Developer-specific SEO: use semantic HTML (header, main, article, not div for everything), add structured data (JSON-LD for FAQ, breadcrumbs, software), optimize Core Web Vitals (LCP < 2.5s, INP < 200ms, CLS < 0.1), submit XML sitemap to Search Console, implement canonical URLs, use descriptive slugs (/mortgage-calculator-california not /calc?id=123), add meta robots for pages you do not want indexed, and build internal links between related pages. The #1 developer SEO mistake: building great tools with zero on-page content for Google to index.
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