Generative discovery has not made technical SEO obsolete. Content that systems cannot reliably access, render, index or associate with the correct URL starts with a visibility disadvantage.
Crawl and index fundamentals
Important pages should return appropriate status codes, avoid accidental noindex directives, expose useful internal links and use canonical URLs consistently. Sitemaps can help discovery but do not replace a crawlable architecture.
Page signals
Unique titles, useful descriptions, logical headings and descriptive internal anchors make a site easier to navigate and interpret. These basics also improve the experience for real visitors.
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