Screaming Frog for Technical SEO
Industry-standard website crawler for comprehensive technical audits
What is Screaming Frog?
Screaming Frog SEO Spider is a desktop-based website crawler that audits websites for technical SEO issues. It's the industry standard for technical SEO professionals, capable of crawling both small and large websites to identify issues that impact search engine rankings.
Unlike cloud-based tools, Screaming Frog gives us complete control over the crawl process, allowing deep technical analysis of site architecture, internal linking, metadata, and hundreds of other SEO factors.
Why We Use Screaming Frog
Comprehensive Site Audits
Crawl entire websites to identify broken links, redirect chains, duplicate content, missing meta tags, and hundreds of other technical issues affecting SEO.
Site Architecture Analysis
Visualize how search engines see your site structure. Identify orphan pages, crawl depth issues, and internal linking opportunities.
Migration Safety
Essential for platform migrations. We crawl the old site, map URLs, and verify all redirects are in place—protecting your SEO during website changes.
XML Sitemap Generation
Create optimized XML sitemaps with precise control over what gets included, helping search engines discover and index your important pages.
Key Features We Leverage
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Page Title & Meta Analysis
Identify missing, duplicate, too long, or too short titles and meta descriptions across your entire site
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Broken Link Detection
Find all 404 errors, broken images, and redirect chains that hurt user experience and SEO
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Hreflang Validation
Verify multilingual implementations are correct—critical for Belgian/European multilingual sites
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Robots.txt & Canonical Analysis
Ensure search engines can properly crawl and index your content without duplication issues
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Structured Data Validation
Verify schema markup implementation for rich snippets and enhanced search results
How Screaming Frog Fits Our SEO Process
1. Discovery & Audit Phase
First step of every SEO project: comprehensive Screaming Frog crawl to identify all technical issues preventing optimal performance.
2. Pre-Migration Mapping
Before any platform migration, we crawl the existing site to create a complete URL map and redirect strategy—protecting your SEO equity.
3. Ongoing Monitoring
Regular crawls catch new issues before they impact rankings—broken links, duplicate content, or crawl errors that appear over time.
Fix Technical SEO Issues
Get a comprehensive technical audit to identify what's holding your site back
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