--- title: "Free SEO Tools, Checkers & Practical Guides | Web Aloha" description: "Run free SEO checks for schema, links, indexing, metadata, sitemaps, robots, and duplicate content; then use practical guides or expert SEO services." canonical_url: "https://webaloha.co/seo/" markdown_url: "https://webaloha.co/seo.md" date_modified: "2026-08-20T00:00:00.000Z" --- SEO TOOLS & GUIDES # SEO Hub Diagnose a specific search problem with a free checker, understand the evidence with a practical guide, or move to our SEO service when you want an audit and implementation handled for you. [Check Your Schema Markup 🔎](https://webaloha.co/tools/schema-markup-validator/) [See SEO Services](https://webaloha.co/seo-services/) **Not sure where to start?** Run your homepage through the schema validator and meta tag checker below, then work through the [on-page SEO checklist](https://webaloha.co/on-page-seo-checklist-2026/). Those three paths separate technical discovery, page-level relevance, and authority work so you can diagnose the right layer first. ## Which of These Sounds Like You? [ "My site gets almost no traffic" Before fixing anything, find out what's actually blocking you: indexing, content, or competition. We'll audit it free within 48 hours. Get a free website audit → ](https://webaloha.co/free-website-audit/)[ "Google isn't indexing some of my pages" Usually a robots.txt rule, a noindex tag, or a sitemap problem. Check whether your pages are in the index, then test what blocks them. Check your indexing → ](https://webaloha.co/tools/google-index-checker/)[ "I have rankings, but few leads" Traffic without leads is usually a persuasion problem, not an SEO problem: weak offers, unclear pages, no proof. That's a redesign conversation. See how we fix conversion → ](https://webaloha.co/website-redesign-services/)[ "AI search never mentions my business" ChatGPT, Perplexity, and AI Overviews pick sources differently than Google rankings. That side has its own tools and playbook. Visit the GEO Hub → ](https://webaloha.co/geo/) ## Free SEO Checkers Focused checks with no signup. Each tool states its scope, limits, and data handling so you can interpret the result correctly. [Start here Schema Markup Validator Scan server-returned JSON-LD and Microdata on a live URL, or paste JSON-LD privately for parse and common-property checks. ](https://webaloha.co/tools/schema-markup-validator/)[ Robots.txt Tester & Validator Validate your robots.txt and test whether specific URLs are blocked, the replacement for Google's retired tester. ](https://webaloha.co/tools/robots-txt-tester-and-validator/)[ Sitemap Checker & Validator Validate your XML sitemap, count URLs, and catch format errors before Google does. ](https://webaloha.co/tools/sitemap-checker-and-validator/)[ Meta Tag Checker Audit title tags, meta descriptions, robots directives, and social tags on any page. ](https://webaloha.co/tools/meta-tag-checker/)[ Heading Checker See the full H1-H6 outline of any page and spot missing or duplicate headings. ](https://webaloha.co/tools/heading-checker/)[ Canonical URL Checker Verify canonical tags and catch conflicts that split your ranking signals. ](https://webaloha.co/tools/canonical-url-checker/)[ Internal Link Checker & Analyzer Crawl up to 100 pages to review internal links, anchor text, nofollow signals, and discovery depth. ](https://webaloha.co/tools/internal-link-analyzer/)[ Pairwise Duplicate Content Checker Compare two selected pages or texts and inspect their matching sentences in detail. ](https://webaloha.co/tools/duplicate-content-checker/)[ Sitewide Duplicate Content Finder Crawl or submit up to 50 URLs to find exact and near-duplicate clusters across a site. ](https://webaloha.co/tools/sitewide-duplicate-content-finder/)[ Google Index Checker Check whether a page is indexed by Google and estimate how many pages of a site are. ](https://webaloha.co/tools/google-index-checker/) Optimizing for AI search too? The [GEO Hub](https://webaloha.co/geo/) covers AI visibility, llms.txt, and getting cited by ChatGPT and Perplexity. ## SEO Guides That Stay Current Written from 8+ years of doing SEO for clients, and updated when Google moves the goalposts. ### On-page fundamentals (start here) [ On-Page SEO Checklist for 2026 Every on-page element that matters, in the order to fix them. ](https://webaloha.co/on-page-seo-checklist-2026/)[ Title Tag SEO Guide The single highest-impact on-page element, done right. ](https://webaloha.co/title-tag-seo-guide/)[ Meta Tags SEO Guide Which meta tags matter in 2026 and which are dead weight. ](https://webaloha.co/meta-tags-seo-guide/)[ Heading Tags SEO Guide How to structure H1-H6 for readers, Google, and AI engines. ](https://webaloha.co/heading-tags-seo-guide/)[ Image SEO Guide File names, alt text, compression, and lazy loading that rank. ](https://webaloha.co/image-seo-guide/) ### Technical SEO [ Technical SEO Audit Guide A step-by-step audit you can run yourself with free tools. ](https://webaloha.co/technical-seo-audit-guide/)[ How to Test Schema Markup The full validation workflow, from pre-publish to quarterly audits. ](https://webaloha.co/how-to-test-schema-markup/)[ Canonical Tags Explained What canonicals do, when you need them, and common mistakes. ](https://webaloha.co/canonical-tags-explained/)[ How to Check Robots.txt Read, test, and fix the file that controls your crawlability. ](https://webaloha.co/how-to-check-robots-txt/)[ What Is a Sitemap? XML sitemaps explained: what to include and what to leave out. ](https://webaloha.co/what-is-a-sitemap/)[ Google Search Console Guide Set up GSC and actually use the data it gives you. ](https://webaloha.co/google-search-console-guide/) ### Strategy & authority [ Internal Linking Strategy for Topic Authority How clusters and hubs compound your rankings over time. ](https://webaloha.co/internal-linking-strategy-topic-authority/)[ How Long Does SEO Take? Realistic timelines by site age, competition, and budget. ](https://webaloha.co/how-long-does-seo-take/)[ Is SEO Worth It for Small Businesses? An honest cost-benefit look, with the math shown. ](https://webaloha.co/is-seo-worth-it-small-businesses/)[ SEO Competitor Analysis Reverse-engineer what ranking competitors do differently. ](https://webaloha.co/seo-competitor-analysis/)[ Off-Page SEO & Link Building Strategies Earning authority signals without buying spam links. ](https://webaloha.co/off-page-seo-link-building-strategies/) Ready to launch ## Rather have the SEO done for you? Our SEO plans run month-to-month with no long-term contracts, and every engagement starts with the same technical checks you see here. Or start free with a 48-hour website audit. [See SEO Services 🤙](https://webaloha.co/seo-services/) [Get a Free Audit](https://webaloha.co/free-website-audit/) SEO Hub ## SEO Hub: FAQ What is the SEO Hub? It is Web Aloha's central resource for search engine optimization: free SEO checkers that run on any public URL, guides we keep updated as Google changes, and done-for-you SEO services. Check, learn, and fix in one place. Are these SEO tools really free? Yes. The tools are free and require no signup. Each publishes its own practical crawl, fetch, or input limits and explains which submitted data is processed in the browser or by a server endpoint. Which SEO tool should I start with? Start with the Schema Markup Validator and the Meta Tag Checker: together they cover how search engines and AI systems read your pages. Then run the Robots.txt Tester and Sitemap Checker to confirm crawlers can actually reach your content. How is SEO different from GEO? SEO earns you rankings in classic search results; GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) earns you citations in AI answers from ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. They share foundations like schema markup and clean site structure. Our GEO Hub covers the AI search side. Can Web Aloha do the SEO work for me? Yes. Our SEO services run month-to-month with no long-term contracts, and every plan starts with a technical audit using the same checks as these free tools. If you first want to see where your site stands, request a free 48-hour website audit.