What technical SEO is and why it comes first
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What technical SEO is and why it comes first
You can write perfect content and buy the best links – and get nothing if the search engine cannot read your website properly. Technical SEO is about exactly this: giving the site a chance to rank at all.
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foundation before content
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value in content without it
Components
What technical SEO consists of
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Indexing
Whether the search engine sees your pages, which of them are in the index, which did not get there and why.
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Speed and stability
How fast the website loads, whether it stays up under load, how it works on mobile.
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Structure and code
Correct URLs, headings, structured data, no duplicates and no junk pages.
Why first
What the right order gives you
Content on an unindexed page does not work. You paid for text the search engine cannot see.
Links to a technically broken website are money down the drain. The link equity goes to a page that does not rank because of duplicates or errors.
Technical fixes pay off faster. The first changes in visibility often show up a few weeks after indexing is fixed.
The minimum
Where to start the check
Search Console. Connect it and look at the indexing report: how many pages are in the index and what is excluded.
Mobile speed. Check a product page instead of the home page – that is where things are worst.
Robots and sitemap. Make sure the website is open for indexing and the sitemap is up to date.
Not sure what technical shape your website is in?
We will run a technical audit and give you a prioritized list of issues – what to fix first.
