

You will also be able to compare rendered HTML to non-rendered HTML, allowing you to pick up on small, but vital, issues to ensure that your site is being crawled properly by Google’s crawlers.

The new update will also let you see where JavaScript content is only available as rendered HTML by giving you an option to see the two different versions of code side by side, with the option for differences to be highlighted so you can more easily identify them. Screaming Frog explains that this is to make a crawler that is more similar to Google’s own, as well as to identify issues with JavaScript dependencies. One of the biggest changes in this Screaming Frog update is that it will crawl both the original and rendered HTML. These include better Google Analytics integration, improving scheduling and improved structured data validation features, among other things. The latest Screaming Frog update has implemented a host of smaller changes and bug fixes to improve functionality. This means that not only does it crawl in a way that is much more similar to Google’s crawlers, but it will have a clearer and easily filtered tab in the report to show any issues with pages. In the latest update, which is version 16.0 and was given the internal codename of ‘marshmallow’, Screaming Frog’s spider has improved JavaScript crawling. Screaming Frog’s most recent SEO spider update is here.
