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Is Google using Chrome for mobile-first indexing and user signals?

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Google is using Chrome to render and process JavaScript , which they then index essentially outsourcing computational work to users.

Chrome essentially fuels Google ’s illegal search monopoly.

Chrome's role in AI is very expensive, so Google could use Chrome 's processing model to help with AI development, giving them an edge in the AI arms race.

Google is also using our rendering data and our behavior in terms of making models like cohort models and topic models.

Krum also referenced research by Malte Ubl , a former Googler , who said that “ Google uses an up-to-date version of Chrome for rendering” and whose research found that “ 100% of HTML pages resulted in full-page renders, including pages with complex JS interactions.” The presentation. Watch the video and decide for yourself (I suggest starting around 6:37): Phase II of Google’s Mobile-First Indexing is just Chrome ..

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