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Tech SEO Guide

A Reference Guide for Developers and Marketers Involved in Technical SEO

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  • Understand what bots are, how bots work and how bots crawl a website

  • Learn how a website’s URL structure affects SEO

  • Study the best ways to address content issues, like duplicate content or thin content

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Crawling and Indexing

    • Matthew Edgar
    Pages 1-21
  3. URL and Domain Structure

    • Matthew Edgar
    Pages 23-42
  4. Content Structure

    • Matthew Edgar
    Pages 43-65
  5. Schema and Structured Data Markup

    • Matthew Edgar
    Pages 67-78
  6. Sitemaps

    • Matthew Edgar
    Pages 79-93
  7. Page Experience: Core Web Vitals and More

    • Matthew Edgar
    Pages 95-106
  8. Not-Found Errors

    • Matthew Edgar
    Pages 107-119
  9. Redirects

    • Matthew Edgar
    Pages 121-136
  10. Conclusion: Tech SEO Audit

    • Matthew Edgar
    Pages 137-140
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 141-151

About this book

Tech SEO Guide provides a reference for everyone who works on the technical side of SEO. SEO has always had a technical component but over the last several years, the technical challenges are increasing as websites deliver richer and more engaging experiences. Those experiences can make it harder for Google to crawl a website and rank a website in search results. Given how important organic search rankings can be for a website’s traffic, it is more important than ever to make sure the technical fundamentals are in place to support a website’s SEO performance.

SEO professionals includes marketers, developers, programmers, UX professionals, designers, and business executives because technical SEO impacts and overlaps with so many different areas of a business. Because the book addresses a wider audience, it provides technical details but also includes higher-level discussions about how search engines and robots work too.

There are many different aspects of technical SEO and it is difficult to keep track of every detail, especially for people who only work on technical SEO matters on an occasional basis. Because of that, this guide book can be read all at once for those wanting to study technical SEO in detail or it can be read a paragraph at a time, allowing people to refer back to quickly jog their memory or review a complex topic. Each chapter walks through a different area of technical SEO, addressing specific scenarios and questions about that particular area. After discussing each section, the chapter will conclude with a summary of the important items to measure and monitor related to that section.

What You Will Learn

What factors to keep in mind as you begin a redesign of the website
How to evaluate technical factors to see if a technical configuration is causing traffic to drop
How to perform regular audits of a website to identify problems or areas of opportunity

Who This Book is For
Marketers, developers, programmers, UX professionals, designers, and business executives

Keywords

  • SEO
  • Tech SEO
  • Website Optimization
  • Search Engine Marketing
  • SEO Duplicate Content
  • Canonical URL
  • Core Web Vitals
  • Elementive
  • Crawling
  • Indexing

Authors and Affiliations

  • Centennial, USA

    Matthew Edgar

About the author

Matthew Edgar is a consultant and partner at Colorado-based Elementive, a consulting firm specializing in technical SEO. Matthew has worked in the web performance field since 2001 and holds a Master's degree in Information and Communications Technology from the University of Denver. He has been interviewed by Forbes, American Express, and other publications about web analytics, CRO, UX, and SEO. He regularly speaks at conferences and teaches workshops, including speaking at MozCon, SMX, MarTech and teaching courses with O'Reilly Media. Learn more or connect with Matthew at MatthewEdgar.net. 


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Buying options

eBook USD 29.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • ISBN: 978-1-4842-9054-5
  • Instant PDF download
  • Readable on all devices
  • Own it forever
  • Exclusive offer for individuals only
  • Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout
Softcover Book USD 37.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)