{"id":278,"date":"2026-07-16T21:45:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T21:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/?p=278"},"modified":"2026-07-16T21:45:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T21:45:15","slug":"the-technical-seo-checklist-every-website-owner-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/?p=278","title":{"rendered":"The Technical SEO Checklist Every Website Owner Needs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Technical SEO is the foundation your website is built on. Without it, no amount of content or links will help you rank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Checklist:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Submit your sitemap to Google Search Console<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Make sure every page has a unique title tag and meta description<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use HTTPS (SSL certificate)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fix all broken links (404 errors)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Make sure your site is mobile-friendly<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check your page speed and optimise slow pages<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use proper heading structure (H1, H2, H3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add alt text to every image<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Set up proper redirects when pages move<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Block pages you do not want indexed (admin, thank you pages)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check your robots.txt file<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Make sure your site has no duplicate content<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Run this checklist once a quarter. Fix what you find. Your rankings will improve. This is not optional. This is the price of admission to Google.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Need Help?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I set up and manage Google Business Profiles for local businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Call: 067 863 2867<br>Email: hello@mvisionweb.co.za<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technical SEO is the foundation your website is built on. Without it, no amount of content or links will help you rank. Checklist: Run this checklist once a quarter. Fix what you find. Your rankings will improve. This is not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technical-seo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=278"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279,"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278\/revisions\/279"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.mvisionweb.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}