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Technical Search Engine Optimisation

Rank higher.
Own your
organic search.

Most sites have fixable SEO problems that are silently costing them traffic every day. Inseo finds every issue, explains what it costs you, and gives you a clear path to fix it.

What does it check?
Page 1Rich snippetsSchema
93% of clicks go to the first page of results
functional medicine specialist New York
Google
Search results
#1
drwilliams-functional.com
Dr. Sarah Williams — Functional Medicine New York
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★★★★★
4.9 (142 reviews) · Appointments available
Schema ✓Rich snippet ✓FAQPage ✓
#2
integrativehealth.nyc
Functional Medicine & Integrative Health Clinic
Specialist functional medicine consultations in Manhattan. Evidence-based approach to chronic conditions...
Meta optimised ✓H1 clear ✓
yoursite.com
Not appearing in top 10
No meta description set · Google is writing its own · No schema · Missing H1 on 3 pages · Slow LCP
6 issues blocking ranking
yoursite.com has traffic-ready content but is missing the technical signals that get it ranked
Why SEO is harder than it looks

Good content isn't enough
if thetechnical layer is broken.

You can write excellent pages and still rank on page 3. Modern SEO requires three layers working together — and most sites have critical gaps in at least two of them.

How most people approach SEO
Write content. Add keywords. Hope.

Most site owners focus on writing more content and guessing which keywords to target. The technical layer — the signals Google actually uses to rank pages — goes unchecked.

Write and publish pages
Hope Google finds and ranks them
Check analytics and wonder why traffic isn't growing
What actually moves rankings
Technical + content + authority, all scored

Inseo audits all three layers simultaneously — giving you a scored breakdown of every issue affecting your rankings, ordered by impact, with a specific fix for each one.

Technical health: speed, crawlability, structured data
On-page: titles, metas, headings, keyword signals
Authority: internal links, E-E-A-T, PageRank flow
What SEO actually checks

Three layers that determine
where yourank.

SEO isn't one thing — it's three distinct layers that all have to work together. Most tools only check one or two. Inseo scores all three, on every page.

01 — Technical foundation
Google can find, crawl and index you cleanly

Page speed, Core Web Vitals, mobile usability, crawl budget, canonical signals, redirect chains, and server response codes all determine whether Google can process your pages in the first place — before content even comes into play.

3 redirect chains found. Google is wasting crawl budget on these pages instead of indexing your newest content.
02 — On-page signals
Every page tells Google exactly what it's about

Title tags, meta descriptions, heading hierarchy, image alt text, schema markup, keyword placement, and internal anchor text are the signals Google reads to decide which queries each page should rank for — and in what position.

8 pages have no meta description. Google is writing its own — often something unhelpful from the middle of the page.
03 — Authority & trust
Google has reason to rank you above competitors

Internal linking structure, E-E-A-T signals, authorship markup, backlink quality, and entity signals collectively tell Google that your site is a credible, trustworthy source — the final factor that separates page 1 from page 3.

5 pages receive no internal links. They rank for almost nothing and are rarely crawled.
◆ Our difference

Everyone checks your titles.
We check what'sunderneath them.

Most SEO tools audit the surface — meta tags, keyword density, heading levels. Inseo goes deeper: we audit the technical layer that determines whether Google can process your pages before it reads a single word of your content.

What most SEO tools check
Other tools
Surface layer only
Title tag presence & length
Meta description presence
Heading levels (H1–H4)
Image alt attributes
Core Web Vitals per URL
Not checked
Canonical chain analysis
Not checked
Internal PageRank flow mapping
Not checked
Full JSON-LD schema audit
Not checked
E-E-A-T & authorship signals
Not checked
4
signals checked.
Surface level only.
What Inseo SEO checks
Inseo
Surface layer
Titles, metas & heading structure
Image alt text & keyword targeting
Content quality & duplication
Technical depth — what others miss
Core Web Vitals scored per URL
Deep scan
Canonical chains & crawl budget
Deep scan
Internal PageRank flow analysis
Deep scan
Full schema markup completeness
Deep scan
E-E-A-T & authorship signals
Deep scan
Redirect chains & server headers
Deep scan
52+
signals checked.
Surface and technical depth.
The technical signals

What we find that
others walk past.

These are the technical SEO signals that determine how Google crawls, processes, and ranks your pages — issues that surface-level keyword tools never look at.

Missing meta descriptions

Google writes its own snippet when yours is absent — often something unhelpful pulled from the middle of the page. You lose control of your first impression in search results.

Avg 8 pages affected
Canonical tag errors

Incorrect or missing canonicals split your ranking authority across multiple URLs. Google can't tell which version to rank — so often ranks none of them properly.

Dilutes authority
Core Web Vitals failure

Slow LCP, high CLS, and poor INP are now direct Google ranking factors. Pages that fail are visibly penalised against competitors with identical content but faster load times.

Ranking penalty
Schema markup missing

Without structured data, Google can't generate rich snippets — no star ratings, FAQ drops, breadcrumbs, or event schema. Competitors with schema consistently outperform in click-through rate.

No rich snippets
Duplicate page titles

Multiple pages sharing the same title tag compete against each other in Google's index. They cannibalise rankings and confuse Google about which page to show for which query.

Cannibalises rankings
Internal linking gaps

Pages with no internal links receive almost no PageRank from the rest of your site. Google crawls them rarely, ranks them poorly, and they convert at a fraction of the rate of linked pages.

PageRank not flowing
Missing H1 headings

Pages without an H1 give Google no clear signal about the primary topic. They rarely rank for competitive keywords because Google can't confidently place them in a specific search context.

Can't rank for keywords
Redirect chains

Each hop in a redirect chain bleeds link equity and slows page load. Chains of 3+ redirects can reduce the authority that reaches the destination page by over 50%.

Authority bleed
How it works

Your full SEO picture
inthree steps.

A complete technical + content SEO analysis, delivered as a scored report with specific, actionable fixes — ranked by the impact each fix will have on your rankings.

Step 01
We scan your site — all three layers

Our crawler audits your technical foundation (speed, Core Web Vitals, crawlability, redirects, canonicals), your on-page signals (titles, metas, headings, schema, links), and your authority structure (internal linking, E-E-A-T, PageRank flow) — simultaneously, across every page.

Step 02
You get a scored SEO report

Every issue is scored and explained in plain English — not "missing meta description" but "Google is currently writing its own descriptions for 8 of your pages, and this is what they say." Issues ordered by ranking impact, so you always know what to fix first.

Step 03
Fix it — automatically or with an expert

Technical fixes like meta descriptions, schema markup, canonical signals, and alt text are applied instantly via Edge — our DNS-layer auto-fix that needs no code changes. For content improvements, Page Studio generates SEO blueprints. Complex issues get matched to an SEO specialist with an instant, itemised quote.

Your SEO score

Here's what a typical
site's SEO scorelooks like.

Broken down across all three layers — so you know exactly where the gaps are and which ones are costing you the most traffic.

SEO Analysis Report
Technical + on-page + authority · 52 signals checked
mybakery.com
Technical health
22 /100
On-page signals
34 /100
Content & keywords
52 /100
Authority & structure
38 /100
Overall SEO score
36/100
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