HACKER Q&A
📣 kosolam

Next.js Disable Prefetch for SEO?


So lighthouse reports that preloading the js for next links that next.js automatically performs is increasing the js size too much for lighthouse’s taste. What’s the common practice, to disable it for seo? Or it doesn’t matter for seo?

  👤 leerob Accepted Answer ✓
I would encourage you to consider the real experience[1] of your users instead of just a Lighthouse score. Lighthouse is just one tool to understand performance, but prefetching links often leads to a better user experience. If the end performance is still exceptional as tracked by your Core Web Vitals[2], then it won't affect SEO.

[1]: https://vercel.com/analytics [2]: https://vercel.com/blog/core-web-vitals

👤 smt88
This seems a more appropriate question for a Next.js-specific forum than for HN.