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.
Semantic Analytics: How to Track Performance and ROI of Structured Data
Mike Arnesen shares how to use Google Tag Manager to track the ROI of your site's structured data. Plus, learn how to leverage your markup to produce "semantic analytics."
Setting Up Magento for the Search Engines
Looking to optimize your Magento site for search? It's easier than you think and well worth the effort. With a few simple adjustments, your site could be a favorite of search engines and web searchers.
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The Big List of SEO Tips and Tricks for Using HTTPS on Your Website
It’s rare when Google reveals any of its actual ranking factors, so it came as a big surprise when representatives announced they would reward sites using HTTPS encryption with a boost in search results. HTTPS isn’t like other ranking factors. Implementing it requires complexity, risks, and costs. Webmasters balance this out with benefits that include increased security, better referral data, and a possible boost in rankings.
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Author Photos are Gone: Does Google Authorship Still Have Value?
Does Google Authorship still matter once photos no longer show up in SERPs? Mark Traphagen considers why they were removed and what's next for Authorship.
Google Announces the End of Author Photos in Search: What You Should Know
Many of us have been constantly advising webmasters to connect their content writers with Google authorship, and it came as a shock when John Mueller announced Google will soon drop authorship photos from regular search results. Let's examine what this means.
Feeding the Hummingbird: Structured Markup Isn't the Only Way to Talk to Google
Many SEOs limit their understanding of entity search to vague concepts of structured data, Schema.org and Freebase. They fall into the trap of thinking that the only way to participate in the entity SEO revolution is to markup your HTML with complex schema.org microdata. Let's explore why this isn't true.
IPv6, C-Blocks, and How They Affect SEO
You have probably heard about IPv6, but you might remain a bit confused about the details of what it is, how it works, and what it means for the future of the Internet. This post gives a quick introduction to IPv6, and discusses possible SEO implications that could follow from IPv6 being rolled out (touching specifically on the concept of C-Blocks).
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