---
title: "March 2017"
url: https://themodernweb.co.uk/2017/03/
description: "Entries published on The Modern Web in March 2017."
---

# March 2017

Every entry filed under the March 2017 dateline, newest first.

## [March 2017](https://themodernweb.co.uk/2017/03/)

### [Top 5 Technical SEO basics for Web Developers](https://themodernweb.co.uk/2017/03/top-5-technical-seo-basics-web-developers/)

Search visibility starts with a page a crawler can reach and read. Before anyone argues about keywords, it is worth confirming that the routes you have built are actually linked from somewhere, that robots.txt is not quietly excluding a whole directory, and that the sitemap you generate matches the pages that really exist.

Filed under: [SEO](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/seo/), [Web Development](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/web-development/) · [Permalink](https://themodernweb.co.uk/2017/03/top-5-technical-seo-basics-web-developers/)

### [11 basic terminal commands for beginners](https://themodernweb.co.uk/2017/03/11-basic-terminal-commands-beginners/)

Most of the work a front-end developer does can be done through a visual application, right up until it cannot. Installing a build tool, checking what a server is doing, or moving two hundred files into a new folder structure are all faster typed than clicked.

Filed under: [Terminal](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/terminal/), [Tips](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/tips/), [Tutorials](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/web-development/tutorials/), [Web Development](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/web-development/) · [Permalink](https://themodernweb.co.uk/2017/03/11-basic-terminal-commands-beginners/)