Google begins requiring js to search

[Brett_Tabke]

[searchengineworld.com...]

[engine]

Anti-scraping?

Ask the question why people turn off Java Script: Security when web browsing. Is this going to make web browsing for users less secure? I'm not sure that the average user even knows about Java Script.

[universenet]

Javascript need for working adsense
If not Javascript, no adsense on website

That is reason

[haramamba]

@universenet, no. Not for adsense.
They force you not to disallow JS if you want to search anything using G.

[universenet]

@universenet, no. Not for adsense.
They force you not to disallow JS if you want to search anything using G.

But it is YES
Google forcing people not block ads ( and javascript)
Who block ads will not see ads but will not be possible search on google too
So google want clean blockers
All adsense is made with ".js"

[saladtosser]

If anyone has a website and hasn't been using JS on their website to improve UX for the last 20 years your website must be pretty crusty and dated! I remember way back when I was trained in web development at the dawn of the web (classic ASP times lol) and you had to ensure the site functioned with and without JS for the 0.01% of users who could even work out how to disable it! Does anyone still turn off JS, what a terrible experience of the web that must be!

[tangor]

Does anyone still turn off JS,

Hand held high, in fact waving madly!

HTML, CSS and PERL does great for many, no js needed. Personally run NoScript (selective js/ads/third party killer) and pick and chose what top level (site main) js is allowed----can still surf rather pleasantly.

Meanwhile, I'm not the only one ... a few browsers are now going default js off with options to allow domain level js on case by case basis. As to the specific thread, g is not my default search engine so no worries, however, I do visit from time to time and have no difficulties since js AT G ITSELF is ticked "on", but all other third party js fails---and search presently works just fine.