Freelance Technical SEO Specialist

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: TYPE OF WORK

Gig

: SALARY

$11.50

: HOURS PER WEEK

TBD

: DATE UPDATED

Jul 20, 2026

JOB OVERVIEW

We're a UK-based digital marketing and web design agency looking for an experienced technical SEO freelancer to work with on an ad-hoc basis for complex troubleshooting that goes beyond standard on-page fixes.

We have a couple of live issues to start with, both more advanced technical SEO problems involving Google Search Console diagnostics, indexing behaviour, and crawl/canonical issues. We're not looking for general SEO audits or content recommendations, we need someone comfortable getting into the detail of crawl logs, GSC data, structured data, and server-level configuration to diagnose and fix issues that have resisted standard fixes.

Full details of the specific issues will be shared with shortlisted candidates, but to give a sense of the level of work involved, recent examples include things like:

• Diagnosing why Google is overriding declared canonical tags in favour of a country-specific sister domain, despite correct technical implementation (hreflang, structured data, locale signals all in place), likely requiring a content differentiation strategy alongside technical fixes
• Investigating unexplained large-scale URL/page detection in Search Console that doesn't match the actual site structure, likely caused by parameter handling or external link patterns

What we're looking for:
• Strong hands-on experience with GSC, log file analysis, URL parameter handling, canonicalisation, and international/hreflang SEO
• Comfortable working across WordPress/Divi and other CMS platforms
• You're comfortable working independently and digging into the detail until you find the actual cause, not just the obvious fix.
• Available for occasional projects rather than a fixed retainer, ideally someone we can build an ongoing relationship with for this kind of work as it comes up
• Great English skills.
• The ability to work to UK working hours
• Great internet connection and willingness to communicate via email, WhatsApp and Zoom (if required)

To apply:
Please share examples of similar technical SEO diagnostic work you've done, particularly anything involving canonical/indexing conflicts or crawl anomalies, and your typical approach to investigating an issue like this.

We're easy to work with and happy to share full context once we're talking, just want to make sure we're starting the conversation with the right people.

SKILL REQUIREMENT

SEO SEO Analysis Ranking Management

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Freelance Technical SEO Specialist

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TYPE OF WORK

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HOURS PER WEEK

DATE UPDATED

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