Technical SEO for Job Boards
Understand the technical SEO foundation Cavuno handles automatically for your job board.
Technical SEO means optimizing your website's infrastructure so search engines can crawl, index, and rank your pages effectively. It covers site speed, mobile-friendliness, structured data, sitemaps, and security. Cavuno handles these requirements automatically.
What Cavuno does automatically
JobPosting schema markup
Every job listing includes structured data that tells Google exactly what the job is: the title and description, company name and logo, location or remote status, salary information (when provided), employment type, and date posted with expiration. This structured data is required to appear in Google for Jobs and helps your listings stand out in regular search results with rich snippets.
XML sitemap generation
Cavuno automatically generates and maintains your sitemap at yourboard.com/sitemap.xml. It includes all job listings, company pages, category and location pages, and blog posts. The sitemap updates automatically as content changes. See Sitemap submission for details on what's included and how to submit it.
Mobile optimization
With 60% of job searches happening on mobile, Cavuno ensures responsive design on all pages, a touch-friendly interface, fast mobile load times, and mobile-first indexing readiness.
Page speed optimization
Fast pages rank better and convert more visitors. Cavuno provides optimized images, efficient code delivery, CDN distribution, and Core Web Vitals optimization.
Canonical URL handling
Duplicate content confuses search engines. Cavuno handles canonical tags on all pages, parameter handling for sorting and filtering, consistent URL structures, and redirect management.
HTTPS security
All Cavuno boards use HTTPS with SSL certificates included. HTTPS is required for Google ranking and ensures secure data transmission between your board and its visitors.
What you can customize
SEO settings per page type
Use the Website Builder's SEO settings to configure meta titles, meta descriptions, and hero content for each page type on your board. Available page types include: home, jobs list, job detail, companies list, company detail, blog index, blog post, blog author, blog tag, post a job, and the three programmatic page types (category, location, and combination).
SEO tokens
Programmatic and list pages support dynamic tokens that are resolved at render time. The available tokens are:
| Token | Description | Available on |
|---|---|---|
{{board_name}} | Your board's name | All page types |
{{count}} | Number of items (formatted) | List and programmatic pages |
{{category}} | Job category or skill name | Programmatic category and combination pages |
{{location}} | Geographic location | Programmatic location and combination pages |
{{job_label}} | "Job" or "Jobs" based on count | Jobs list and programmatic pages |
{{company_label}} | "Company" or "Companies" based on count | Companies list |
{{tag_name}} | Blog tag name | Blog tag pages |
{{tag_description}} | Blog tag description | Blog tag pages |
Example title template: {{count}} {{category}} {{job_label}} in {{location}} | {{board_name}} renders as "47 Marketing Jobs in New York | TechJobs Board"
Monitoring your technical SEO
Google Search Console
Connect Search Console to monitor index coverage (how many pages Google knows about), crawl errors (problems accessing your pages), Core Web Vitals (page experience metrics), and schema validation (structured data issues). See Connect Search Console for setup instructions.
Common issues to watch
Even with automation, keep an eye on crawl errors (usually from external broken links), index coverage drops (which may indicate content quality issues), and schema warnings (occasionally from unusual job data). Use the schema validator to diagnose specific issues.
Technical SEO checklist
Cavuno handles these automatically for your board:
- JobPosting schema on all listings
- XML sitemap generated and updated
- Mobile-responsive design
- HTTPS enabled
- Fast page load times
- Canonical URLs configured
- Clean URL structure
- Internal linking between pages
- Google Indexing API (when Search Console is connected)
- IndexNow for Bing and other engines