Making website responsive with css - any seo concerns?

Google wrote the AJAX Specification, and this has now been ported over to Javascript.

Here is the AJAX Specification: https://developers.google.com/webmas.../specification

Here's how one example prerender service works:

• The middleware checks for _escaped_fragment_ or inspects the user agent of each request to your app
• If a search engine crawler is detected, the middleware makes a GET request to the Prerender service
• The Prerender service checks the cache for a response time less than 200ms!
• If the page isn't cached, we make a call to your app for the same exact page that the crawler is requesting
• The Prerender service renders the page with all of the javascript using phantomjs and (optionally) saves it in the cache
• The HTML of that rendered page is sent back to the middleware in your app
• The middleware then returns that HTML to the crawler

Twitch use Javascript, and that's why this initiative has been developed. So many developers now are moving towards client-side javascript.

In essence, you push the javascript to the browser, and the browser parses that and renders it - take a heavy load off the server, not to mention rapidly quick loading times.

It is the future, and I'm embracing it as it comes. Far too many people will be left behind building PHP/HTML sites and not learn to appreciate the complex value of Javascript.

For implemention:

Include:
<meta name="fragment" content="!">

In your Javascript pages.

Google will then scrap that URL, and add "?_escaped_fragment_=" to the URL.

For example:

Warriorforum.com/?_escaped_fragment_=

This page is then served either by a third-party such as www.prerender.io, or is handled server side. We chose to handle it server side via Amazon's cloud storage.

This page is served as a client-side rendered page, and the HTML/Text content is served to Google.

This ofcourse, is not considered cloaking - hence why the meta name initiative was developed and implemented.

You can build heavy JS sites, and serve SEO'd content to the search engines. There's no cloaking. You're building a better user experience by using JS, and it also gives you the opportunity to implement more complex code.

It's a fantastic initiative, and I doubt we'll see it ported over to WordPress or any mainstream CMS's as of yet.

If you want a fantastic JS based CMS, look into Triangulate CMS or Respond CMS - both of which are free.

Perhaps that's you. But times are changing Yukon, and all major brands are already utilizing Javascript to implement features of their sites. Whether that's showing dynamically loaded content or rendering the WHOLE page in Javascript - it's a powerful architecture that will gain traction quickly.

If you want to be left behind and stick to HTML/PHP optimization, that's up to you. The future is here, right now, and it's down to everybody to embrace it and learn how and why it works the way it does.

It isn't about "optimizing" your site for Google either. It's about a better user experience. It's about being able to convert people better. It's about dynamically showing pricings, shipping - everything..

Off-Site SEO is so simple - build links and win the game. Build citations and rank locally. Build a PBN and see the rankings rise. One has to look further than that though, especially when working with huge companies who will always choose user experience and user satisfaction over Google search bot satisfaction.