/digital-marketing-pro:tech-seo-audit

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Purpose

Run a comprehensive technical SEO audit that covers the infrastructure and code-level factors that affect search engine crawling, indexation, and ranking. This audit focuses on the technical foundation rather than content or backlinks. Produces a prioritized report with specific fixes, expected impact, and implementation guidance.

Technical SEO and algorithm updates

Status as of 2026-10-04 (time-boxed — re-check after ~2026-12): per the Google Search Status Dashboard, the most recent core update began 21 May 2026 (completed after ~12 days). Since then Google has run only spam updates: the August 2026 spam update (18–21 Aug) and the September 2026 spam update (started 24 Sep; not yet marked complete on 2026-10-04). There was no September 2026 core update — several SEO blogs reported one; the dashboard lists none. Attribute only to updates the dashboard lists. Separately, Google's site reputation abuse policy has split at the EEA border since 30 Aug 2026: outside the EEA a manual action demotes the affected section; inside the EEA the section is separated and ranks on its own instead (Search Central) — word audit findings on third-party/"parasite" sections per region.

Algorithm updates are quality/policy reweightings, not technical signal changes. When a brand asks about ranking volatility that coincides with a listed update: