This change was made because the advice was "out of date" and Google handles JavaScript fine.

Google has removed a whole section from its JavaScript SEO documentation because it was outdated and Google says loading content with JavaScript does not make it hard for Google Search.

Nowadays, even regular Web surfers know some of the things to avoid when designing a Web site for fast performance: Cut the number of requests to the Web server. Shrink JPEG sizes. Employ a content ...

Google's web crawler simulates "idle" states to trigger JavaScript events. This change improves the rendering of pages that use idle callbacks. Developers should ...

SPAs often fail to trigger Core Web Vitals measurements due to soft navigations. Chrome 139 introduces a trial API to detect these and enable full metric tracking. This could lead to more accurate SEO ...