Technical SEO
Technical SEO services for sites that will not index
If good pages are missing from Google, or rankings fell after a rebuild, the cause is usually technical. We find it in your Search Console and fix it in a set order.
In short
Technical SEO is the work that lets search engines and AI crawlers reach, render and index your pages. It covers crawl paths, status codes, redirects, canonical tags, JavaScript rendering, sitemaps, page speed and structured data. Liftup diagnoses problems from your own Search Console data, fixes them in order of impact, and verifies each fix.
What technical SEO covers
Content and links cannot help a page that Google cannot index. Technical SEO removes the obstacles: pages blocked by a stray rule, duplicate versions competing with each other, content that only appears after JavaScript runs, and templates so slow that visitors leave before reading.
It is also the first step for AI search. Several AI crawlers read raw HTML and skip content that needs scripts to appear, so a site that depends on client-side rendering can be invisible to them even when Google copes. We check both.
Read your own Search Console first
The page indexing report in Google Search Console already names most problems. The table maps the common labels to likely causes and the first thing we check.
| Search Console status | Usual cause | First check |
|---|---|---|
| Crawled, currently not indexed | Page is thin, duplicate or low value to Google | Compare with indexed pages of the same type and improve or merge |
| Discovered, currently not indexed | Google found the URL but has not prioritized crawling it | Internal links, sitemap quality and server response time |
| Duplicate without user-selected canonical | Several URLs show the same content | Add a canonical tag and consolidate parameter or slash variants |
| Page with redirect | URL redirects elsewhere and sits in the sitemap | Remove redirected URLs from the sitemap, update internal links |
| Soft 404 | Page returns 200 but looks empty or like an error | Return a real 404 or 410, or fill the page with proper content |
| Blocked by robots.txt | A rule disallows the path | Test the rule; remove it if the pages should be indexed |
| Alternate page with proper canonical tag | Normal for variants and mobile or AMP pairs | Confirm the canonical target is the one you want |
Not every status is a fault. A large site always has some excluded URLs. We separate the ones that cost you traffic from the ones that are fine.
Who needs this
- Sites that lost traffic after a migration, redesign or domain change.
- Large catalogs, marketplaces and publishers with thousands of URLs.
- Businesses on JavaScript frameworks such as React or Next.js where rendering choices affect indexing.
- Companies that rank on Google but are never cited in AI answers.
- Anyone whose developers and marketers each assume the other handled SEO.
A small brochure site with clean templates rarely needs ongoing technical work. A one-off SEO audit is a better start, and it will say whether more is required.
Want Technical SEO done for you?A short call, a written plan and a fixed quote.
Get a proposalOur order of work
- Indexing and accessRobots rules, status codes, redirects, canonicals and sitemap. Anything that stops a page being found comes before everything else.
- RenderingWe compare the raw HTML with the rendered page. If key text, links or product data only exist after scripts run, we recommend server-side rendering or static generation for those templates.
- Site architectureDepth of important pages, internal link flow, orphaned pages and faceted navigation that creates endless URL combinations.
- Speed and Core Web VitalsWe measure real-user data where available, then fix the heaviest causes: oversized images, render-blocking scripts, layout shifts and slow server responses. Our Core Web Vitals checker helps you see where you stand.
- Structured dataOrganization, breadcrumb, product, article and FAQ markup, validated and matched to what is visible on the page.
- International and AI accessHreflang for multi-region sites, and robots rules and server settings that decide which AI crawlers can read the site.
- Verify and monitorAfter each release we re-crawl, inspect sample URLs in Search Console and watch for regressions.
What you get and how we report
- A technical issues log with affected URLs, evidence, fix and status.
- Developer-ready tickets, each with acceptance checks.
- Updated robots, sitemap and redirect files, supplied for review.
- A before-and-after comparison taken from Search Console.
- A short monthly note on what changed, what is next and what we are watching.
Every number in the report is from your own Search Console and server data. We do not report scores from tools that cannot be checked against your account.
The first round of fixes normally takes three to six weeks, depending on how quickly your developers can release. Cost is a fixed quote after a short call. Request a proposal with your site address and a note on the platform.
Related work
We have no published case study that is technical SEO alone. The nearest is Asian Packaging, a manufacturer whose catalogue of 67 products across styles, plies and flutes had to stay easy to browse. A catalogue of that kind is where crawl paths and page structure matter most, and it is the pattern we look for when auditing.
For a step-by-step list you can follow yourself, see the technical SEO checklist.
Updated 30 October 2026
Questions, answered
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