Technical SEO: Guides, Audits, Tips, And More

How To Check If A Link Redirects To Another Website

How to check if a link redirects to another page

By Olga Zarr April 30, 2023Technical SEO

Learn how to check if a link redirects to another website in 4 easy ways. In this article, I'll walk you through various methods for checking if a link redirects to another website from an SEO standpoint. Redirects are a normal part of web navigation and play an essential role...

Do 404 Errors Hurt SEO?

By Olga Zarr April 15, 2023Crawling, Indexing & Ranking, SEO, Technical SEO

Here is the full guide to 404 errors and whether (and when) they harm SEO. 404 errors might seem a bit daunting at first, but in my experience, they're not always a cause for concern when it comes to your website's SEO. While a broken link can negatively impact your...

How To Migrate Without Losing Traffic & SEO

By Olga Zarr March 27, 2023Crawling, Indexing & Ranking, Technical SEO

Learn how to migrate without losing traffic by applying these 11 tips & best practices. Ah, website migrations – the rollercoaster of the SEO world. With plenty of ups and downs, they can be the make-or-break moment for many websites. As an experienced SEO consultant, I've seen my fair share...

How To Render As Google

By Olga Zarr March 8, 2023Crawling, Indexing & Ranking, Technical SEO, Website Auditing

Learn how to render JavaScript as Google and look at the site through the eyes of Google. Let's talk about a crucial element of SEO: JavaScript rendering. As we all know, JavaScript can greatly enhance the user experience of a website, but it can also harm a website's SEO if...

How To Audit An XML Sitemap

By Olga Zarr March 5, 2023Technical SEO, Website Auditing

Learn how to audit an XML sitemap in 5 easy steps. In this article, I'm going to show you how to audit an XML sitemap as part of doing an SEO audit to make sure the XML sitemap contains all the right URLs. An XML sitemap is basically a roadmap...

Website Without JavaScript

By Olga Zarr March 2, 2023Crawling, Indexing & Ranking, Technical SEO

Learn how to view any website without JavaScript to learn how much it relies on JavaScript and whether this can potentially harm SEO. As we all know, JavaScript is an essential part of modern web development, and it can greatly enhance a website's functionality and user experience. However, it can...

How Submit A Sitemap To Google

How to add a sitemap to Google Search Console

By Olga Zarr November 6, 2022Google Search Console, Technical SEO

In this short guide, I will show you how to add a sitemap to Google Search Console in a few simple steps & share with you a few powerful tips. The sitemap of your website is the essential roadmap for search engines. Not only does it help Google and other...

99+ SEO Mistakes

By Olga Zarr August 19, 2022Technical SEO, Website Auditing

Looking to acquire some practical SEO knowledge? Here is a list of top 100 SEO mistakes I identified in the last 100 SEO audits I conducted. I am a technical SEO specializing in performing advanced and in-depth SEO audits that often take me 20-40 hours to complete. I use 25+various...

All-in-one SEO Audit For SEO Auditing & Search Engine Experts

By Olga Zarr August 17, 2022Technical SEO, SEO, Website Auditing

The guide on how to perform an in-depth SEO audit that only experienced SEO experts can do. This is a complete SEO audit checklist that will let you perform an in-depth SEO audit of any website. I personally use this checklist every time I do an SEO audit. And I invite...

Website Redesign SEO Checklist

By Olga Zarr August 15, 2022SEO, Technical SEO, Website Auditing

A website redesign SEO checklist that will help you preserve your rankings when doing site redesign. Doing website redesign (properly) is a very difficult task most of the time. Recreating something complete and functional that already works but can improve is often more challenging than creating something from scratch. The...

15+ Technical SEO Issues (Examples)

By Olga Zarr July 28, 2022Technical SEO

15 examples of technical SEO issues together with tips on how to fix them and further explanations. In my work as a technical SEO consultant and website auditor, I come across a lot of various technical SEO issues every day. Some of these issues are clearly more common and more...

How To Analyze Log Files With JetOctopus

By Olga Zarr June 20, 2022JetOctopus, Technical SEO, Website Auditing

In this guide, you will learn step by step how to use JetOctopus to analyze log files and learn about how Googlebot and other bots crawl your website. This is a basic guide that will be ideal for people who want to get started with log file analysis and don’t...