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Does google index javascript content?

Hi guys , does google index javascript content, for example an angular site .

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kumbirai masanganise: Hi guys , does google index javascript content, for example an angular site .
Edwin Jonk: Googlebot will index any javascript. However the problem is the rendering part. We do know that Google is getting better and better and for some years the links in javascript are found and followed.

So I would try the Fetch and Render in Google Search Console and see what happens. My thinking is that it is tricky. And if you want to make sure Googlebot understands everything on the site, you need to make HTML snapshots.
Tony “Tiggerito” McCreath: You can also check the cache as that often shows the rendered html, while the search console only seems to show raw html even if you do fetch and render.

I've not played with angular but I've found Google picks up things as long as they are added at load time (e.g. ready() in jQuery).

And I suspect if proper links (anchor) are in place at that time then Google can crawl to the next page of info.