September BrightonSEO
How Log FileAnalysis canSupercharge SEOSally RaymerSEO IN MOTIONhttps://speakerdeck.com/sallyseo@salraym
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"Nobody knowshow to use log fileanalysis properly"A guy presenting a SEO platform that had no logfile analysis.
A Picture Saysa ThousandWords...(or justthe one)
Let's Talk Log FileAnalysisjust incaseBut...
A Wealth ofInformation
Where a request isbeing made from
Who is Making theRequest
What is BeingRequested
Data we CanUse to Informour Teams
Identifying What Pagesare Being Crawled bySearch Engines
How Quickly Content is Crawled &Indexed
How Frequently 'Priority' Pages areCrawled
PLPS & PDPS
Service Pages, White Papers &Templates
Guides & Useful Reviews
Awareness Pages
Identifying SearchEngines Crawlingthe 'Wrong' Pages
4xx Errors
Redirects
Canonicalised URLs
Pages we Just Don'tCare About
Pages that areRarely or NeverCrawled at All
Crawl Depth
Crawl Budget
Duplication
Content QualityVS.
Page Speed
Orphan Pages
Test & Analyse Indexand Ranking Factors
Are PageRank and Crawl BehaviourMarrying up?Image from SE Ranking
Trends Between Word Count &Crawling
Changing Meta-Tags & Headers
Tracking the Impact of CannibalisationProjects
Implementing SSRImage from NextJS
Updating SchemaImage from Google
Gaining BacklinksImage from Ahrefs
Improving Page Performance
Social Influence/ Popularity
User Centric Behaviour
Mobile/ Desktop Ratio
What Part of the Site Users areVisiting
What Response Times Usersare Getting
Fact FindingMission Powered byLog Files
Redirects & 4xx Outside of theSite Structure
Identify Different Response Codes toUser Agents
Identify the Why in 5xx Errors
CDN Error
Storing Large Files on the Server
High Traffic
Separate Users from Bots
Identify Spam Generated URLs
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