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JavaScript Navigation Can Hide Pages From AI Crawlers, 41-Day Test Finds

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JavaScript-powered navigation can make sections of a website difficult, or impossible, for AI crawlers to find. A controlled 41-day experiment reported by Search Engine Land found that GPTBot and ClaudeBot discovered no hierarchy pages available only through JavaScript-injected links, while standar…

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  1. 2026-08-27 20:30 · DEV Community — AI
    JavaScript Navigation Can Hide Pages From AI Crawlers, 41-Day Test Finds

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