SEO Tips & Hacks: Core Web Vitals, Indexing and Schema

Here is how I fix the three most common blockers on real sites. Improve speed and stability, make sure the right pages are indexed, and earn richer results with clean schema.

Core Web Vitals Quick Wins

Largest Contentful Paint

Compress hero images and convert to WEBP.
Preload the hero image with <link rel="preload" as="image">.
Move third party scripts below the fold.

Cumulative Layout Shift

Reserve width and height for images and embeds.
Avoid injecting banners or popups above content.
Use system fonts or a font display swap.

Interaction to Next Paint

Remove unused JavaScript and heavy sliders.
Enable browser caching and minify assets.
Use a lightweight theme and defer non critical scripts.

Indexing and Crawling Control

Goal: Only valuable pages should be indexable. Everything else should be redirected or marked noindex. This concentrates authority on the pages that matter.

Remove thin tag pages. Use category pages instead.
Set noindex, follow on filter and search pages.
Redirect old duplicates to the best version with a 301.
Submit a clean XML sitemap with only indexable URLs.
In GSC inspect a few key pages and request indexing after fixes.

Schema You Can Add in Minutes

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Article",
  "headline": "SEO Tips and Hacks",
  "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Andrew Frost" },
  "datePublished": "2025-08-29"
}

Paste this as JSON LD in the head or body of blog posts. Keep fields accurate and consistent with the page.

Checklist

Task	Tool	Target
Compress and preload hero image	Squoosh	LCP under 2.5s
Set sizes on all images	Theme settings	No layout shift
Mark filters as noindex	Robots meta	Clean index
Add Article schema to posts	Manual JSON LD	Rich results when eligible

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