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Website SEO Audit Checklist
GAP Team · Jul 16, 2026 · 9 min read
Run this end-to-end the first time, then use it as your quarterly refresh. Every item maps to a concrete file, header, or metric.
Crawl and index
- Full-site crawl completes without errors.
- XML sitemap present, referenced in robots.txt, up to date.
- Search Console coverage shows < 5% excluded on important URLs.
- No orphan pages in your top 20% by traffic.
On-page
- Unique title and meta description on every indexable page.
- Exactly one H1 per page.
- Primary keyword in title, H1, and first 100 words.
- Internal links from at least three related pages.
Performance
Core Web Vitals green on 75% of sessions. See Core Web Vitals.
Structured data
Organization schema sitewide, Article/Product/FAQ where relevant. Validates in the Rich Results Test.
Competitive gap
Identify five keywords you should rank for but don't. See competitor website analysis.
Fix and monitor
Assign each issue an owner and a due date. Continuous monitoring catches regressions between audits.
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