How to View Website Source Code and make sure it’s properly SEO-ed

Behind any site and its function lies source code that turns the browser into a convenient and intuitive user interface.

Any code used to be seen as a dark and scary wormhole that can only be understood by an experienced professional with considerable technical experience.

HTML is not that complex and scary, site owners and SEO specialists can benefit greatly from reading it, since there are not that many elements that are needed and you can learn to find them quickly.

Search robots see the code, read it, determine how to rank the site, where it is listed in the search results, and what is posted on the site. Often the things that we see and Google sees differ, which is why some SEO processes require you to be able to read code.

In this article, I will discuss how to view the source code on different operating services and browsers, how this can come in handy with SEO, and why it is useful.

How to read source code

The ways to view the source code are different depending on your operating system and browser. Below, I will explain how to view the code on Windows and Mac, and it the end, I will discuss viewing it on a phone or tablet.

How to view the source code on Windows

How do you view the source code on Chrome and other browsers?  You can view the code on Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Edge by hitting “CTRL + U”, another way is to right-click anywhere and select the “View Page Source”. 

There are alternative methods, in Chrome settings, you can find the “Advanced Tools” tab and then by clicking on “Developer Tools”, you can see the code.

I see no reason to describe all the methods, the two aforementioned methods for Windows are more than enough.