SEO for Developers: Technical SEO and Core Web Vitals

What you'll learn

• Explain how crawling, indexing and ranking work.
• Write titles, meta descriptions, canonical tags and structured data.
• Configure sitemap.xml, robots.txt, redirects and indexing controls.
• Choose prerendering or SSR for JavaScript-heavy sites.
• Measure and improve Core Web Vitals and track results in Search Console.

Syllabus

Module 1: Getting Started

1. What is SEO?
2. How Search Engines Work

Module 2: SEO Foundations

1. HTML Semantic Tags
2. Meta Tags & Titles
3. Open Graph Tags
4. Twitter Cards
5. Advanced Title Optimization
6. Keyword Research & Search Intent

Module 3: Core Technical SEO

1. Schema.org Structured Data
2. Sitemap.xml
3. Robots.txt
4. Canonical Tags
5. URL Structure & Best Practices
6. Indexing Controls: noindex and X-Robots-Tag

Module 4: Page Data & Performance

1. Mobile-First Indexing
2. Core Web Vitals
3. JavaScript & SEO
4. Prerendering & Server-Side Rendering
5. Static Site Generation
6. Image Optimization for SEO
7. Video SEO

Module 5: Content & UX Design

1. Internal Linking Strategy
2. Redirects & 404 Handling

Module 6: Practical Implementation

1. International SEO & Hreflang
2. Analytics & Search Console Setup
3. Monitoring Rankings & Performance
4. SEO Audit & Implementation

Module 7: Quality & Best Practices

1. Performance Optimization for SEO
2. SEO Best Practices Checklist
3. Content Quality & E-E-A-T

Module 8: Tools & Resources

1. SEO Tools for Developers

Module 9: Performance Optimization

1. Optimizing for Web Vitals

Module 10: Review & Interview Prep

1. SEO Interview Questions
2. SEO for Developers — Summary