Ask HN: Do React Web Apps Have Poor SEO?

2 points by ricotico060 5y ago ↗ HN

I've recently built a web app with React only to hear that they have have bad SEO. Is this true? If so, is there an easy way to correct this?

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r16w 5y ago ↗

Server side rendering and testing pages through fetch-as-google to make sure they’re being picked up by bots. It’s not as big of a problem as people make it out to be. There are plenty of fixes but this combination is simple and effective.

JMTQp8lwXL 5y ago ↗

Having good keywords and links from other sites is likely a bigger impact on your SEO than using React, whether or not you're using SSR. Performance can reduce page ranking, but we should also (then) be asking, "Do <Framework X> Web Apps Have Poor SEO?"