{"id":3689,"date":"2022-03-06T19:36:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-06T19:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zutrix.com\/blog\/?p=3689"},"modified":"2026-01-15T18:36:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T18:36:00","slug":"technical-seo-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zutrix.com\/blog\/technical-seo-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"The Complete Technical SEO checklist For 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Technical SEO is the core of search engine optimization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Yet most people don&#8217;t pay much attention to this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">If you want a higher search engine ranking, the first thing you have to do is make your Technical SEO strong.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Because without a proper foundation, you can never win the search results.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">But just like on-page and off-page SEO, technical SEO is also not a small segment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It has plenty of things that you have to optimize and fix.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">And sometimes, all of these things can be confusing and overwhelming, too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">That&#8217;s why to make this easier for you, we&#8217;ve compiled a comprehensive Technical SEO checklist that you can refer to whenever you want to optimize the Technical SEO aspect of your website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">So much further ado, let&#8217;s dive right in.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69ea283d89dec\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69ea283d89dec\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zutrix.com\/blog\/technical-seo-checklist\/#Technical_SEO_Checklist_For_2026\" title=\"Technical SEO Checklist For 2026\">Technical SEO Checklist For 2026<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zutrix.com\/blog\/technical-seo-checklist\/#1_Submit_Your_XML_sitemap_to_Search_Console\" title=\"1. Submit Your XML sitemap to Search Console\">1. Submit Your XML sitemap to Search Console<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zutrix.com\/blog\/technical-seo-checklist\/#2_Make_Sure_Your_Website_is_Completely_Mobile_Friendly\" title=\"2. Make Sure Your Website is Completely Mobile Friendly\">2. Make Sure Your Website is Completely Mobile Friendly<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zutrix.com\/blog\/technical-seo-checklist\/#3_Make_Sure_Crawlers_Can_Easily_Crawl_Your_Website\" title=\"3. Make Sure Crawlers Can Easily Crawl Your Website\">3. Make Sure Crawlers Can Easily Crawl Your Website<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zutrix.com\/blog\/technical-seo-checklist\/#4_Improve_Page_Speed\" title=\"4. Improve Page Speed\">4. Improve Page Speed<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/zutrix.com\/blog\/technical-seo-checklist\/#5_Fix_Broken_Links_on_Your_site\" title=\"5. Fix Broken Links on Your site\">5. Fix Broken Links on Your site<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/zutrix.com\/blog\/technical-seo-checklist\/#6_Make_Sure_to_enable_HTTPS_on_your_site\" title=\"6. Make Sure to enable HTTPS on your site\">6. Make Sure to enable HTTPS on your site<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/zutrix.com\/blog\/technical-seo-checklist\/#7_Use_Canonical_Tags\" title=\"7. Use Canonical Tags\">7. Use Canonical Tags<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/zutrix.com\/blog\/technical-seo-checklist\/#8_Focus_on_Having_a_Clear_Website_Structure\" title=\"8. Focus on Having a Clear Website Structure\">8. Focus on Having a Clear Website Structure<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/zutrix.com\/blog\/technical-seo-checklist\/#Technical_SEO_Checklist_Final_Words\" title=\"Technical SEO Checklist: Final Words\">Technical SEO Checklist: Final Words<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Technical_SEO_Checklist_For_2026\"><\/span><strong>Technical SEO Checklist For 2026<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Submit_Your_XML_sitemap_to_Search_Console\"><\/span><strong>1. Submit Your XML sitemap to Search Console<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">An XML sitemap is an XML file that stores and lists all of your website&#8217;s most important pages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It makes sure that Google crawls can easily go through your website content and identify your website structure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It&#8217;s the most essential and crucial thing you have to do from this technical SEO checklist, even before you start doing any other kind of SEO optimization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">However, if you&#8217;re thinking that creating an XML sitemap is a hectic task, you might be wrong.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">You can easily create an XML sitemap for your website within a few minutes <em>(even if you don&#8217;t have any technical knowledge)<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">You can use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xml-sitemaps.com\/\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">XML-sitemaps<\/a> to quickly create a sitemap for your website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Just <strong>enter your website URL<\/strong> and click on <strong>&#8220;start<\/strong><\/span>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-3691 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/XML-Sitemaps-generator.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/XML-Sitemaps-generator.png\" alt=\"XML-Sitemaps generator\" width=\"1791\" height=\"932\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271791%27%20height%3D%27932%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201791%20932%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271791%27%20height%3D%27932%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/XML-Sitemaps-generator-200x104.png 200w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/XML-Sitemaps-generator-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/XML-Sitemaps-generator-400x208.png 400w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/XML-Sitemaps-generator-600x312.png 600w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/XML-Sitemaps-generator-768x400.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/XML-Sitemaps-generator-800x416.png 800w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/XML-Sitemaps-generator-1024x533.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/XML-Sitemaps-generator-1200x624.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/XML-Sitemaps-generator-1536x799.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/XML-Sitemaps-generator.png 1791w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1791px) 100vw, 1791px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It will take some time to crawl your website, and it will generate an XML file for you.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">You can download the file from there and upload it on your servers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Alternatively, if you&#8217;re a WordPress user, you can use plugins like <a href=\"https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Yoast SEO<\/a> to automatically generate an XML sitemap for your website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Once you&#8217;ve created your XML sitemap, it&#8217;s time to upload it to the Google search console so that Google crawlers can easily find it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Go to your Google search console and then click on<strong> &#8220;sitemaps&#8221;<\/strong> from the left sidebar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-3693 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Submit-XML-sitemap.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Submit-XML-sitemap.png\" alt=\"Submit XML sitemap\" width=\"299\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27299%27%20height%3D%27487%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20299%20487%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27299%27%20height%3D%27487%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Submit-XML-sitemap-184x300.png 184w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Submit-XML-sitemap-200x326.png 200w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Submit-XML-sitemap.png 299w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Then <strong>enter your sitemap URL<\/strong>, and click on <strong>&#8220;submit&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-3694 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Technical-SEO-checklist-Submit-XML-sitemap.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Technical-SEO-checklist-Submit-XML-sitemap.png\" alt=\"Technical SEO checklist - Submit XML sitemap\" width=\"1565\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271565%27%20height%3D%27554%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201565%20554%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271565%27%20height%3D%27554%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Technical-SEO-checklist-Submit-XML-sitemap-200x71.png 200w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Technical-SEO-checklist-Submit-XML-sitemap-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Technical-SEO-checklist-Submit-XML-sitemap-400x142.png 400w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Technical-SEO-checklist-Submit-XML-sitemap-600x212.png 600w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Technical-SEO-checklist-Submit-XML-sitemap-768x272.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Technical-SEO-checklist-Submit-XML-sitemap-800x283.png 800w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Technical-SEO-checklist-Submit-XML-sitemap-1024x362.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Technical-SEO-checklist-Submit-XML-sitemap-1200x425.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Technical-SEO-checklist-Submit-XML-sitemap-1536x544.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Technical-SEO-checklist-Submit-XML-sitemap.png 1565w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1565px) 100vw, 1565px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">And you&#8217;re all done.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Make_Sure_Your_Website_is_Completely_Mobile_Friendly\"><\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">2. Make Sure Your Website is Completely Mobile Friendly<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The next thing you have to check is whether your website is mobile-friendly or not.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">But why?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Currently, more than\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink external\" href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/seo-statistics\/#mobile-seo-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">50%<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0of all <a href=\"https:\/\/zutrix.com\/blog\/drive-traffic-to-your-website\/\">website traffic<\/a> comes from mobile devices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">And the search usage on <a href=\"https:\/\/zutrix.com\/blog\/mobile-rank-tracking\/\">mobile devices<\/a> is increasing at a rapid pace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Even Google believes that mobile traffic will surpass desktop traffic by a massive margin within a few years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">And because of these reasons, Google announced in 2017 that they would start rolling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchenginejournal.com\/google-mobile-first-indexing\/346170\/\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">mobile-first indexing<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">By this time, Google has already started mobile-first indexing for most websites by default.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">So in case, if you already have or start a website today, but it&#8217;s not properly mobile-optimized, your website won&#8217;t even get indexed by Google.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">And Google might even penalize your website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">That&#8217;s why having a mobile-friendly website has become a necessity these days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">But the question is: <strong><em>how are you even going to figure out whether your website is mobile-friendly or not?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">There are plenty of free tools available on the market that can help you find out the mobile-friendliness of your site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The best and most recommended tool for this task is none other than Google&#8217;s mobile-friendly test tool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Head over to the tool, <strong>enter your website URL<\/strong>, and hit <strong>&#8220;Test URL&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-3695 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Google-mobile-friendly-test.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Google-mobile-friendly-test.png\" alt=\"Google mobile friendly test\" width=\"1910\" height=\"884\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271910%27%20height%3D%27884%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201910%20884%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271910%27%20height%3D%27884%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Google-mobile-friendly-test-200x93.png 200w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Google-mobile-friendly-test-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Google-mobile-friendly-test-400x185.png 400w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Google-mobile-friendly-test-600x278.png 600w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Google-mobile-friendly-test-768x355.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Google-mobile-friendly-test-800x370.png 800w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Google-mobile-friendly-test-1024x474.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Google-mobile-friendly-test-1200x555.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Google-mobile-friendly-test-1536x711.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Google-mobile-friendly-test.png 1910w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1910px) 100vw, 1910px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">And within a minute, you&#8217;ll be able to know whether your website is mobile-friendly or not.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-3696 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Technical-SEO-checklist-zutrix-mobile-friendly-test.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Technical-SEO-checklist-zutrix-mobile-friendly-test.png\" alt=\"Technical SEO checklist - zutrix mobile friendly test\" width=\"1912\" height=\"766\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271912%27%20height%3D%27766%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201912%20766%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271912%27%20height%3D%27766%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Technical-SEO-checklist-zutrix-mobile-friendly-test-200x80.png 200w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Technical-SEO-checklist-zutrix-mobile-friendly-test-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Technical-SEO-checklist-zutrix-mobile-friendly-test-400x160.png 400w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Technical-SEO-checklist-zutrix-mobile-friendly-test-600x240.png 600w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Technical-SEO-checklist-zutrix-mobile-friendly-test-768x308.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Technical-SEO-checklist-zutrix-mobile-friendly-test-800x321.png 800w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Technical-SEO-checklist-zutrix-mobile-friendly-test-1024x410.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Technical-SEO-checklist-zutrix-mobile-friendly-test-1200x481.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Technical-SEO-checklist-zutrix-mobile-friendly-test-1536x615.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Technical-SEO-checklist-zutrix-mobile-friendly-test.png 1912w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1912px) 100vw, 1912px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">If your website is already mobile-friendly, you&#8217;re good to go.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">But if it&#8217;s not, you have to work on this to make your website mobile-friendly.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Make_Sure_Crawlers_Can_Easily_Crawl_Your_Website\"><\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">3. Make Sure Crawlers Can Easily Crawl Your Website<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Crawl errors can destroy all of the hard work that you&#8217;ll do to make your website SEO optimized.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Because if the Google crawlers can&#8217;t even crawl your website, how are you even going to get indexed and show up on the search results?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">That&#8217;s why making sure your site doesn&#8217;t have any crawl errors is super crucial.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">But how are you even going to find out whether or not your site has crawl errors?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Thanks to the Google search console, you can easily find Crawl Errors under the coverage report.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Just head over to the Google search console and click on <strong>&#8220;Coverage&#8221;<\/strong> from the sidebar menu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-3697 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Crawl-errors.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Crawl-errors.png\" alt=\"Crawl errors\" width=\"1716\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271716%27%20height%3D%27541%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201716%20541%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271716%27%20height%3D%27541%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Crawl-errors-200x63.png 200w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Crawl-errors-300x95.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Crawl-errors-400x126.png 400w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Crawl-errors-600x189.png 600w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Crawl-errors-768x242.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Crawl-errors-800x252.png 800w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Crawl-errors-1024x323.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Crawl-errors-1200x378.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Crawl-errors-1536x484.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Crawl-errors.png 1716w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1716px) 100vw, 1716px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Then you&#8217;ll get a full report on what are the pages that are having crawling errors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">You can then go ahead and find out what is causing that crawl error and fix that as soon as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Improve_Page_Speed\"><\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">4. Improve Page Speed<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">If you&#8217;re learning about SEO, you might have heard that page speed matters a lot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">And that is true without any doubt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Page speed is one of the most crucial ranking factors of Google that you have to obey if you want your website to secure a spot on the first page of SERP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Even though Google hasn&#8217;t stated it officially, having a slow-loading site can even get your site penalized.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">No matter how good your content is or how well your website design is, everything is a complete waste if it doesn&#8217;t load quickly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In fact, Google announced in 2018 that they would make &#8220;PAGE SPEED&#8221; an <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/blog\/2010\/04\/using-site-speed-in-web-search-ranking\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">important ranking factor<\/a> for mobile search.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">And apart from that, Google has been rolling out another update called &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/zutrix.com\/blog\/core-web-vitals\/\">Core Web Vitals<\/a>&#8220;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This update will mainly focus on providing a better user experience to the users, and it&#8217;s currently partially been rolling out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Page speed also indirectly impacts this update.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In short: you have to make sure your website is loading reasonably fast if you want to rank on the SERP results.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">You can use\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink external\" href=\"https:\/\/pagespeed.web.dev\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pagespeed insights<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0or\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink external\" href=\"https:\/\/gtmetrix.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">GTMetricx<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0to find out the current loading speed of your site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-3698 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/PageSpeed-insights.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/PageSpeed-insights.png\" alt=\"PageSpeed insights\" width=\"1896\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271896%27%20height%3D%27546%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201896%20546%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271896%27%20height%3D%27546%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/PageSpeed-insights-200x58.png 200w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/PageSpeed-insights-300x86.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/PageSpeed-insights-400x115.png 400w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/PageSpeed-insights-600x173.png 600w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/PageSpeed-insights-768x221.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/PageSpeed-insights-800x230.png 800w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/PageSpeed-insights-1024x295.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/PageSpeed-insights-1200x346.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/PageSpeed-insights-1536x442.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/PageSpeed-insights.png 1896w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1896px) 100vw, 1896px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">If the current loading speed of your site is low (generally more than 3-4 seconds), you have to improve it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Here are a few strategies you can follow to make sure your website loads super fast:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Use a Strong And Fast Hosting Server<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">: Choosing the right hosting server is the most crucial aspect that impacts page speed. Always choose a hosting provider that provides fast servers and maximum uptime.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Compress And Optimize The Images:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The next thing you have to do is optimize the images on your site. Images are the heaviest part of any website, and they take around 80% of the total storage. It can take ages to load a website if the website is filled with high-resolution images. That&#8217;s why you should always upload compressed images. You can use tools like <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink external\" href=\"https:\/\/compresspng.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CompressPNG<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0or\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink external\" href=\"https:\/\/tinypng.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">TinyPNG<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0to compress your images.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Use Browser Caching:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Browser caching helps speed up your website by a considerable margin. When you visit a website, your browser takes some information about the particular page and saves that in your browser for some time, helping you to access the website much faster.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Use a Content Delivery Network (CDN):<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> If you&#8217;re getting traffic from all over the world, a content delivery network is a must for you. CDN is basically a group of servers spread across the globe that works together to provide fast content delivery in any part of the world. Cloudflare and KeyCDN are among the most popular CDN services that you can use.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_Fix_Broken_Links_on_Your_site\"><\/span>5. <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Fix Broken Links on Your site<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Broken links are the links that point to any non-existing page.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It does not just harm SEO negatively but also impacts your site&#8217;s user experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Having broken links is something we can&#8217;t control.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Generally, broken links occur naturally on a website when you link to any other page, but that page doesn&#8217;t exist anymore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It&#8217;s better to find and fix those links as soon as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">You might be thinking that finding and fixing broken links can be a hectic task.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Well, to be honest, it is (especially if you have a large website with hundreds of pages).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">However, there are tools and plugins available on the market that can be a total lifesaver for you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">If you have a WordPress website, you can use the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/broken-link-checker\/\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">broken link checker plugin<\/a> to find and fix your broken links.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-3699 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Broken-link-checker.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Broken-link-checker.png\" alt=\"Broken link checker\" width=\"1048\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271048%27%20height%3D%27538%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201048%20538%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271048%27%20height%3D%27538%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Broken-link-checker-200x103.png 200w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Broken-link-checker-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Broken-link-checker-400x205.png 400w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Broken-link-checker-600x308.png 600w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Broken-link-checker-768x394.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Broken-link-checker-800x411.png 800w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Broken-link-checker-1024x526.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.zutrix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Broken-link-checker.png 1048w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1048px) 100vw, 1048px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">And the best part is this plugin is totally free.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It&#8217;s one of the easiest and most effective ways to eliminate broken links from your site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">But if you don&#8217;t use a WordPress site, you can also use a Chrome extension called &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/check-my-links\/ojkcdipcgfaekbeaelaapakgnjflfglf\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">check my links<\/a>&#8221; to find broken links on your page.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6_Make_Sure_to_enable_HTTPS_on_your_site\"><\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">6. Make Sure to enable HTTPS on your site<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">HTTP and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HTTPS\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">HTTPS<\/a> are basically a protocol that helps to send data between a web browser and a website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">HTTPS stands for\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure <\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and is the secured version of HTTP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Most of the time, if you visit any website, you&#8217;ll see the website has HTTPS protocol before the domain name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In fact, if you just look at Zutrix&#8217;s URL structure, you&#8217;ll see this protocol before the domain name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Today, if you don&#8217;t have HTTPS protocol enabled on your website, you&#8217;re making a huge mistake.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Although it doesn&#8217;t affect the indexability of your site, it does affect the overall SEO ranking of your site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In fact, Google also confirmed that they use HTTPS as a lightweight ranking factor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Apart from that, having an HTTP on your site hurts the trust of your site since it&#8217;s not secured.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">So, in short: not having HTTPS can cause a lot of headaches for you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">You can use\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sslforfree.com\/\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">SSL for free <\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">or\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudflare.com\/\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Cloudflare<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0to enable HTTPS on your site for free.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Alternatively, many hosting providers also provide free HTTPS encryption with their hosting plan, so you can check this with your hosting provider as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"7_Use_Canonical_Tags\"><\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">7. Use Canonical Tags<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The issue of duplicate content is something we all have faced at least once in our lifetime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">We often unknowingly have duplicate content on our site that can hurt our SEO very negatively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">If possible, you should always delete those duplicate contents from your site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">However, if some content can&#8217;t be deleted, you can use the Canonical Tags for those contents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Canonical tags are basically a snippet of HTML code that defines the main page for that duplicate page.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It&#8217;s a standard procedure that has been used by many giant sites and eCommerce stores to avoid duplicate content issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">If you&#8217;re using WordPress, you can easily define the canonical URL of any page using <a href=\"https:\/\/zutrix.com\/blog\/wordpress-seo-plugins\/\">plugins like Yoast SEO<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">However, if you&#8217;re using some other CMS or custom-built website, you have to include it manually.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"8_Focus_on_Having_a_Clear_Website_Structure\"><\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">8. Focus on Having a Clear Website Structure<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Having a clear website structure is important not only for SEO but also for the overall user experience of your site.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A clean and clear website structure helps your users and search engines to navigate through your website easily.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It&#8217;s one of the most critical of this technical SEO checklist you have to do if you want to rank higher on competitive keywords.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It doesn&#8217;t matter whether you have a large website with too many pages or a small website. You should have your pages organized and create a clean website structure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Take a pen and paper and draw out the mind map of what your website structure should look like.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">And then organize your pages accordingly.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Technical_SEO_Checklist_Final_Words\"><\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Technical SEO Checklist: Final Words<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Technical SEO is the backbone of search engine optimization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It&#8217;s the first thing you should do on your website before jumping into on-page optimization or backlink building.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Because without a strong core, you can&#8217;t win in this competitive SEO field.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">You can use this technical SEO checklist to level up your technical SEO game and optimize your site accordingly.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technical SEO is the core of search engine optimization. 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