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Technical SEO Wins for Fast-Loading Sites
A focused checklist for improving crawlability, Core Web Vitals, and on-page structure without bloating your stack.
Fast sites do not happen by accident. They happen when technical SEO and engineering work together from day one. Here is a compact playbook you can apply to most modern stacks.
1) Make the crawl path obvious
- Keep a clean, flat URL structure.
- Use canonical URLs consistently.
- Ship an XML sitemap and a readable robots.txt.
2) Pass Core Web Vitals before you optimize everything else
Prioritize:
- LCP: reduce hero image weight and preconnect critical origins.
- INP: split heavy scripts and avoid long tasks.
- CLS: reserve space for media and UI components.
3) Structure content for intent
Search engines reward clarity. Use a single H1, descriptive subheadings, and short paragraphs. Make it easy to scan and easy to cite.
4) Log and measure the change
Track improvements in:
- Crawl stats and index coverage.
- Page speed audits.
- Rankings for priority queries.
If you need a hand with auditing or remediation, I can help map fixes to impact and move quickly.