Server-side Rendering Improves Your SEO And The Client Loading Times

[!tldr] Summary
Server-side rendering involves the server generating and sending a fully rendered webpage to the user's browser, improving load times and allowing for effective search engine crawling.

Server-side rendering (SSR) involves the server creating the complete HTML content of a webpage and sending it to the user's browser. This means that instead of waiting for the client's browser to render the page, the server takes care of it and sends a fully rendered page to the user.

This allows search engines to effectively crawl and index the webpage's content. Additionally, SSR improves the initial load time of a webpage because users don't have to wait for all the JavaScript files to be downloaded before seeing any meaningful content. This results in a better user experience as users can access relevant information more quickly.

SSR is commonly used in frameworks like React, Angular, and Vue.js, especially when client-side rendering (CSR) alone is not enough. By combining SSR with CSR, developers can achieve faster load times and provide a smoother browsing experience for their users.

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1. Next.js
2. Static site-generation