Every web browser allows you to do this easily. The first step in checking your website’s source code is to view the actual code. I also will go over a few other situations where knowing how to view and examine the right parts of source code can help with other marketing efforts. This is a quick guide to show you how to read your own website source code in order to make sure it is SEO-friendly. Google and other search engines “read” this code to determine where your webpages should appear in their indexes for a given search query. Underneath all the images, text, and calls to action on your website lies your webpage source code.