw HTML, rendered DOM and the live index, because the differences tell you exactly where rendering is failing.

  2. Choose a rendering strategy

    Pick server rendering, static generation or a hybrid based on how often content changes and how critical indexing speed is.

  3. Fix crawlable navigation

    Ensure links are genuine anchors with href attributes, since crawlers do not click buttons or fire router events.

  4. Handle metadata correctly

    Make sure titles, descriptions and canonicals are present in the initial response rather than injected after hydration.

JavaScript SEO: common questions

Can Google index JavaScript content?

Yes, but rendering is queued and resource-limited, so indexing can lag by days and sometimes fails entirely. Content that matters commercially should be in the initial HTML response rather than dependent on client-side rendering.

Is server-side rendering necessary for SEO?

Not always, but it removes an entire category of risk. Static generation is ideal for content that changes rarely, server rendering suits frequently changing pages, and pure client-side rendering is the option that most often causes indexing problems.

Why is my React site not ranking?

The usual causes are content only present after hydration, navigation built from buttons rather than anchors, metadata injected client-side, or a soft 404 pattern where missing pages return 200 with an error rendered in JavaScript.

Find out what is actually holding you back

A short conversation and a look at your site is usually enough to tell you where the real problem is. No obligation, and no pressure to sign anything.