The goal of this whitepaper is to help you better understand how search engines perceive JS-powered sites, what their limitations are, and how the potential threats can be prevented to make your PWA a great product in the world of mobile-first indexing where great user experiences take the lead.
Firstly, we introduce the advantages of Progressive Web Apps over native apps and what allows them to deliver engaging and fast user experiences. The process of crawling, rendering, and indexing JS-rich sites by Google is explained, alongside the limitations from its use of the dated version of the Chrome browser to render pages, and the extensive resources needed to execute JavaScript.
