Technical SEO
Traditionally, the phrase Technical SEO refers to optimizing your site for crawling and indexing, but can also include any technical process meant to improve search visibility.
Technical SEO is a broad and exciting field, covering everything from sitemaps, meta tags, JavaScript indexing, linking, keyword research, and more.
If you’re new to SEO, we recommend starting with the chapter on Technical SEO in our Beginner’s Guide. Below are the latest posts on technical SEO, and we’ve included a few top articles here.
On-Site SEO : What are the technical on-page factors that influence your rankings? Our free learning center will get you started in the right direction.
The Web Developer's SEO Cheat Sheet : This handy—and printable—cheat sheet is invaluable for anyone building websites. Contains several useful references that cover a ton of technical SEO best practices.
MozBar : This free Chrome extension is an advanced SEO toolbar that helps you to examine and diagnose several technical SEO issues.
The Technical SEO Renaissance : Is it true that technical SEO isn't necessary, because Google is smart enough to figure your website out? Mike King puts this rumor to rest, and shows you what to focus on.
Technical SEO: The One Hour Guide to SEO : Want a quick introduction to the basics of technical SEO? Our guru Rand has you covered—all in about 10 minutes.
How To: Advanced rel="canonical" HTTP Headers
Use of rel=canonical in an HTTP header is underutilized, and I believe that, now more than ever, SEOs should start leveraging and considering the power of this method for non-text/html content-types.
Common Technical SEO Problems and How to Solve Them
Running into the same site problems over and over again can be exasperating. In the years I've been doing SEO, I'm still surprised to see so many websites suffering from the same list of issues. In today's post, I share the most common problems (and solutions!) I've encountered through site audits, along with a few uncommon issues at the end.
Googlebot Crawl Issue Identification Through Server Logs
Sifting through server logs has made me infinitely better at my job as an SEO. If you're already using them as part of your analysis, congrats - if not, I encourage you to read this post. In this post we're going to: Briefly introduce a server log hit Understand common issues with Googlebot's crawl Use a server log to...
Can Google Really Access Content in JavaScript? Really?
But the question keeps coming up: can Google execute JavaScript and AJAX? Can they really?
Add Expires Headers? Why You Should Think Twice Before Using Them
This article explains what expires headers are and how they benefit SEO, explains the dangers of improper implementation, and offers some insight on preventing issues.Level Up Your SEO Skills With Our Free Training
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Cross-Browser Compatibility Testing for Website Owners
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8 Reasons Why Your Site Might Not Get Indexed
Hi Mozzers, I've recently had to deal with several indexing problems that a few clients were experiencing. After digging deeper into the problems, I figured I'd write a post for Moz to share my experience so others don't have to spend as much time digging for answers to indexation problems. All it means is that your site or parts of it are not getting added to the Google (or one of the other guys) index, which means that no body will ever find your content in the search results.![How Should You Handle Expired Content? [3 Strategies]](https://moz.toolspire.one/images/blog/banners/59c44febe07654.75715365_2021-03-31-034425.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1617162265&s=9f760e4571639edd6e7f078687ea4560)
How Should You Handle Expired Content? [3 Strategies]
Handling expired content can be an overwhelming experience for any SEO in charge of a dynamic website, whether it be an e-commerce, a classified (example: job search, real estate listings), or a seasonal/promotional (example: New York Fashion Week) site.
Uncrawled 301s - A Quick Fix for When Relaunches Go Too Well
A lot of things can go wrong when you change most of the URLs on a website with thousands or millions of pages. But this is the story of how something went a little too "right", and how it was fixed by doing something a little bit "wrong". On February, 28 2012 FreeShipping.org relaunched with a new design and updated site architecture.The site'...
The Lowdown on Structured Data and Schema.org - Your Questions Answered!
First of all, thank you to everyone who listened in to the Microformats and Schema.org webinar with Richard Baxter and myself. If you are a PRO member and haven't had a chance to listen in, be sure to check it out! During and after the webinar we received a ton of great feedback and q...