The technical side of search
Technical SEO Notes: Websites and Search Engines
Technical SEO Notes is a blog about the technical side of search engine optimization and how website setup relates to search visibility.
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Diagnose crawling, rendering, and indexing
How to Run a Technical SEO Audit: A Repeatable Checklist
A practical process for finding technical SEO issues, deciding what to fix first, and checking whether the fixes worked.
Implement page signals and site changes
SEO Title Tags vs. Meta Descriptions: What Each Does and Where to Set It
A title names a page; a meta description summarizes it. Both can inform search results, but neither guarantees the text a search engine will display.
Diagnose crawling, rendering, and indexing
Choose a Technical SEO Tool by Task: Crawling, Rendering, Indexing, or Logs
Choose a crawler, rendering test, Search Console report, or server logs according to the question you need answered—and check the fix with the same kind of evidence.
Implement page signals and site changes
How to Write a Testable Technical SEO Specification for a Website Migration
Define migration requirements by page type, give each requirement an owner and a pass condition, and test the resulting pages without confusing implementation with indexing.
Implement page signals and site changes
How to Generate and Validate Structured Data Before Publishing
Choose a type that describes the page, check the generated JSON-LD, then test the published URL with both Schema.org and Google’s tools.
