Does using the new React 19 <Title> in a CSR page (with React Query) improve SEO? Will Google crawl
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Finnish Spitz posted this in #help-forum
Finnish SpitzOP
I’m working on a Next.js 15 project (using App Router) with React 19.
My pages use React Query for data fetching, so it’s all client-side rendered (CSR).
I want to make the page title dynamic based on fetched data. In React 19, there’s a new <Title> component that can be used like this:
Locally in my browser, the tab title updates correctly when data is loaded.
My main question
👉 Will this dynamic <Title> actually help with SEO?
Especially since:
This is purely CSR.
Googlebot needs to execute JavaScript to see the final title.
Is there any actual SEO benefit, or would Google see the initial empty HTML title until JS loads?
My pages use React Query for data fetching, so it’s all client-side rendered (CSR).
I want to make the page title dynamic based on fetched data. In React 19, there’s a new <Title> component that can be used like this:
import { Title } from 'react-head';
function Page() {
const { data } = useQuery(...); // e.g. fetch university detail
return (
<>
<Title>{data?.name ?? 'Loading...'}</Title>
<div>{data?.description}</div>
</>
);
}
Locally in my browser, the tab title updates correctly when data is loaded.
My main question
👉 Will this dynamic <Title> actually help with SEO?
Especially since:
This is purely CSR.
Googlebot needs to execute JavaScript to see the final title.
Is there any actual SEO benefit, or would Google see the initial empty HTML title until JS loads?
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Finnish SpitzOP
@Finnish Spitz I’m working on a Next.js 15 project (using App Router) with React 19.
My pages use React Query for data fetching, so it’s all client-side rendered (CSR).
I want to make the page title dynamic based on fetched data. In React 19, there’s a new <Title> component that can be used like this:
import { Title } from 'react-head';
function Page() {
const { data } = useQuery(...); // e.g. fetch university detail
return (
<>
<Title>{data?.name ?? 'Loading...'}</Title>
<div>{data?.description}</div>
</>
);
}
Locally in my browser, the tab title updates correctly when data is loaded.
My main question
👉 Will this dynamic <Title> actually help with SEO?
Especially since:
This is purely CSR.
Googlebot needs to execute JavaScript to see the final title.
Is there any actual SEO benefit, or would Google see the initial empty HTML title until JS loads?
without JS, bots will see the initial empty HTML, so no this is not bot-friendly
that being said, for google specifically, it is known that googlebot will run javascript and render the app for you
that being said, for google specifically, it is known that googlebot will run javascript and render the app for you
Finnish SpitzOP
How about if the page shared to social media?
then no the bots will not see it
you need to use either generateMetadata/metadata, or https://tanstack.com/query/latest/docs/framework/react/guides/advanced-ssr