{"id":16184,"date":"2026-09-04T05:20:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T05:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/?p=16184"},"modified":"2026-09-04T05:25:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T05:25:58","slug":"technical-seo-interview-questions-for-beginners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/technical-seo-interview-questions-for-beginners\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 20 Technical SEO Interview Questions for Beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"16184\" class=\"elementor elementor-16184\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa91591 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fa91591\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d49d89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d49d89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preparing for a Technical SEO interview? This guide covers 20 important beginner-level questions with simple, interview-ready answers. It is useful for SEO students, freshers, and entry-level SEO executives.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83d7036 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"83d7036\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27fcd7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"27fcd7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Table of Contents<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f362f66 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"f362f66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#content1\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">What is Technical SEO?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#content2\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">What is Crawling in SEO?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#content3\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">What is Googlebot?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#content4\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">What is Robots.txt?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#content5\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">What is an XML Sitemap?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#content6\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">What is the Difference Between Crawling and Indexing?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#content7\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">What is a Canonical Tag?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#content8\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">What are HTTP Status Codes?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#content9\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">What is a 301 Redirect?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#content10\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">What is a 404 Error?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#content11\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">What is HTTPS?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#content12\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">What are Core Web Vitals?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#content13\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">What is Page Speed?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#content14\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">What is Mobile-First Indexing?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#content15\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">What is Structured Data?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#content16\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">What is an Hreflang Tag?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#content17\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">What is an Orphan Page?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#content18\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">What is an SEO-Friendly URL?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#content19\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">What are Internal Links?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#content20\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Which Tools are Used for Technical SEO?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-381163c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"381163c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"content1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f65ec1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f65ec1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. What is Technical SEO?\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc97793 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dc97793\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-Technical-SEO.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-16189\" alt=\"What is Technical SEO\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-Technical-SEO.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-Technical-SEO-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-Technical-SEO-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-Technical-SEO-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" style=\"width:100%;height:66.67%;max-width:1536px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-440cee5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"440cee5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Answer:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Technical SEO is the process of improving the technical aspects of a website so that search engines can <\/span>crawl, understand, index, and rank<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> its pages effectively.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Examples:<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improving website speed<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fixing crawl errors<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Optimizing robots.txt<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating XML sitemaps<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fixing broken links<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Implementing canonical tags<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improving mobile usability<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e649c79 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e649c79\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"content2\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4b53dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b4b53dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2. What is Crawling in SEO?\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e147a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9e147a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-Crawling-in-SEO.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-16188\" alt=\"What is Crawling in SEO\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-Crawling-in-SEO.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-Crawling-in-SEO-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-Crawling-in-SEO-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-Crawling-in-SEO-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" style=\"width:100%;height:66.67%;max-width:1536px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd7b5a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd7b5a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Answer:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Crawling is the process where search engine bots visit webpages and discover their content and links.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, <\/span><b>Googlebot<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> crawls websites to discover new or updated pages.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Examples:<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improving website speed<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fixing crawl errors<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Optimizing robots.txt<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating XML sitemaps<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fixing broken links<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Implementing canonical tags<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improving mobile usability<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55fbd27 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"55fbd27\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"content3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85c3894 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"85c3894\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3. What is Googlebot?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f052186 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f052186\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-Googlebot.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-16186\" alt=\"What is Googlebot\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-Googlebot.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-Googlebot-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-Googlebot-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-Googlebot-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" style=\"width:100%;height:66.67%;max-width:1536px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a238de7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a238de7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Answer:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Googlebot is Google&#8217;s web crawler. It discovers webpages by following links and accessing URLs so that Google can process their content.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Interview Tip:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Remember: <\/span><b>Googlebot = Google&#8217;s crawler.<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here you can learn complete guide on Technical SEO:<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/technical-seo-guide\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Technical SEO Guide for Beginners\u00a0 Speed, Schema &amp; Core Web Vitals<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43640c9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"43640c9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"content4\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09e5c7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"09e5c7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4. What is Robots.txt?\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cf5510 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8cf5510\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-Robots.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-16187\" alt=\"What is Robots\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-Robots.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-Robots-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-Robots-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-Robots-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" style=\"width:100%;height:66.67%;max-width:1536px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bac89d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9bac89d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Answer:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Robots.txt is a file that gives instructions to search engine crawlers about which areas or URLs they should or shouldn&#8217;t crawl.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example:<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">User-agent: *<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disallow: \/admin\/<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Important:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Robots.txt controls crawling; it is not a reliable method for preventing a URL from being indexed.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e470707 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e470707\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"content5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5f5ac4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b5f5ac4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5. What is an XML Sitemap?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15963af elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"15963af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-an-XML-Sitemap.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-16191\" alt=\"What is an XML Sitemap\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-an-XML-Sitemap.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-an-XML-Sitemap-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-an-XML-Sitemap-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-an-XML-Sitemap-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" style=\"width:100%;height:66.67%;max-width:1536px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9354c4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9354c4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Answer:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> An XML sitemap is a file containing important URLs that helps search engines discover pages on a website.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example:<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/example.com\/sitemap.xml<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is particularly useful for large websites, new websites, and websites with complex structures.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-145cfb6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"145cfb6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"content6\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e9f194 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7e9f194\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">6. What is the Difference Between Crawling and Indexing?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d9b9d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9d9b9d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-an-XML-Sitemap.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-16191\" alt=\"What is an XML Sitemap\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-an-XML-Sitemap.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-an-XML-Sitemap-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-an-XML-Sitemap-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-an-XML-Sitemap-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" style=\"width:100%;height:66.67%;max-width:1536px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4017357 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4017357\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Answer:<\/b><\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><b>Crawling<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><b>Indexing<\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Search engine discovers and accesses a URL<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Search engine processes and stores information about a page<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Done by crawlers such as Googlebot<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Happens after processing the page<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Focuses on discovery<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Focuses on inclusion in the search index<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Simple example:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Crawling = Google visits your page. Indexing = Google considers the page for its search index.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3685fe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b3685fe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"content7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a6bb07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2a6bb07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">7. What is a Canonical Tag?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2109ffb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2109ffb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-a-Canonical-Tag.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-16192\" alt=\"What is a Canonical Tag\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-a-Canonical-Tag.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-a-Canonical-Tag-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-a-Canonical-Tag-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-a-Canonical-Tag-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" style=\"width:100%;height:66.67%;max-width:1536px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdbe700 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fdbe700\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Answer:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A canonical tag tells search engines which URL is the <\/span><b>preferred version<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> when multiple URLs contain similar or duplicate content.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example:<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&lt;link rel=&#8221;canonical&#8221; href=&#8221;https:\/\/example.com\/product&#8221; \/&gt;<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canonical tags help consolidate signals toward the preferred URL.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59a4a62 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"59a4a62\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"content8\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f0b3ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6f0b3ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">8. What are HTTP Status Codes?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23bb4e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"23bb4e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-are-HTTP-Status-Codes.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-16193\" alt=\"What are HTTP Status Codes\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-are-HTTP-Status-Codes.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-are-HTTP-Status-Codes-300x164.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-are-HTTP-Status-Codes-768x419.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" style=\"width:100%;height:54.59%;max-width:1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87fe1de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"87fe1de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Answer:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> HTTP status codes tell browsers and search engines what happened when a URL was requested.<\/span><\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><b>Code<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><b>Meaning<\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">200<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Successful request<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">301<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Permanent redirect<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">302<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Temporary redirect<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">404<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Page not found<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">410<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Page permanently gone<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">500<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Server error<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p><b>Note:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A 410 tells search engines the removal is intentional and permanent, which can lead to faster de-indexing than a 404, where the page&#8217;s status is treated as uncertain.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8510b9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a8510b9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"content9\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91fe524 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"91fe524\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">9. What is a 301 Redirect?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37d7fff elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"37d7fff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-a-301-Redirect.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-16195\" alt=\"What is a 301 Redirect\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-a-301-Redirect.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-a-301-Redirect-300x164.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-a-301-Redirect-768x419.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" style=\"width:100%;height:54.59%;max-width:1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52670fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52670fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Answer:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A <\/span><b>301 redirect<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> permanently redirects one URL to another.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Example:<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">example.com\/old-page<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2192 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">example.com\/new-page<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is commonly used when a page&#8217;s URL is permanently changed.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cda003 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2cda003\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"content10\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cef081 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1cef081\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">10. What is a 404 Error?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13a58ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"13a58ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-a-404-Error.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-16194\" alt=\"What is a 404 Error\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-a-404-Error.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-a-404-Error-300x164.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-a-404-Error-768x419.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" style=\"width:100%;height:54.59%;max-width:1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00d7556 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"00d7556\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Answer:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A 404 error means that the requested webpage could not be found.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example:<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">example.com\/old-product<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2192 <\/span><b>404 Not Found<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During an SEO audit, important broken URLs should be investigated and, where appropriate, restored or redirected to a relevant replacement.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-318b02e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"318b02e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"content11\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cae94bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cae94bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">11. What is HTTPS?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a76e153 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a76e153\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-HTTPS.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-16196\" alt=\"What is HTTPS\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-HTTPS.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-HTTPS-300x164.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-HTTPS-768x419.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" style=\"width:100%;height:54.59%;max-width:1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4cefcf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4cefcf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Answer:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> HTTPS is a secure version of HTTP that encrypts communication between the website and the visitor.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HTTPS helps provide:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Better security<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">User trust<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Protection of data<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google has confirmed HTTPS as a <\/span><b>minor ranking signal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 its main SEO value comes from the trust and security it provides to users.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-765096e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"765096e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"content12\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-769f652 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"769f652\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">12. What are Core Web Vitals?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-684d02b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"684d02b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-are-Core-Web-Vitals.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-16197\" alt=\"What are Core Web Vitals\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-are-Core-Web-Vitals.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-are-Core-Web-Vitals-300x164.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-are-Core-Web-Vitals-768x419.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" style=\"width:100%;height:54.59%;max-width:1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e10e38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e10e38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Answer:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Core Web Vitals are Google&#8217;s metrics for measuring important aspects of webpage experience.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The current Core Web Vitals are:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 loading performance<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>INP (Interaction to Next Paint)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 responsiveness<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 visual stability<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad4ed87 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ad4ed87\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"content13\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ed2122 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2ed2122\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">13. What is Page Speed?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1d091f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c1d091f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-Page-Speed.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-16198\" alt=\"What is Page Speed\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-Page-Speed.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-Page-Speed-300x164.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-Page-Speed-768x419.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" style=\"width:100%;height:54.59%;max-width:1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-774ee91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"774ee91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Answer:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Page speed refers to how quickly a webpage loads and becomes usable.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A slow website can create a poor user experience and can affect search performance.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Ways to improve speed:<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Compress images<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reduce unnecessary JavaScript<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use browser caching<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Optimize CSS<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use a CDN where appropriate<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-752ba38 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"752ba38\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"content14\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9360988 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9360988\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">14. What is Mobile-First Indexing?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1eee40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f1eee40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-Mobile-First-Indexing.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-16199\" alt=\"What is Mobile-First Indexing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-Mobile-First-Indexing.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-Mobile-First-Indexing-300x164.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-Mobile-First-Indexing-768x419.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" style=\"width:100%;height:54.59%;max-width:1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6d9db8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f6d9db8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Answer:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mobile-first indexing means Google primarily uses the <\/span><b>mobile version of a website&#8217;s content<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for indexing and ranking.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, your mobile website should contain the important content and SEO elements available on the desktop version.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ab39ac e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2ab39ac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"content15\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d237315 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d237315\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">15. What is Structured Data?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b87679 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0b87679\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-Structured-Data.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-16200\" alt=\"What is Structured Data\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-Structured-Data.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-Structured-Data-300x164.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-Structured-Data-768x419.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" style=\"width:100%;height:54.59%;max-width:1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-882bcf8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"882bcf8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Answer:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Structured data is code that helps search engines better understand the content of a webpage.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Common types include:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Product<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Article<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Event<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organization<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Breadcrumb<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Local Business<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Structured data can make a page eligible for certain <\/span><b>rich search results<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, although it does not guarantee that Google will display them.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-415bef8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"415bef8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"content16\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a2e19b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a2e19b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">16. What is an Hreflang Tag?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a7a2b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a7a2b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Answer:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hreflang<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> attribute helps search engines understand which version of a webpage is intended for a particular <\/span><b>language or region<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, a website may have separate versions for:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">English \u2013 India<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">English \u2013 USA<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">French \u2013 France<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is especially useful for international and multilingual websites.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e38ada5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e38ada5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"content17\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6f34c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d6f34c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">17. What is an Orphan Page?\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6bb0b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d6bb0b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-an-Orphan-Page.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-16201\" alt=\"What is an Orphan Page\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-an-Orphan-Page.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-an-Orphan-Page-300x164.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-an-Orphan-Page-768x419.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" style=\"width:100%;height:54.59%;max-width:1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fef6ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0fef6ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Answer:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> An orphan page is a webpage that has <\/span><b>no internal links pointing to it<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from other pages on the website.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These pages can be difficult for users and search engines to discover.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Solution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Add relevant internal links to important orphan pages.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-303da7b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"303da7b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"content18\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39550b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"39550b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">18. What is an SEO-Friendly URL?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a997c5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a997c5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-an-SEO-Friendly-URL.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-16202\" alt=\"What is an SEO-Friendly URL\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-an-SEO-Friendly-URL.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-an-SEO-Friendly-URL-300x164.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-is-an-SEO-Friendly-URL-768x419.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" style=\"width:100%;height:54.59%;max-width:1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c81625a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c81625a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Answer:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> An SEO-friendly URL is short, descriptive, readable, and relevant to the page content.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Good URL:<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">example.com\/technical-seo-guide<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Poor URL:<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">example.com\/page?id=92837<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03bbc6d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"03bbc6d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"content19\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d03f64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8d03f64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">19. What are Internal Links?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08e3451 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"08e3451\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-are-Internal-Links.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-16203\" alt=\"What are Internal Links\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-are-Internal-Links.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-are-Internal-Links-300x164.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/What-are-Internal-Links-768x419.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" style=\"width:100%;height:54.59%;max-width:1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5811ad5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5811ad5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Answer:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Internal links connect one webpage to another webpage on the <\/span><b>same website<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They help:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Users navigate the website<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Search engines discover pages<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Establish website structure<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Distribute internal link equity<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Example:<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A blog about SEO can internally link to a page about <\/span><b>Technical SEO Services<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17f34e1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"17f34e1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"content20\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c596f52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c596f52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">20. Which Tools are Used for Technical SEO?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9eff0c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9eff0c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Which-Tools-are-Used-for-Technical-SEO.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-16204\" alt=\"Which Tools are Used for Technical SEO\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Which-Tools-are-Used-for-Technical-SEO.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Which-Tools-are-Used-for-Technical-SEO-300x164.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.digitaldiscovery.institute\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Which-Tools-are-Used-for-Technical-SEO-768x419.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" style=\"width:100%;height:54.59%;max-width:1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ec9e43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ec9e43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Answer:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Some popular Technical SEO tools include:<\/span><\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><b>Tool<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><b>Main Use<\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Search Console<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Search performance and indexing<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google PageSpeed Insights<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Page performance<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screaming Frog<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Website crawling and technical audits<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Analytics<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Traffic and user behavior<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bing Webmaster Tools<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bing search performance<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Rich Results Test<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Checking rich-result eligibility<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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