Very interesting. A minor correction - Google does execute JavaScript while indexing your pages. But we can’t say the same for other crawlers. So, it’s always best to pre render your pages. Thanks for writing this. 🙌

The following article explains how exactly Google indexes pages with JS. I found it very interesting.

Hey, I saw your article trending on dev.to and I got super excited because finally, someone decided to write specifically about how they are using Next.js to work around React's abysmal SEO performance.

To their credit Next.js actually explains this whole server vs client-side menagerie quite well, much like you did here, in their official documentation.

I'm curious to ask, did you use any Next outside of the page rendering functions? I want someone to go in-depth with Next.js and determine just how much abuse it can take; honestly, I'm starting to wonder if it has enough functionality to replace React altogether. But I doubt it. Just thinking and typing, sorry.

Thanks for the article though. Cheers!