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Google Webmaster Guidelines Updated To Warn About Blocking CSS & JavaScript Files

Google announced they’ve updated their webmaster guidelines to specifically note that blocking your CSS or JavaScript files may have a negative impact on your indexing and search rankings in Google.
Search Engine Roundtable

Google Guidelines: Blocking CSS Or JavaScript Directly Can Harm Your Rankings

Google announced they made a change to their Webmaster Guidelines specifically telling webmasters, what they've been saying for years, but more strongly the past few months. Do not block us from ...
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Google Search Console Warnings Issued For Blocking JavaScript & CSS

This morning, Google began sending out a new notification through the Google Search Console for websites that appear to be blocking their CSS and JavaScript assets. The new warning reads, “Googlebot ...
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Google Responds To Impact Of Blocking CSS & JSS & Panda 4.0

Yesterday we covered some SEO theories around blocking JavaScript & CSS triggering Panda 4.0 issues. I didn't honestly believe there was a relation, based on the example provided and very few other ...