Your Complete Technical Checklist
Technical SEO forms the foundation of GEO optimization. Without proper technical setup, even great content struggles to perform. This checklist covers everything you need for a technically sound website.
Use this as your go-to reference. Check items off as you complete them. Return to this list quarterly to ensure nothing has broken.
Crawling & Indexing
Allow AI bots in robots.txt
Ensure GPTBot, Claude-Web, and other AI crawlers can access your content
Submit XML sitemap
Create and submit sitemap to search engines
Check robots meta tags
Ensure pages have index,follow unless intentionally noindex
Fix crawl errors
Address 404s, 500s, and redirect chains