The Developer's SEO Checklist
A practical, code-level SEO checklist for developers: crawling and indexing, metadata, structured data, performance, internal linking, and monitoring.
dragosSEO
Author: Dragos
21 posts by this author
Hey there! Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Dragos, and I’m a seasoned IT professional with over a decade of experience in the field. For the past four years, I have been deeply immersed in the fascinating world of DevOps, constantly honing my skills and staying up to date with the latest industry trends.
Core Web Vitals in Practice: LCP, INP, and CLS
Understand what LCP, INP, and CLS measure, how field data differs from lab data, and the concrete fixes that move each metric.
dragosWeb Performance
Self-Hosted Analytics Without Cookies
Replace heavyweight trackers with privacy-friendly, self-hosted analytics: what to measure, how to deploy it with Docker and Caddy, and the legal basics.
dragosAnalytics
Blogging That Works - Part 3: Growing an Audience Without Spam
Distribution that respects readers: search basics, repurposing with intent, owning your audience with RSS and email, and measuring what actually matters.
dragosBlogging
Blogging That Works - Part 2: A Repeatable Writing Workflow
Capture ideas, outline fast, draft without editing, and revise in passes. A repeatable workflow for publishing technical posts consistently.
dragosBlogging
Blogging That Works - Part 1: Build a Topic Map Before You Write
A keyword list is not a content strategy. Learn how to build a topic map around reader problems, cluster posts into themes, and plan months of content in one sitting.
dragosBlogging
VPS Hosting for Developers - Part 4: Backups and Monitoring
Protect your server with the 3-2-1 backup rule, encrypted off-site snapshots, sensible monitoring, and a restore drill you run before you need it.
dragosVPS Hosting
VPS Hosting for Developers - Part 3: Docker and Caddy
Ship a containerized site to your VPS with a reproducible Compose file, automatic HTTPS from Caddy, and a deploy script you can actually remember.
dragosVPS Hosting
VPS Hosting for Developers - Part 2: Hardening a Fresh Server
A practical hardening checklist for a new Linux VPS: users, SSH keys, firewall rules, automatic updates, and the commands to verify each step.
dragosVPS Hosting
VPS Hosting for Developers - Part 1: Choosing the Right Plan
Read a VPS spec sheet without getting fooled: vCPU, RAM, storage, transfer, virtualization, and the questions to ask before you pay.
dragosVPS Hosting
Getting Started with Astro - Part 5: SEO, Sitemaps, and RSS
Give search engines and readers everything they need: canonical metadata, sitemaps, RSS feeds, robots.txt, and structured data for an Astro site.
dragosWeb Development