Definition
Server-side rendering is an approach where the server builds the full HTML of a page, content included, before sending it to the browser. The meaningful text is present in the initial response, without waiting for JavaScript to run.Why It Matters for AI Search
Retrieval systems read what the server sends. Server-side rendering puts the content in the raw HTML, so a crawler or model that does not execute JavaScript still sees the words that matter. For AI search, where many fetchers take the source and move on, this is often the difference between a page that can be indexed and cited and one that reads as empty. It is the safe default when the goal is machine legibility.Related Terms
Client-side rendering
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Prerendering
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Indexability
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Technical SEO
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Core Web Vitals
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