No-JavaScript fallbacks in 2026: Less critical, still necessary

Rendering isn’t always immediate or complete. Learn where no-JavaScript fallbacks still protect critical content, links, and ...
Search Engine Roundtable

Loading Content With JavaScript Does Not Make It Harder For Google Search

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. Google wrote ...
TechSpot

JavaScript turns 30: From 10-day prototype to the backbone of the modern web

Why it matters: JavaScript was officially unveiled in 1995 and now powers the overwhelming majority of the modern web, as well as countless server and desktop projects. The language is one of the core ...
Ars Technica

In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet

Thirty years ago today, Netscape Communications and Sun Microsystems issued a joint press release announcing JavaScript, an object scripting language designed for creating interactive web applications ...
Bloomberg L.P.

AppLovin Axes Product Tied to Unwanted App Download Allegations

AppLovin Corp. said it has shut down a product linked to user and short-seller allegations that apps were being downloaded to mobile phones without consent. “The Array product was a test product and ...
Searchenginejournal.com

Google Adds Guidance On JavaScript Paywalls And SEO

Google is apparently having trouble identifying paywalled content due to a standard way paywalled content is handled by publishers like news sites. It’s asking that publishers with paywalled content ...
Search Engine Roundtable

Google Search On JavaScript-Based Paywalls

Google has added new guidance to the "Fix Search-related JavaScript problems" help document, specifically addressing JavaScript-based paywalls. This is currently listed as number 10 here, and says: If ...
CNET

AI Is Taking Over Your Search Engine. Here's What It's Doing and Why It Matters

Jon covers artificial intelligence. He previously led CNET's home energy and utilities category, with a focus on energy-saving advice, thermostats, and heating and cooling. Jon has more than a decade ...
The Washington Post

Search is about to change as Google adds more AI options. Here’s what to watch out for.

Googling things is about to get more complicated, thanks to artificial intelligence. A new AI Mode is coming to Google search, the company announced at its I/O conference Tuesday. When should you use ...
TechSpot

JavaScript now mandatory for Google Search, Google confirms

In a nutshell: Google recently confirmed that JavaScript is now required for users to submit queries to its web search service. According to a company spokesperson, the new requirement will improve ...
TechCrunch

Google begins requiring JavaScript for Google Search

Google says it has begun requiring users to turn on JavaScript, the widely used programming language to make web pages interactive, in order to use Google Search. In ...