and perhaps they're not properly weighting / aware of other important SEO signals that GOOG penalizes when using Javascript, but I'm sure they are. Happy to answer more on that directly via my profile or this thread.

I for one would very much like to see this discussed in this thread.

I've avoided SEO all my life (not determinate enough for my brain to handle) but I have one client (car hire) for whom SEO is their lifeblood, and I need to get over my discomfort and understand more.