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Screaming Frog Overview.
Every SEO Spider tab explained: top and bottom tabs, side panel, filters and reports.
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This section covers the three main areas of the crawler: top tabs, bottom tabs and the side panel. For each one you’ll find what it does, how to read it and practical tips for your audits.
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01.Beginner Getting Started with Screaming FrogDiscover how SEO Spider is laid out and start exploring Screaming Frog’s features. Read5 min Video Read the guide 02.Intermediate URL DETAILS TABAdvanced URL details for a more granular, in-depth analysis. Read1 min No video Read the guide 03.Beginner SITEMAPS TABHow to prepare your website’s XML sitemap for the crawler’s analysis. Read2 min Video Read the guide 04.Intermediate PAGESPEED DETAILSAnalysing PageSpeed issues through the bottom tabs. Read1 min No video Read the guide 05.Advanced PageSpeedAnalysing performance and Core Web Vitals to improve search engine rankings. Read9 min No video Read the guide 06.Intermediate API INTEGRATIONSIntegrating Google APIs and other third-party services into Screaming Frog. Read2 min No video Read the guide 07.Intermediate INLINKS – OUTLINKS TABAnalysing the internal and external links of every web page to manage internal Link Score. Read2 min No video Read the guide 08.Intermediate MAIN BOTTOM TABSAn overview of Screaming Frog’s bottom tabs and the details they provide. Read6 min No video Read the guide 09.Advanced HREFLANG TABAnalysing the hreflang attribute to manage a project’s internationalisation. Read6 min Video Read the guide 10.Beginner STRUCTURED DATA TABA first analysis for managing microdata and JSON structured data. Read3 min No video Read the guide 11.Beginner CUSTOM SEARCH – EXTRACTION TABAnalysis for custom searches and custom scraping. Read2 min No video Read the guide 12.Intermediate AMP TABAnalysing AMP pages, handling the most common issues and their fixes. Read5 min No video Read the guide 13.Beginner RIGHT-HAND SIDEBARAn overview of the right-hand sidebar for concise, aggregated first analyses. Read4 min Video Read the guide 14.Intermediate ReportsAn overview of the reports available in Screaming Frog for granular, precise analysis. Read10 min No video Read the guide 15.Intermediate PAGINATION TABAnalysing paginated listing pages so the crawler can navigate them correctly. Read4 min No video Read the guide 16.Intermediate IMAGES TABAnalysing image issues: file size, alt text, image sets and file format. Read4 min Video Read the guide 17.Intermediate HEADINGS TABManaging headings and the content hierarchy for search engines. Read3 min Video Read the guide 18.Advanced DIRECTIVES TABAnalysing the meta robots tag and the X-Robots-Tag in the HTTP header. Read4 min No video Read the guide 19.Intermediate CONTENT TABChecking issues with duplicate content, similar pages and low-value elements. Read6 min Video Read the guide 20.Intermediate CANONICALS TABAnalysing original and secondary content through the “canonical” attribute. Read3 min No video Read the guide 21.Intermediate URL TABThe tab for analysing and managing the most important and frequent URL issues. Read3 min No video Read the guide 22.Beginner STATUS CODESReference tab for analysing status codes: 4xx, 3xx and server errors Read4 min No video Read the guide 23.Intermediate META TAGSScreaming Frog’s tabs for analysing meta tags: title, description and meta keywords. Read5 min Video Read the guide 24.Beginner INTERNAL TABThe Internal tab, the first and most complete tab in Screaming Frog SEO Spider. Read8 min No video Read the guide 25.Advanced EXTERNAL AND SECURITY TABSScreaming Frog’s External and Security tabs for analysing elements outside the crawled subdomain and security. Read7 min Video Read the guide
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