SEO Fix Guide: which issues to fix first, and why
A scan gives you a list. This tells you what's actually worth your afternoon.
An audit is only useful if you know what to do with it first. Below is every common SEO problem a scan surfaces, grouped by type, with an in-depth walkthrough behind each one explaining what it costs you and how to judge whether it applies to your site. Want the exact code and per-platform steps instead? That lives in the SEO Fix Library. Run a free scan to see which of these are yours, then work down the list.
What a paid guide actually looks like.
This is one fix card from a real $8.99 remediation guide, generated for allbirds.com (Shopify, 62/100 — Needs work). Eight more fixes ship in the same report, plus a detailed walkthrough per issue.
Adds Organization schema so search engines can attribute the brand and unlock rich-result eligibility (currently zero structured data on the page).
Technical SEO fixes
The crawl-and-index foundation. Get these wrong and search engines can't read or trust your pages.
- Fix robots.txt errors → Rules accidentally blocking Google or Bing from crawling your site.
- Create & submit a sitemap → How to build an XML sitemap and submit it so engines discover every page.
- Fix canonical tag issues → Duplicate URLs splitting your ranking signals — point them at one canonical.
- Fix broken schema markup → Broken or missing structured data that's costing you rich results.
- Find & fix broken links → 404s that waste crawl budget and erode trust — how to catch and repair them.
- Fix Core Web Vitals (LCP, CLS, INP) → Slow loads, layout shift and input lag — the speed metrics Google ranks on.
- Pass mobile-first indexing → What Google sees on real phones, and how to make it pass.
On-page fixes
The signals on each page that tell search engines — and searchers — what it's about.
Platform-specific fixes
The exact settings to change on your CMS. Abby detects your platform and tailors every fix.
Local SEO
For businesses that serve an area or have a storefront.
Start here — understand your SEO
New to this? Read these first, then scan.
- SEO for people who hate SEO → The no-jargon starting point.
- Audit your site in 5 minutes → Run a full SEO audit fast.
- Technical SEO checklist → A small-business technical SEO checklist.
- Read your SEO report → Your report explained in plain English.
- The #1 mistake killing traffic → The single SEO mistake most likely dragging you down.
- Why your 'perfect' site isn't ranking → It looks fine but won't rank — here's what's really going on.
Find your issues, then fix them
Run a free scan to see exactly which of these apply to your site. The free report shows what's broken; the $8.99 fix guide gives you the exact code and step-by-step fix for every issue — tailored to your platform.
Scan my site free →More on our approach: how the scanner works · why most free SEO tools mislead you · why we built a scanner that gives the fix