SEO Optimization Skill
Purpose
Ensures websites are optimized for search engines following modern SEO best practices, with focus on technical SEO, structured data, and international/multilingual support.
Rules
Meta Tags (MUST HAVE)
html
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <!-- Title: 50-60 characters --> <title>Cybersecurity Consulting Services | Hack23 AB</title> <!-- Meta Description: 150-160 characters --> <meta name="description" content="Expert cybersecurity consulting with transparent security practices. ISO 27001, GDPR, and NIS2 compliance support for Swedish organizations."> <!-- Canonical URL --> <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.hack23.com/services.html"> <!-- Open Graph (Social Media) --> <meta property="og:title" content="Cybersecurity Consulting Services"> <meta property="og:description" content="Expert security consulting with transparency"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://www.hack23.com/images/og-image.jpg"> <meta property="og:url" content="https://www.hack23.com/services.html"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <!-- Twitter Card --> <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image"> <meta name="twitter:title" content="Cybersecurity Consulting Services"> <meta name="twitter:description" content="Expert security consulting"> <meta name="twitter:image" content="https://www.hack23.com/images/twitter-card.jpg"> </head>
Structured Data (Schema.org)
MUST USE for:
- •Organization
- •WebSite
- •BreadcrumbList
- •Article (blog posts)
- •FAQPage
- •Service
Example - Organization:
html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "Organization",
"name": "Hack23 AB",
"url": "https://www.hack23.com",
"logo": "https://www.hack23.com/images/logo.png",
"description": "Cybersecurity consulting with transparent security practices",
"address": {
"@type": "PostalAddress",
"addressCountry": "SE"
},
"sameAs": [
"https://github.com/Hack23",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/hack23"
]
}
</script>
Multilingual SEO (hreflang)
MUST IMPLEMENT for translated pages:
html
<link rel="alternate" hreflang="en" href="https://www.hack23.com/services.html"> <link rel="alternate" hreflang="sv" href="https://www.hack23.com/services_sv.html"> <link rel="alternate" hreflang="de" href="https://www.hack23.com/services_de.html"> <link rel="alternate" hreflang="x-default" href="https://www.hack23.com/services.html">
Semantic HTML for SEO
MUST:
- •Use
<h1>once per page - •Maintain proper heading hierarchy (h1→h2→h3)
- •Use semantic elements (
<article>,<nav>,<header>,<footer>) - •Include
alttext on all images - •Use descriptive anchor text
Performance Optimization
MUST:
- •Achieve Lighthouse Performance score ≥ 90
- •First Contentful Paint < 1.5s
- •Largest Contentful Paint < 2.5s
- •Time to Interactive < 3.5s
- •Use WebP images with fallbacks
- •Minify HTML/CSS/JavaScript
- •Enable gzip/Brotli compression
- •Implement lazy loading for images
Sitemap & Robots.txt
sitemap.xml:
xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"
xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<url>
<loc>https://www.hack23.com/services.html</loc>
<lastmod>2025-01-24</lastmod>
<changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
<priority>0.8</priority>
<xhtml:link rel="alternate" hreflang="sv" href="https://www.hack23.com/services_sv.html"/>
<xhtml:link rel="alternate" hreflang="de" href="https://www.hack23.com/services_de.html"/>
</url>
</urlset>
robots.txt:
code
User-agent: * Allow: / Sitemap: https://www.hack23.com/sitemap.xml
Security Headers (SEO Impact)
MUST INCLUDE:
code
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN Referrer-Policy: strict-origin-when-cross-origin
SEO Checklist
- • Unique
<title>per page (50-60 chars) - • Unique meta description per page (150-160 chars)
- • Canonical URL specified
- • Structured data (Schema.org) implemented
- • hreflang tags for translations
- • Sitemap.xml generated and submitted
- • robots.txt configured
- • Mobile-friendly (responsive design)
- • HTTPS enforced
- • Page load time < 3 seconds
- • Images optimized (WebP)
- • Alt text on all images
- • Internal linking structure
- • Breadcrumb navigation
- • 404 page exists
- • No broken links
Related Documentation
Tools
- •Google Search Console: Monitor search performance
- •Schema.org Validator: https://validator.schema.org/
- •Rich Results Test: https://search.google.com/test/rich-results
- •Lighthouse: Performance and SEO audits