#Technical SEO
- SEO
hreflang tags: how to get multi-language SEO right
Run one language? You can skip this entirely. Run several? hreflang is how you stop Google showing the wrong version to the wrong country. Here's the short version.
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- GEO
Canonical attribution: how AI engines decide who to credit
The same page often lives at a dozen URLs. Without one clear canonical, engines split the credit and you lose the citation. Here's how to consolidate it.
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- SEO
Canonical URLs explained (and how to set them correctly)
When the same page exists at several URLs, the canonical tag decides which one counts. Set it wrong and you split your own authority. Here's how to get it right.
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- SEO
Broken links and link hygiene: why they quietly cost you
A few dead links won't sink you, but they erode trust with readers and engines alike. Here's how to keep your internal and external links healthy without obsessing over it.
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- Technical
DOCTYPE and charset: two declarations every HTML page needs
Two one-line declarations at the top of your HTML prevent rendering quirks and garbled characters. They're easy to miss and easy to fix. Here's the what and why.
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- SEO
How many of your pages are actually indexed by Google?
You publish 200 pages; Google indexes 40. That gap is one of the most revealing numbers in SEO. Here's how to read it, and what usually causes it.
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- Technical
Text compression (gzip, Brotli, zstd): the easiest speed win
Compression can cut what you send over the wire by two-thirds, and it's often a single setting. Here's what gzip, Brotli, and zstd do, and how to switch one on.
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- SEO
SEO-friendly URLs: length, words, and what to avoid
A URL is a tiny preview of the page. Short, word-based, and stable beats long, cryptic, and full of underscores. Here's how to structure URLs that help.
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- Technical
Security headers: four HTTP headers worth setting today
Four HTTP response headers quietly defend against clickjacking, MIME sniffing, and data leaks. They're config, not code. Here's what each one does and how to add them.
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- SEO
Indexability: why your page might be invisible to search
You can do everything else right and still be invisible if one tag says "noindex." Here's where that directive hides and how to make sure it isn't on by accident.
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- Technical
HTML page weight: why a bloated document slows everything down
Before a single image loads, the browser has to download and parse your HTML. If that document is a megabyte of markup, everything starts slow. Here's how to slim it.
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- Technical
The mobile viewport meta tag: one line that makes your site mobile-friendly
Without one meta tag, phones show your site as a tiny, zoomed-out desktop page. With it, your responsive design actually works. Here's the line and why it matters.
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- Technical
Page could not be read: what's blocking crawlers (and AI engines) from your site
We reached your site and something answered, but it wasn't a readable HTML page. Here's what that means, why Googlebot and AI crawlers are probably struggling too, and how to fix it.
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- Technical
HTTPS and HSTS: the baseline every site needs
Serving over plain HTTP today is a dealbreaker for trust and ranking. Here's why HTTPS is the floor, and how HSTS locks it in.
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- Technical
Core Web Vitals explained: what PageSpeed actually measures
LCP, INP, CLS: Google's three speed-and-stability metrics, minus the jargon. Here's what each one means, what's "good," and where to start fixing them.
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