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Blocked jquery in Robots.txt, Any SEO impact?
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I've heard that Google is now indexing links and stuff available in javascript and jquery. My webmastertools is showing that some links are blocked in robots.txt of jquery.
Sorry I'm not a developer or designer. I want to know is there any impact of this on my SEO? and also how can I unblock it for the robots?
Check this screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/3VDWikC.png
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Just tweeted this out because it should be remembered by everyone.
Top notch Tom
-Andy
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Google is apparently using some JS and CSS (no idea about jquery though), to inform layout for Panda, so it may have an impact. Please don't quote me on this though!
This is a good video to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_U1nClbPmE
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Hey there
Not sure if this is the article you read, but Yoast wrote a great article on blocking jquery and CSS and how it might affect your SEO.
The recommendation was not to block them with robots.txt. This is reiterated by a Google-r at the recent SMX conference has said:
“We recommend making sure Googlebot can access any embedded resource that meaningfully contributes to your site’s visible content or its layout”
I'd recommend that you unlock these.
Hope this helps.
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