Technical SEO Checklist for Large Sites
A comprehensive technical SEO checklist tailored for websites with tens of thousands of pages — crawl budget, rendering, and indexation at scale.
By John Smith Published on
Technical SEO Checklist for Large Sites
When a site grows past a few thousand pages, small mistakes multiply. Use this checklist to keep indexation healthy at scale.
Crawl budget
- Block thin and duplicate URLs via robots.txt
- Use
noindexon filtered/faceted pages - Keep internal linking shallow
Rendering
- Prefer server-rendered or hybrid output
- Avoid heavy client-side rendering for content
- Ship critical CSS inline
Indexation
- Submit split sitemaps (max 50,000 URLs each)
- Monitor coverage reports weekly