Server Log Files & Technical SEO Audits: What You Need to Know

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that Google’s data can be wrong?

WHAT IF I TOLD YOU…

What Google Says

662 page requests

What’s Actually in Server Logs

546 page requests!

What is Log Data?

What’s Actually in Server Logs

The ELK Stack

Visualizing Server Log Data

system administration monitoring

troubleshooting DevOps

QA IoT

business analysis product management customer successcustomer supporttechnical SEO

security and compliance

Why Do Log Analysis?

A Server Log Entry

A Server Log File

What to Check

• Bot crawl volume• Response code errors• Temporary redirect

• Bot crawl priority• Last crawl date• Crawl budget waste

Bot Crawl Volume

Response Code Errors

Temporary Redirects

Crawl Priorities

Last Crawl Date

Crawl Waste

Crawl Waste

Resources• Introductions to Apache, IIS, NGINX, and Windows server log

analysis• Tutorials on Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana (the open

source ELK Stack)• ELK Apps for Apache, IIS, NGINX, and Windows servers• The Complete Guide to the ELK Stack• Log Analysis in AWS Environments with the ELK Stack• Log Analysis for Technical SEO (my Moz essay)