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7 Sitemap Examples: XML, HTML, and Visual Sitemaps
See XML, HTML, and visual sitemap examples from real sites—plus guidance on what to include in yours.
Technical SEO
Technical SEO is key to helping search engines find, crawl, and index the pages on your site. Check out these resources to learn how to improve your site’s speed, crawlability, indexability, and more.
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What Are URL Parameters? A Guide on How to Use Them
URL parameters are added to URLs to control how websites show content, apply filters, or track activity.
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How Do Technical SEO Factors Impact AI Search? [Study]
This study examines which technical SEO factors show measurable correlations with AI citations, and where long-held assumptions start to blur.
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XML Sitemap: What It Is And How To Generate One
An XML sitemap helps search engines discover and crawl your URLs. Learn what sitemap.xml looks like, how to generate, validate, and submit it in Google Search Console.
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How Python Can Create Better Content Briefs and Improve SEO
With a bit of Python, some handpicked keywords from Semrush, and a little ingenuity, you can create the best content in your niche. Here‘s how you can use Python to boost SEO performance.
Technical SEO11 min read
How To Untangle the Website Architecture of a Site with 500,000+ Pages
A confusing website architecture doesn‘t just confuse Google, it impacts profits. Find out how to apply a data-driven approach to improve website structure (regardless of the size of your site).
Technical SEO8 min read
Pagination: You’re Doing It Wrong! (Part 1)
There seems to still be a lot of confusion surrounding the issue of pagination — what it is, what’s its real purpose, when should it be employed, how to implement it properly, should it be combined with a canonical and more. This first part of a series of three articles will help you navigate through and answer all of your pagination questions.
Technical SEO7 min read
Keyword Cannibalization: How To Keep It From Harming Your On-Site SEO
This post will describe the phenomenon of keyword cannibalization, show you how to see if it is occurring using Semrush, and how to protect against it in the future to maintain high rankings in the SERPs.
Technical SEO7 min read
How To Use Testing To Optimize Your SERP CTR
Without experimentation, it isn‘t possible for us to discover more innovative ways of capturing attention in the search results. For that reason, we decided to offer you five steps below that you can use to run experiments on your SERP listings and optimize them in ways you wouldn‘t otherwise be able to. Let‘s get started.
Technical SEO9 min read
4 UX Analysis Principles for SEOs
What do you need to do if you don‘t have enough knowledge about UX? What if you don‘t have the skillset? The problem is that normally UX analysis is not part of the SEO skillset. But UX is not more than just focusing on the visitor. If you want to get your hands dirty with UX and analytics, the 4 principles explained below will be a good starting point for you.