SEO Guides & Tips
Practical, no-fluff guides to fixing your site's SEO.
- What Is AEO? Answer Engine Optimization Explained
AEO is optimizing to be quoted by ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Overviews rather than just ranked. What it is, how it differs from SEO, and what actually moves it.
- How to Get Your Site Cited by ChatGPT and Perplexity
A practical checklist for becoming a source an AI answer engine quotes: crawlability, extractable answers, specificity, and the measurement that actually works.
- robots.txt for AI Crawlers: GPTBot & ClaudeBot
Which AI crawlers exist, how to allow or block them in robots.txt, and the Google-Extended misconception that costs sites AI Overview citations.
- How to Monitor Your Website for SEO Changes
SEO regressions ship silently: a deploy strips a title, adds a noindex, breaks schema. Here's how to monitor your site for SEO changes, free and paid ways.
- How to Find & Fix Broken Links (2026)
Broken links waste crawl budget, frustrate visitors, and leak link equity. Here's how to find and fix 404s across your whole site, fast.
- How to Write the Perfect Title Tag (2026 Guide)
Your title tag is the most important on-page SEO element. Here's how to write titles that rank and get clicked — length rules, keyword placement, and templates.
- Image SEO: Alt Text & Compression (2026)
Images are an easy SEO win most sites ignore. Here's how to optimize alt text, file names, and image size for rankings, accessibility, and speed.
- Core Web Vitals: How to Pass Them (2026)
Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, and CLS) are a Google ranking factor. Here's what each one means, the thresholds to hit, and how to pass them.
- How to Fix a Missing Meta Description
A missing meta description hurts your click-through rate. Here's how to write and add one in minutes, with examples and length rules.
- What's a Good SEO Score? How to Improve It
What an SEO score actually measures, what counts as a good score, and the fixes that raise yours quickly.
- Best Free SEO Audit Tools in 2026
The best free tools to audit your website's SEO in 2026, from instant on-page checkers to full crawlers. Our top picks and what each is for.
- Robots.txt & Sitemaps for Small Sites
What robots.txt and sitemap.xml do, why your small business site needs them, and how to set them up correctly (with common mistakes to avoid).
- How to Improve Page Speed (2026 Guide)
Slow site? Here are the most effective ways to improve page speed in 2026: Core Web Vitals, images, hosting, and caching, in plain English.
- What Is Technical SEO? A Beginner's Guide
Technical SEO explained simply: what it is, why it matters, and the checklist of fixes that help Google crawl, index, and rank your site.
- Local SEO for Small Business (2026 Guide)
How small businesses rank in local search in 2026: Google Business Profile, reviews, local pages, and citations, step by step.
- Schema Markup & Structured Data Guide
Schema markup (structured data) can win rich results like stars, FAQs, and prices in Google. Learn what it is, which types matter, and how to add JSON-LD.