Google Testing Ability To Understand JavaScript

Mar 18, 2004 - 3:55 pm 0 by

It's been rumored for awhile, but it looks like Google is actually testing it now. I have been seeing hits from "Googlebot/Test" for external JavaScript files across multiple domains and from multiple IP addresses. The IP address being used for the request appears to be a new class-c for Googlebot, but is very similar to the existing IP addresses that Googlebot already uses.

You can read more about it here.

 

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