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11 SEO checks you can do in under 3 seconds
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I wanted to make this email as valuable as possible for you (as always!). So here are 11 things you can do with the SEO Pro extension in under 3 seconds (because your time is super valuable, my SEO friend). 1️⃣ See all main page information at a glance, including:✅ Title tag ✅ Meta description ✅ Canonical URL ✅ Meta robots ✅ Core Web Vitals ✅ Word count on the page 2️⃣ Export page copy in 1 click:You can then use it for further analysis. Sooooo simple! 3️⃣ Instantly check Core Web Vitals metrics for a pageThe SEO Pro extension shows the Core Web Vitals: • LCP (largest contentful paint) • INP (interaction to next paint) • CLS (cumulative layout shift)
4️⃣ Quickly spot indexing and canonicalization issuesSEO Pro will show you: • If meta-robots is set to ‘noindex’ • Canonical is different from the page URL 5️⃣ Easily analyze the headings hierarchy✅ See how many H1s on the page ✅ Spot any heading opportunities your competitors are using. 💡 Export all the headings found on a page in a CSV with just 1 click! 6️⃣ See status codes and redirect chains at a glanceInstantly check the page HTTP response. 💪 Pro tip: You can also check if the most common duplicates – like http/https and www/non-www – are handled properly on the website you’re analyzing. 7️⃣ Get the number of links on a page, their type and anchor text✅ Internal links ✅ External links ✅Anchor text for each of these links 💪 Pro tip: Export the links and their anchor text for further analysis 8️⃣ Highlight nofollow links on a pageYou can easily see nofollow links on any page with the SEO Pro extension. 9️⃣ Spot missing images Alt tagsOn the Images tab, you can easily see the alt tags of the images on a page. It will help you quickly spot the images that are missing alt tags. 💪 Pro tip: Export all images along with their dimensions in a CSV in 1 click for further analysis 🔟 See what a page preview will look like when shared on social mediaNo need to look for Open graph tags in the source code anymore! The SEO pro extension will show you the preview image, website, title and description of any page so that you can make sure it looks great when you share it online. 1️⃣1️⃣ Check schema markupSEO Pro extension makes it easy for you to check all types of Schema markup so that you don’t need to open the Rich Snippets tool and wait minutes for it to show the results. If you're not using this free SEO Pro extension yet, get it here - Chrome, Mozilla. |
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