Pagination Question: Google's 'rel=prev & rel=next' vs Javascript Re-fresh

[nicole.healthline]

We currently have all content on one URL and use # and Javascript refresh to paginate pages, and we are wondering if we transition to the Google's recommended pagination if we will see an improvement in traffic.

Has anyone gone though a similar transition? What was the result? Did you see an improvement in traffic?

[HiveDigitalInc]

It is unlikely that you will see a great improvement in traffic. The real reason you should probably move to this is usability. Individuals might want to bookmark a specific page of the results. Individuals might not have Javascript enabled, or might have browsers that are not compatible with the refresh method. My vote would be to move to rel=prev rel=next

[nicole.healthline]

Thanks Russ, It is set up wtih #, so users can easily link to & navigate to a specific page.

It is quite a undertaking to transition, so we are primarily looking for business reasons for why it may help us.