# iviG Technical SEO

> SEO consulting and technical implementation by Milan Georgijevic. Services include SEO audits and action plans, technical SEO fixes and ongoing SEO support. A free initial website review covers a small selection of public pages, with up to five priority findings or next steps by email; it is not a comprehensive audit.

Site: https://ivig.dev/
Contact: milan@ivig.dev
Full content in one file: https://ivig.dev/llms-full.txt

## Main pages

- [Homepage](https://ivig.dev/): three SEO services, Milan's approach, the free website review, beginner learning path and FAQ
- [SEO Guides](https://ivig.dev/seo-guides/): index of free, data-backed SEO guides
- [Free Tools](https://ivig.dev/tools/): index of free SEO tools built by iviG

## Free tools

- [Sitemap Scout (free XML sitemap checker)](https://ivig.dev/sitemap-scout/): free sitemap health checker by iviG; checks up to 25 URLs per scan for broken links, redirects, canonical mismatches, noindex pages and slow responses, with CSV and JSON exports; no installation or account needed. Includes a report walkthrough, scan limits and privacy details. Launch: https://scout.ivig.dev/
- [TechSEO Inspector (Chrome extension)](https://ivig.dev/techseo-inspector/): free on-page SEO auditor by iviG; one click scores any page 0-100 across meta tags, headings, images, links, schema, indexability and Core Web Vitals, with a live SERP preview, before/after snapshots and PDF export; runs locally, no account needed. Install: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/techseo-inspector/pamgfjigokjaffaeldmgbiimjgjfmppj

## Guides

- [Open Knowledge Format (OKF): What Google's New Spec Means for AEO and GEO](https://ivig.dev/open-knowledge-format/): What Google Cloud's Open Knowledge Format is, what an OKF bundle looks like, how it compares with llms.txt and whether it helps AI search visibility.
- [How to Improve LCP: Find What Delays Your Largest Contentful Paint](https://ivig.dev/improve-lcp-guide/): Find your LCP element, see which of the four LCP phases is slow and apply the matching fix, from server response to image priority and render delay.
- [Noindex Tag: How to Keep Pages Out of Google Without Breaking Your Site](https://ivig.dev/noindex-tag-guide/): Learn when to use a noindex tag, how meta robots and X-Robots-Tag work, why robots.txt can stop noindex from working and how to check pages in Search Console.
- [JavaScript SEO: How Google Renders JavaScript and How to Test Your Site](https://ivig.dev/javascript-seo-guide/): See how Google crawls, renders and indexes JavaScript pages, which patterns hide content or links, and how to test rendered HTML before it costs you traffic.
- [Image SEO: Alt Text, File Names, Formats and Fast-Loading Images](https://ivig.dev/image-seo-guide/): Make images findable and fast: write useful alt text, name files clearly, choose WebP or AVIF, size images responsively and avoid lazy-loading mistakes.
- [How to Improve INP: Find and Fix Slow Website Interactions](https://ivig.dev/improve-inp-guide/): Find slow clicks, taps and keypresses, diagnose the cause in Chrome DevTools and test INP fixes with a copyable responsiveness example.
- [Indexed but Not Ranking? How to Find What’s Holding Your Page Back](https://ivig.dev/indexed-but-not-ranking/): Check why an indexed page gets little visibility: confirm the URL, read Search Console evidence, review search intent and choose a focused improvement.
- [Keyword Cannibalization: When Your Pages Compete and When They Don’t](https://ivig.dev/keyword-cannibalization-guide/): Learn when overlapping pages are a real SEO problem, investigate them in Search Console and decide whether to keep, differentiate or merge them.
- [Canonical Tag vs. 301 Redirect: Which Should You Use?](https://ivig.dev/canonical-vs-301-redirect/): Choose between a canonical tag and a 301 redirect with practical examples, a decision table and checks for redirecting canonical URLs.
- [How to Read Google Search Console: Clicks, Impressions, CTR and Average Position](https://ivig.dev/google-search-console-performance-guide/): Learn what Search Console clicks, impressions, CTR and average position mean, compare periods fairly and turn report changes into sensible SEO decisions.
- [Hreflang Explained: International SEO Without the Common Mistakes](https://ivig.dev/hreflang-seo-guide/): Learn when hreflang is needed, how language versions connect, what x-default means and how to implement and validate tags without canonical conflicts.
- [Duplicate Content and SEO: When It Matters and How to Fix It](https://ivig.dev/duplicate-content-seo-guide/): duplication vs penalties, common causes, Search Console statuses and choosing between keeping, merging, redirects, canonicals and noindex
- [What Is Technical SEO? A Beginner's Guide to How Your Website Gets Found](https://ivig.dev/technical-seo-guide/): beginner-friendly definitions, technical vs on-page SEO, crawling, indexing, canonicals, performance, first checks and priorities
- [SEO Audit Checklist: How to Audit a Website Step by Step](https://ivig.dev/seo-audit-checklist/): evidence-first workflow for audit scope, urgent risks, crawling, rendering, indexing, canonicals, architecture, content, Core Web Vitals, structured data and prioritized implementation
- [Keyword Research for Beginners: How to Find Topics Worth Targeting](https://ivig.dev/keyword-research-guide/): a practical workflow for seed topics, first-party and Google data, search volume and difficulty caveats, intent-based clustering, SERP review, topic prioritization and content mapping
- [Search Intent Explained: How to Create Content People Actually Want](https://ivig.dev/search-intent-guide/): what search intent means, the four practical SEO categories, Google's different user-need language, mixed intent, a step-by-step identification process, content mapping and a publishing checklist
- [Internal Linking for SEO: How to Build Links That Help Google and Users](https://ivig.dev/internal-linking-seo-guide/): how internal links support discovery, context and page importance; crawlable HTML links, logical site architecture, descriptive anchor text, orphan-page detection, audit workflow and a pre-publish checklist
- [How Google Search Works: Crawling, Indexing and Ranking Explained](https://ivig.dev/how-google-search-works/): the full search pipeline from URL discovery and Googlebot crawling through rendering, indexing, canonical selection and query-specific ranking, plus a stage-by-stage diagnostic checklist
- [Canonical URLs Explained: What They Are and How to Use Them](https://ivig.dev/canonical-url-guide/): what rel=canonical does, why duplicate URLs appear, self-referencing canonicals, redirects vs canonicals vs noindex, parameters, pagination, PDFs, JavaScript and Search Console testing
- [SEO Meta Tags: Free On-Page SEO Guide](https://ivig.dev/on-page-seo-guide/): Learn which on-page SEO tags matter, see title and meta description examples, and check robots, canonicals and your published HTML.
- [Google Search Console Setup: The Complete Walkthrough](https://ivig.dev/google-search-console-setup/): Domain vs URL-prefix properties, every verification method, troubleshooting failed verification, first-week action plan, data limits
- [Why Is My Page Not Indexed in Google? How to Find and Fix It](https://ivig.dev/page-not-indexed/): all 15 Search Console "not indexed" statuses explained, Discovered vs Crawled currently not indexed, technical blockers, request indexing quotas, realistic timelines
- [Sitemap.xml: Why It Matters and How to Get It Right](https://ivig.dev/xml-sitemap-guide/): Learn how to find, create, validate and submit an XML sitemap, with a complete example and checks for preferred URLs and accurate lastmod dates.
- [Robots.txt Explained: What to Block, What Not To, and Why](https://ivig.dev/robots-txt-guide/): crawling vs indexing, how Google reads the file, syntax and wildcards, AI crawler tokens (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended), common mistakes, copy-paste templates
- [HTTP Status Codes Explained: What 200, 301, 404, 410 and 5xx Mean for SEO](https://ivig.dev/http-status-codes-guide/): how Google treats each status code class, 301 vs 302 signals, 404 vs 410, soft 404s, 503 maintenance windows, redirect chain limits, checking any URL
- [How to Set Up Google Analytics 4 (and the Five Settings Everyone Misses)](https://ivig.dev/ga4-setup-guide/): property and data stream setup, three tag install routes, verification timelines, the 2 month retention default, internal traffic filters, key events for lead tracking, consent mode
- [Core Web Vitals Explained: How to Read, Diagnose and Fix LCP, INP and CLS](https://ivig.dev/core-web-vitals-guide/): the three metrics and thresholds, the 75th percentile rule, field vs lab data, the honest ranking answer, and fixes ranked by impact for each metric
- [Schema Markup Explained: What It Does for SEO and How to Add It](https://ivig.dev/schema-markup-guide/): Understand schema markup with Organization, Article and Product JSON-LD examples, field-by-field checks and a practical validation workflow.