Is ‘View Source’ Dead?

Jon Goodey
3 min readApr 26, 2021
Source code of a website
Image by Lawrence Monk from Pixabay

In the world of SEO, there are many debates. Some SEOs people say that “view source” is dead, and some say it’s not. Others argue that keyword density is irrelevant, and others still swear by it. Most SEOs agree on the importance of having a rendered DOM for your website to rank well with Google’s algorithms.

The debate over “view source” is a recent one. For years, SEOs have gotten by just fine with nothing more than the…

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Jon Goodey

I write about SEO, Behavioural Psychology, and Emerging Technologies including Generative AI. I also share insights from a Positive Mindset.