Technical SEO Analysis
SEOGEO Tools performs comprehensive technical SEO checks to ensure your site is properly configured for search engines.
What It Is
Technical SEO analysis examines the infrastructure of your website to identify issues that could prevent search engines from properly crawling, indexing, and ranking your content.
Checks Performed
Sitemap Analysis
| Check | Description |
|---|---|
| Sitemap exists | Is sitemap.xml present and accessible |
| Format valid | Correct XML structure |
| URLs included | Number and types of URLs |
| Last modified | Freshness of sitemap data |
| Submission status | Listed in robots.txt |
Indexability
| Check | Description |
|---|---|
| Robots meta | No blocking noindex tags |
| X-Robots header | Server-level indexing directives |
| Robots.txt | No blocking rules |
| HTTP status | 200 OK responses |
| Canonical consistency | Self-referencing or valid target |
Redirect Analysis
| Check | Description |
|---|---|
| Redirect chains | Multiple hops before destination |
| Redirect loops | Circular redirects |
| Status codes | 301 vs 302 usage |
| HTTPS redirects | HTTP to HTTPS properly configured |
| Mixed content | HTTP resources on HTTPS pages |
Hreflang Implementation
| Check | Description |
|---|---|
| Tags present | Hreflang annotations exist |
| Return tags | Bidirectional linking |
| Language codes | Valid ISO codes |
| x-default | Default fallback specified |
| URL consistency | Same pages across languages |
Canonical URLs
| Check | Description |
|---|---|
| Self-referencing | Pages canonical to themselves |
| Cross-domain | Canonicals pointing elsewhere |
| HTTPS consistency | HTTPS in canonical URLs |
| Parameter handling | Query strings in canonicals |
| Conflicting signals | Canonical vs noindex conflicts |
Running Technical Checks
During Audits
Technical SEO is checked automatically during site audits:
- Start a new audit or view existing
- Go to Audit Results > Technical
- View all checks and their status
- Go to Technical SEO in navigation
- Select check type (sitemap, canonicals, etc.)
- Click Run Check
- View results immediately
- Pass (green): No issues found
- Warning (yellow): Potential issues to review
- Fail (red): Critical issues to fix
- Affected URLs
- Current implementation
- Expected implementation
- Fix recommendations
- Missing or empty sitemap
- Invalid XML format
- URLs returning errors
- Not listed in robots.txt
- Accidental noindex tags
- Blocked by robots.txt
- Canonical pointing to different page
- HTTP status errors
- Long redirect chains (3+ hops)
- Redirect loops
- Incorrect status codes
- Missing HTTPS redirects
- Check after launches: Run technical checks after site updates
- Monitor regularly: Schedule weekly technical audits
- Fix critical first: Prioritize fails over warnings
- Validate fixes: Re-run checks after implementing fixes
On-Demand Checks
Run specific checks independently:
Understanding Results
Status Indicators
Issue Details
Click any issue to see: