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Technical SEO blog: workflows and evidence (page 3)
Practical posts on audits, free tools, and answer-engine crawlers — written to be checked, not believed.
Technical SEO
Canonical tags: why Google treats rel=canonical as a hint, and the mistakes that make it ignore yours
A canonical tag is a hint Google weighs against redirects, links and sitemaps. Make every signal agree.
Technical SEO
Redirect chains and loops: 301 vs 302 vs 308, and how many hops is too many
Use 301 or 308 for permanent moves, redirect straight to the final URL, and keep any chain under five hops.
Technical SEO
XML sitemaps: lastmod honesty, size limits, and what Google ignores
Google ignores priority and changefreq. lastmod only counts when it is true. Keep each file under 50,000 URLs and 50MB.
Technical SEO
HTTP status codes for SEO: 404 vs 410, soft 404s, 5xx, and 429
Google treats 404 and 410 the same. 5xx and 429 slow crawling. A 200 error page is a soft 404.
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