Crawl a defined scope, trace findings to affected URLs and links, prioritize the next investigation, and compare later runs in one technical SEO workflow.
01Technical SEO audit
Run a technical SEO audit on four layers of every URL.
The rendered page is only the surface. Underneath sit the signals search engines evaluate: head directives like canonical and robots, status codes and redirects, and the internal links that carry authority.
Layer inspector
What visitors see in the browser.
No issues on this layer
Every finding stays attached to its technical layer and affected URLs, so the recommendation remains inspectable.
02Prioritize fixes
Prioritize technical SEO fixes by scope and severity.
Compare affected scope, severity, and connected evidence before choosing what deserves attention first. The queue keeps that reasoning visible instead of sorting work only by discovery time.
03Re-crawl and monitor
Re-crawl after each fix and monitor for regressions.
After the change ships, a comparable crawl shows whether the finding resolved, remained open, or returned. That verifies the observed technical state without claiming that the crawl alone proves cause or ranking impact.
05Technical SEO checklist
What the technical SEO audit checks.
Site Audit crawls the pages in your chosen scope and records the signals below for every URL. Each finding keeps its affected URLs, so the checklist stays tied to evidence.
Crawlability and indexability
Robots directives, noindex, and canonical tags show whether a page can be crawled and which URL should be indexed.
Status codes and redirects
4xx and 5xx responses, redirect chains, and fetch timing for every crawled URL.
Internal links
Broken internal links, orphan pages, and click depth show how authority and crawlers move through the site.
Titles, descriptions, and hreflang
Title tags, meta descriptions, and hreflang annotations, checked page by page.
Structured data
Which structured data types a page carries and where the markup has problems.
Page performance
Performance measurements for crawled pages, kept next to the technical findings.
Technical SEO questions
What is technical SEO?
Technical SEO covers everything that lets search engines crawl, render, and index a site: status codes, redirects, canonical and robots directives, internal links, structured data, and page performance. Content and backlinks decide what a page can rank for. Technical SEO decides whether search engines can reach and understand it at all.
What does a technical SEO audit check?
A technical SEO audit crawls the site and checks every URL for crawl and index signals, broken links and redirects, metadata, structured data, and performance. Crawl Foundry groups the findings by issue, shows every affected URL, and orders them by scope and severity.
How often should you run a technical SEO audit?
Run a full audit after every major release, migration, or template change, and a recurring crawl in between. Crawl Foundry can schedule recurring crawls and alert you when an issue appears or returns.
Does fixing technical SEO issues improve rankings?
It removes obstacles, but it does not guarantee a ranking change. A re-crawl shows whether the technical condition is fixed. Whether rankings follow depends on content, competition, and demand, so track those separately.
Technical SEO explained
A technical SEO checklist covering crawl access, status codes, indexable content, redirects and sitemaps. The video also explains why meeting the requirements does not guarantee indexing.