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    • qlkasdjfw
      qlkasdjfw last edited by

      Three tools to render a site as Googlebot would see it:

      SEOMoz toolbar.
      Lynxviewer (http://www.yellowpipe.com/yis/tools/lynx/lynx_viewer.php )
      Fetch as Googlebot.

      I have a website where I can see dropdown menus in regular browser rendering, Lynxviewer and Fetch as Googlebot. However, in the SEOMoz toolbar 'render as googlebot' tool, I am unable to see these dropdown menus when I have javascript disabled.

      Does this matter? Which of these tools is a better way to see how googlebot views your site?

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      • AlanBleiweiss
        AlanBleiweiss last edited by

        Each tool processes pages differently, attempting to emulate the actual Googlebot crawler.  You may want to jump over to SEOmoz's Help Desk to get specific info on the Moz version, however the only way to know that you'll always be able to see what Googlebot actually sees, even when the Googlebot might change over time, is to use Google Webmaster Tools.

        Sign into GWT, then click to "Diagnostics" and then "Fetch as Googlebot".  There you'll be able to enter a URL.  It may take a few minutes to get the results, but you'll see what they see.

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