No, please don't believe everything that Google says on its face value, it is a lesson learnt the hard way. The SEO foes down the trash with client side. The entire nextjs SSR / SSG / ISR evolved because Google was dumb and unable to execute javascripts in the first place.
Client-side rendering works in SEO. When Google indexes your site, they're using JavaScript just like any other browser.
Worry less about SEO and worry more about making the pages perfect for real users.
Server rendered pages are responding faster because they're not blocked by waiting for JS to download, parse, execute. That's why they feel faster. When they feel faster, it's better SEO.
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No, please don't believe everything that Google says on its face value, it is a lesson learnt the hard way. The SEO foes down the trash with client side. The entire nextjs SSR / SSG / ISR evolved because Google was dumb and unable to execute javascripts in the first place.
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Client-side rendering works in SEO. When Google indexes your site, they're using JavaScript just like any other browser. Worry less about SEO and worry more about making the pages perfect for real users. Server rendered pages are responding faster because they're not blocked by waiting for JS to download, parse, execute. That's why they feel faster. When they feel faster, it's better SEO.