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Server Log Files & Technical SEO Audits: What You Need to Know

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that Google’s data can be wrong?

WHAT IF I TOLD YOU…

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What Google Says

662 page requests

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What’s Actually in Server Logs

546 page requests!

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What is Log Data?

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What’s Actually in Server Logs

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The ELK Stack

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Visualizing Server Log Data

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system administration monitoring

troubleshooting DevOps

QA IoT

business analysis product management customer successcustomer supporttechnical SEO

security and compliance

Why Do Log Analysis?

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A Server Log Entry

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A Server Log File

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What to Check

• Bot crawl volume• Response code errors• Temporary redirect

• Bot crawl priority• Last crawl date• Crawl budget waste

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Bot Crawl Volume

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Response Code Errors

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Temporary Redirects

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Crawl Priorities

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Last Crawl Date

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Crawl Waste

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Crawl Waste

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Resources• Introductions to Apache, IIS, NGINX, and Windows server log

analysis• Tutorials on Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana (the open

source ELK Stack)• ELK Apps for Apache, IIS, NGINX, and Windows servers• The Complete Guide to the ELK Stack• Log Analysis in AWS Environments with the ELK Stack• Log Analysis for Technical SEO (my Moz essay)

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