What's the first technical SEO error you check on the new site?

I usually start with the crawl errors, broken links, proper indexing, XML sitemap, robots.txt, page speed, and mobile usability. These are some techical SEO factor on which I have focused more.
 
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Elowyn said:
Hi,
I am working on new website and need to know what are the important technical error should be optimized.
So, i want to listen from you that what kind of technical errors you check on your website? Waiting for your replies.
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Preventing any form of crawling leakage should be first on your list, as such issues are merely symptom rather than causes. The causes of the problem could include errors such as 404s and redirects, which affect googlebots ability to reach a certain page. Link equity needs to flow effortlessly throughout the website as well, and core page must be reachable in no more than three clicks from the homepage.
 
Elowyn said:
Hi,
I am working on new website and need to know what are the important technical error should be optimized.
So, i want to listen from you that what kind of technical errors you check on your website? Waiting for your replies.
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I check for broken links and the sitemap so I can make sure my websites are crawled.
 
First thing I check is indexing and crawlability.
If Google can’t properly crawl the site nothing else really matters.
 
The first thing I check is whether the site can be crawled and indexed properly. Issues like blocked pages in robots.txt, noindex tags, broken internal links and sitemap errors can prevent pages from ranking no matter how good the content is
 
The first thing I check is how the site appears in Google's index - with "www" or without "www".
The reason is that sometimes Google indexes a page with "www" when the site doesn't use "www", or with "http" when the site doesn't use "http".
To check this, run the query - site:websitename.com in Google using a private browser window.
 
everyone covered the basics like canonicals and robots.txt but one thing i always check on new setups is server response codes for dead pages. make sure your site actually returns a real 404 and not a soft 404 where it shows a "not found" page but still returns a 200 status... google hates those. also if you are on cheaper hosting, block the useless crawlers like semrush and other seo bots in your robots file. no point letting them eat your server resources when you need googlebot to get a fast response time.
 
The first thing I check on a new site is whether google can find and read it without problems, many people forget the most basic things and then wonder why they're not ranking, the first step is to look at the robots.txt file, which is like the site's gatekeeper, if it's misconfigured, it can be blocking search engines without you realizing it, a common mistake is having a disallow: / that tells google not to enter, and that's how you get an invisible site.

The second thing I check is whether the version google sees is the one you want, sometimes the site loads with both www and non www at the same time, or with http and https, and that creates duplicate content, ideally, everything should point to a single version, generally the one with an SSL certificate and www, I also check that the sitemap.xml file exists and is up to date, if there's no sitemap, google will still find your pages, but it takes much longer, especially on new sites where every day counts.
 
first thing you must check on a brand new site is the indexation status and crawl blocks because if the search engines cannot access or read your pages correctly none of your other on page optimization or link building efforts will matter at all
 
the first thing I would check on a new site is whether search engine can actually access and index web pages.
 
First things to check are crawl errors, broken links, page speed, mobile usability, these typ eof basic errors. Fixing those has usually given me the biggest improvements.
 
Page speed, cannibalization for different pages, broken links
 
Indexing and crawlability issues-robots.txt, noindex tags and sitemap errors
 
First thing I check is whether the site is actually crawlable and indexable.
 
First thing I check is crawl index issues robots.
txt noindex tags and sitemap setup.
If that’s wrong, nothing else matters.
 
Elowyn said:
Hi,
I am working on new website and need to know what are the important technical error should be optimized.
So, i want to listen from you that what kind of technical errors you check on your website? Waiting for your replies.
Click to expand...
I always start with crawlability indexing core web vital internal linking broken link canonical and XML sitemaps.
 
I usually check page speed, Core Web Vitals, mobile-friendliness, crawlability, indexing, broken links, redirects, sitemap, robots.txt, HTTPS, and schema. These are the key technical SEO checks.
 
The first thing I check is whether important pages can actually be crawled and indexed.
 
I always start with indexing. If Google can't crawl or index the site, nothing else matters.
 
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