Technical SEO
« Back to Glossary IndexThe optimization of a website’s technical aspects to improve search rankings.
Crawling: The process by which search engines scan websites to understand their content.
Indexing: The process of storing web pages in the search engine database to appear in search results.
Canonical URL: A tag used to tell search engines which URL is the main version of a page to avoid duplicate content issues.
Meta Tags: HTML elements that provide information about a webpage to search engines (e.g., title tags and meta descriptions).
Schema Markup: A structured data code that helps search engines understand the context of content.
XML Sitemap: A file that lists all URLs on a website, helping search engines index content.
Robots.txt: A file that instructs search engines which parts of a website to crawl and index.