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Technical SEOin the Real World
Barry Adams
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“This guy is a dick.”- A client’s lead dev
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What is ‘Technical SEO?’
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Web Search Engines
Crawler Indexer Ranker
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The Three Pillars of SEO
TechnologyRelevancy
Authority
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Relation to Web Search
Technology Crawler
Relevancy Indexer
Authority Query Engine
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Relation to Web Search
Technology Crawler
Relevancy Indexer
Authority Query Engine
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1. TechnologyTechnical SEO is about;
• Crawl optimisation• Load speed• Mobile SEO• JavaScript• International SEO
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2. Relevancy
On-page SEO is about;
• Keyword/topical focus• Information Architecture• Page structure• Content quality• Structured Data• Accessibility
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3. Authority
Authority & Ranking is about;
• Link building• Internal linking• Social signals
• Spamming the shit out of Google
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Technical SEOPuzzles and Fixes
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Structured Data & Rich Snippets
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Lesson Learned
JavaScript is Evil.
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Lesson Learned
If you want rich snippets in Google,
put schema.org markup in the <head>
section of the page’s HTML source code.
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Lesson Learned
JavaScript above the schema.org markup
may break Google’s processing of the
structured data.
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Hreflang
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Web Search Engines
Crawler Indexer Ranker
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Two-Stage Indexing
CrawlerIndexer
Ranker
1
2
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1st Stage: HTML Source
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2nd Stage: Web Rendering Service
https://developers.google.com/search/docs/guides/rendering
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Raw HTML Source Code
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Fully Rendered Page
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An <iframe> is always expected to be in the <body> of a page
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An <iframe> is always expected to be in the <body> of a page
When an <iframe> is seen in the <head>, Google assumes the <head> has ended and the <body> has begun.
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An <iframe> is always expected to be in the <body> of a page
When an <iframe> is seen in the <head>, Google assumes the <head> has ended and the <body> has begun.
And <hreflang> tags don’t work when they’re in the <body> of the page.
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Lesson Learned
JavaScript is Evil.
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Lesson Learned
Be very careful with JavaScript that
inserts <iframe> tags in the <head>
of a page’s rendered code.
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Automatic Geo-Redirects
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dw-world.de >> dw.de
Visibility in google.de
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dw.de >> dw.com
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WTF!?!dw.de >> dw.com
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Automatic IP Redirects
http://www.dw.com …/de/302 redirect
http://www.dw.com …/en/302 redirect
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Googlebot
http://www.dw.com …/en/302 redirect
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Lesson Learned
Automatic geographic IP redirects
are almost always
a Very Bad Idea.
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Lesson Learned
Ensure your entire multinational website
can be crawled by US-based search
engine crawlers.
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Load Speed
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Google Search Console: Crawl Stats
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GTmetrix.com
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GTmetrix.com
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WebPageTest.org
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WebPageTest.org
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Load Speed Optimisations
Slow:
• 67 JavaScript calls• 1.7 MB (compressed)• 5.8 MB (uncompressed)
Fast:
• 12 JavaScript calls• 0.2 MB (compressed)• 0.5 MB (uncompressed)
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Load Speed Optimisations
Slow:
• 67 JavaScript calls• 1.7 MB (compressed)• 5.8 MB (uncompressed)
Fast:
• 12 JavaScript calls• 0.2 MB (compressed)• 0.5 MB (uncompressed)
55 fewer JS calls-88% compressed
-91% uncompressed
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Sistrix.com
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Sistrix.com
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Lesson Learned
JavaScript is Evil.
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Lesson Learned
Faster website = more pages
crawled by Google in the same
amount of time.
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Lesson Learned
Improving load speed has multiple
benefits beyond a better user
experience.
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Redirects
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Redirects
Ayima Redirect Path
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The parameter d is a damping factor which can be set between 0 and 1. We usually set d to 0.85
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Webpage A
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Webpage A
<a href="webpageA.html">
<a href="webpageA.html">
<a href="webpageA.html">
100% Link Value
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Webpage A Webpage B
<a href="webpageb.html">
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Webpage A Webpage B
<a href="webpageb.html">
100% Link Value 85% Link Value
PageRankDampingFactor
-15%
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Redirects
DeepCrawl.com
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“The amount of PageRank that dissipates through a 301 is currently identical to the amount of PageRank that dissipates through a link.”
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Lesson Learned
Redirects bleed link value.
Minimising (internal) redirects preserves
link value and can help improve traffic.
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Key Takeaways:
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The Devil is in the Details.
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The Root Cause of a Technical SEO Issue Isn’t Always Obvious.
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It Helps to Understand How Search Engines Work.
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It Helps to UnderstandHow The Web Works.
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JavaScript is Evil.
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Barry Adams➢ Doing SEO since 1998➢ Specialist in Technical SEO & News SEO➢ Co-Chief Editor at StateofDigital.com➢ Columnist for SearchEngineLand.com