Can Google crawl webpages that utilize infinite scrolling? Yes, to a certain extent. Here’s how.
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Google is capable of crawling webpages that utilize infinite scrolling to a certain extent. Here’s how it works and the impact it has on SEO.
This topic was discussed during the Google Search Central SEO office hours hangout recorded on February 18.
An individual named Nick Jabbour joins the livestream to ask Google’s Search Advocate John Mueller a series of questions about paginated content.
One of the questions involves infinite scrolling and whether Googlebot has advanced to the point of being able to handle it.
The short answer is: Yes, Googlebot can crawl and index webpages that utilize infinite scrolling.
However, there are limitations to how much infinite scrolling Googlebot is able to handle.
For more on that, continue reading the next section for Mueller’s full response.
Google Has Limits To Crawling Pages With Infinite Scrolling
When asked if Googlebot can handle infinite scrolling, Mueller says:
“A little bit… I thought we had a page on that but I think we might not actually have finished that up.”
Back in 2014, Google published a help document titled “Infinite scroll search friendly recommendations.”
It’s unlikely Mueller is referring to that page given it’s nearly 10 years old. But the...
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