Hello, I’m Not a Robot.
My name is Jamie Indigo.
I’m a technical SEO best known for taming unruly JavaScript frameworks like Angular and React.
I’m here to help websites share information with humans by improving how search engines crawl, render, and index.
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I’m the author of Rich Snippets, an 80% Search/20% snark SEO newsletter for Traffic Think Tank.
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Work I’m most proud of:
Author: SEO Chapter, 2020 Web Almanac
Author: SEO Chapter, 2024 Web Almanac
Latest Articles
- Digital and Disinformation - (7/28/2025)
Manipulation and disinformation in search exist – and SEO professionals play a crucial role in fighting them. Here are a few ways to start. - What We Do in the Shadow DOM - (4/7/2020)
Working on a site that uses Web Components or JavaScript frameworks? Then you'll find practical value in learning about the Shadow DOM from this guide. - The SEO’s Introduction to Rendering - (4/6/2025)
YSK Google cannot rank what it cannot render. if your site uses JavaScript (95% do!) or struggles with speed or mobile-first, it's time to learn WRS - Teaming up with Google to bust SEO myths about JavaScript - (10/1/2019)
Behind the scenes of SEO Mythbusters! In this episode I talk JavaScript Myths with Google Webmaster Trends Analyst Martin Splitt. - What Is Ethical SEO? - (10/1/2019)
Humans crave ethics. Ethically-sourced. Ethically-raised. We’re drawn to the idea of ethics because it gives us a framework to understand the impact of our existence.