SEO & GEO guides
Practical write-ups tied to real checks — not recycled “10 tips” fluff or invented authority scores. Use them with our free tools and technical audit.
- 4 min readSitemaps
XML sitemaps that actually help (and how to validate them)
Google already said it: good internal links discover most sites. Sitemaps help the awkward cases — if the file isn’t lying.
- 4 min readHTTPS
SSL days and security headers — what actually matters for SEO
Expired certs create interstitials. Missing CSP usually doesn’t. Fix days remaining before you debate header trivia.
- 4 min readAdSense
AdSense readiness: an honest checklist (not a guarantee)
Reviewers look for a real site. No checker can promise approval — including ours.
- 4 min readGEO
GEO and llms.txt: a practical guide for site owners
GEO is mostly clear writing and fetchable pages. llms.txt is a curated brief — not a Google ranking factor.
- 4 min readDomains
Check domain history before you buy (Wayback + WHOIS)
Domain age isn’t a strategy. Open the archive for the weird years before you wire the money.
- 4 min readCrawl
robots.txt vs noindex vs canonical — which signal to use
Three different jobs. The expensive mistake is blocking fetch so Google never sees your noindex.
- 4 min readTechnical SEO
Technical SEO checklist before you launch (or relaunch)
Most launch disasters aren’t ‘the algorithm.’ They’re staging noindex, a dead cert, or Disallow: / that nobody re-read.
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