Keyword position
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I fixed all the crawl issues but still my website is in second page.
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Fixing all crawl issues should undoubtedly help with SEO "across the board", however it can be unrealistic to expect this to fix the rankings for an unrelated page!
Put it this way, if you're page is already ranking 2nd place for your keyword, it already means Google "likes" it.
Don't get me wrong fixing site wide on-page technical issues definitely moves the needle, however if no internal links or content really changed then I wouldn't necessarily expect significant SERP movement.
Perhaps look to off-site factors e.g. backlinks and domain authority to position number 1 and do a Gap analysis.
Kind regards,
Nick
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It's great that you fixed your crawl issues, but SEO is about much more than crawl issues and content
I highly advise that you watch this Moz whiteboard Friday video:
It was posted in 2014, but it's such a good video that I send it to potential clients all the time (even to this day). Because SEO performance is constructed of so many elements (some of which are NOT part of your own coding and website) - you can't rely on just one thing to move keyword positions
You have to look at SEO 'in the round' if you want to be successful
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