Crawlability & Indexing
Robots directives, XML sitemaps, indexation patterns, orphan pages, crawl depth and search-engine access.
Indexed pages, before vs after fixes
Before fixesAfter fixes
Technical SEO + AI Visibility
Technical SEO Services That Make Your Site Easier to Crawl, Index & Cite
Citedly fixes the technical issues that stop Google, Bing and AI-powered search systems from reliably accessing, understanding and retrieving your website.
Done for you · From $299/month · No long-term contract
TECHNICAL SEO DIAGNOSTIC
https://yourwebsite.com
Crawlability
PASS
Indexing
CHECK
JavaScript Rendering
BLOCKED
Schema
INCOMPLETE
Core Web Vitals
PASS
AI Crawler Access
REVIEW
Technical Visibility Score
68 / 100
The Technical Path
A Page Has to Survive Five Steps Before It Can Become an Answer
Your content can be excellent and still disappear if a crawler cannot access it, an index cannot store it correctly, or the final page cannot be reliably retrieved. See the full list of blockers in our guide on why AI isn’t citing your website.
1
URL Exists
The page is live and discoverable.
✓ Found2
Crawler Access
Robots, links and rendering determine whether systems can reach it.
Possible blocker3
Indexing
Canonicals, duplicates and directives affect what gets stored.
Possible blocker4
Retrieval
Structure and technical clarity influence whether the right page can be surfaced.
Possible blocker5
Search / AI Answer
The page can finally compete for rankings, citations and recommendations.
Outcome
Technical SEO Audit
What Usually Stops a Good Site From Performing
This is the technical layer we inspect before recommending more content, more links or more pages.
Technical Blocker 01
Crawlability
If important pages are blocked, buried too deeply, orphaned, or missing from a reliable crawl path, search and AI systems may never reach them consistently.
# robots.txt
Disallow: /services/
Allow: /services/
Disallow: /services/
Allow: /services/
What We Fix
The Technical Foundation Behind Search and AI Visibility
Technical SEO is not one checklist. It is the system that keeps discovery, rendering, indexing and site signals aligned, the groundwork behind being found and cited by AI.
Foundation
JavaScript Rendering
Find critical content that only appears after client-side rendering.
Growth + AuthoritySchema Implementation
Organization, Article, FAQ, LocalBusiness, Product and other relevant structured data.
Machine ClarityCanonicals & Duplicates
Consolidate competing URLs and remove index confusion.
Index ControlRedirects & 404s
Repair broken paths, redirect chains and dead internal links.
Site HealthCore Web Vitals & Speed
Improve the technical performance of high-value pages without treating speed as a cosmetic score.
Performance
Search + AI
Traditional Technical SEO and Technical SEO for AI Share the Same Foundation
We do not replace technical SEO with an “AI checklist.” We extend the technical foundation so newer search and answer systems can access the same business information reliably.
| Traditional Technical SEO | AI Visibility Layer | |
|---|---|---|
| Access | Googlebot / Bingbot crawlability | Review access patterns for relevant AI/search crawlers and retrieval surfaces |
| Rendering | Can search engines render key content? | Can important content be reliably accessed without fragile client-side dependencies? |
| Indexing | Correct pages indexed | Important source pages remain discoverable and retrievable |
| Structured Data | Clarifies page and entity meaning | Supports machine-readable relationships and consistency |
| Measurement | Coverage, crawl, rankings, CWV | Search visibility + citations, mentions and prompt coverage |
Real Search Demand
The Questions Buyers Ask Before Hiring a Technical SEO Team
The page targets the commercial head terms, but it also answers the long-tail questions buyers use when they are comparing providers and audits.
What does a technical SEO audit include?
How much do technical SEO services cost?
How do I choose the right technical SEO agency?
How do I perform a technical SEO audit?
Do I need a technical SEO consultant?
Can technical SEO improve AI visibility?
Our Process
Audit → Prioritize → Fix → Verify
The audit is not the deliverable. The fixes are.
1
Audit
Crawl the site, inspect indexation, rendering, structured data, performance and access.
2
Prioritize
Separate cosmetic warnings from the issues that can actually suppress visibility.
3
Fix
Implement technical changes, redirects, schema, crawl directives and rendering improvements.
4
Verify
Recrawl, retest important URLs and track whether visibility and coverage improve.
Works Across Modern Stacks
Built for Sites That Are Simple, Complex or JavaScript-Heavy
The implementation changes by platform, but the technical questions stay the same: can systems access the page, render it, understand it and index the correct version? For WordPress specifically, see our WordPress SEO services.
WordPressShopifyWooCommerceWebflowNext.jsReactHeadless CMSSaaS PlatformsEcommerce
Pricing
Technical SEO Services From $299/Month
Audit, implementation, monitoring and AI visibility tracking. Growth remains the most popular plan.
Starter
$299/mo
For smaller sites that need the technical foundation cleaned up and monitored.
- 5 AI visibility prompts
- 2 competitors tracked
- Buyer intent map
- Crawlability + indexing audit & fixes
- robots.txt / sitemap / AI-crawler access
- Basic schema implementation
- Canonical / duplicate / redirect fixes
- Basic Core Web Vitals / speed work
- Broken link + 404 cleanup
- Monthly monitoring
- Monthly report + strategy note
Most Popular
Growth
$499/mo
For growing sites with rendering, performance and deeper technical complexity.
- 10 AI visibility prompts
- 4–5 competitors tracked
- Buyer intent map
- Crawlability + indexing audit & fixes
- robots.txt / sitemap / AI-crawler access
- Schema implementation
- Canonical / duplicate / redirect fixes
- JavaScript rendering remediation
- Core Web Vitals / speed
- Broken link + 404 cleanup
- Weekly monitoring
- Monthly report + strategy note
Authority
$799/mo
For larger or high-value sites where technical failures have a bigger revenue impact.
- 20 AI visibility prompts
- 8 competitors tracked
- Buyer intent map
- Crawlability + indexing audit & fixes
- robots.txt / sitemap / AI-crawler access
- Full schema implementation
- Canonical / duplicate / redirect fixes
- JavaScript rendering remediation
- Core Web Vitals / speed
- Broken link + 404 cleanup
- Weekly monitoring + alerts
- Monthly strategy call
Large site, migration or unusually complex JavaScript stack? Talk to Citedly about Enterprise →
Why Citedly
Technical SEO Should Remove Friction, Not Produce a 100-Page Audit Nobody Uses
Fixes, Not Just Findings
We prioritize implementation so the audit becomes a change list, not a PDF archive.
Search + AI Together
We look at technical accessibility through the lens of traditional search and newer AI retrieval surfaces.
Competitor Tracking Included
We track the brands search and AI systems surface instead of you, so the technical work stays tied to a competitive outcome.
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A technical SEO audit only matters if it changes what search systems can actually access, index and retrieve. The goal is not to collect warnings. It is to remove the technical friction standing between the site and the answer.
FAQ
Technical SEO Services FAQs
What Are Technical SEO Services?
Technical SEO services improve the systems that help search engines discover, render, index and understand a website. Typical work includes crawlability, sitemaps, robots directives, canonicals, redirects, structured data, JavaScript rendering, speed and indexation.
What Does a Technical SEO Audit Include?
A technical SEO audit should inspect crawlability, indexation, robots directives, XML sitemaps, canonicals, duplicate URLs, redirects, broken links, rendering, structured data, performance and the internal paths search systems use to reach important pages.
How Much Do Technical SEO Services Cost?
Citedly technical SEO plans start at $299/month. Growth is $499/month and adds deeper schema, JavaScript rendering remediation, weekly monitoring and full speed work. Authority is $799/month with full schema, weekly monitoring plus alerts, and a monthly strategy call. See our AI SEO pricing guide for the full breakdown.
Do I Need a Technical SEO Agency or Consultant?
If your issue is limited to a one-time diagnostic, a consultant may be enough. If the site needs ongoing implementation, monitoring, developer coordination or repeated technical fixes, a managed technical SEO service is usually more practical.
Can Technical SEO Improve AI Visibility?
Technical SEO does not guarantee an AI citation or recommendation. It does remove access, rendering, indexing and structured-data problems that can make important source pages harder for search and retrieval systems to use reliably. More in how to get cited by ChatGPT and tracking your AI visibility.
Do You Fix JavaScript SEO Problems?
Growth and Authority plans include JavaScript rendering remediation. We focus on whether critical content, links and metadata are consistently available to crawlers rather than treating every JavaScript implementation as a problem.
Do You Work With WordPress, Shopify and Headless Sites?
Yes. The implementation differs by stack, but Citedly can work across WordPress, Shopify, WooCommerce, Webflow, React/Next.js and other modern CMS or headless environments.
How Often Do You Monitor Technical SEO?
Starter includes monthly monitoring. Growth includes weekly monitoring. Authority includes weekly monitoring plus alerts for higher-priority technical issues.
Fix the Technical Problems Before They Become Visibility Problems
Find out what is blocking your best pages from being crawled, indexed, rendered and retrieved reliably across search and AI systems.
From $299/month · Done for you · No long-term contract