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Sometimes a little bit of JavaScript is necessary to control certain features in a website, such as a simple slideshow element on a page, which was a better choice over the heavy Flash animation. \u00a0But as organic SEO becomes more prominent, we must learn to minimize the presence of javascript among our web page code, and strive for \u201cclean\u201d search-engine-friendly code<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Instead of including your JavaScript directly on the web page, link to it as a source.<\/p>\n

At the head of the page, create the script tag, but instead of including the script code within the container of the script tags, link to an external JavaScript file. \u00a0For best organization, store your JavaScript file in a \/js folder (or \/scripts or something similar). \u00a0Your linked tag will appear in this format:<\/p>\n

<script language=\u201djavascript\u201d src=\u201djs\/filename.js\u201d \/><\/script><\/p>\n

Now, as your page code is read, this is referenced on one line and the search engines (or other resources) do not need to wade through a long Javascript to get to the important meat of your website \u2013 the content<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sometimes a little bit of JavaScript is necessary to control certain features in a website, such as a simple slideshow element on a page, which was a better choice over the heavy Flash animation. \u00a0But as organic SEO becomes more prominent, we must learn to minimize the presence of javascript among our web page code, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10402,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,47,10,11,41,7,300],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-austin-web-design","category-how-to","category-quick-tips","category-tech-support","category-web-development","category-web-site-maintenance","category-www-learning-center"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMinimizing JavaScript - WEBii<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As professional web developers, the team at WEBii knows our way around JavaScript. 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