How to do a Website Audit - A Guide to a Complete SEO audit on your website

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Have you ever carried out an audit on your website? In this video, we explain what a website audit is and why a website audit is essential, and we share a framework for business owners to perform a website audit. A website audit is an in-depth analysis and evaluation of a website's overall performance and health. It examines all website elements, from design and content to technical factors like speed and security. Regular website audits are crucial for businesses to maintain an effective online presence, improve search engine rankings, increase conversions and traffic, and stay ahead of the competition.
How to do a Website Audit - A Guide to a Complete SEO audit on your website
This comprehensive guide will teach you how to audit your website or a client's website using a step-by-step process. Here are some key reasons why performing regular website audits is essential:
Identify issues impacting user experience and search engine optimization (SEO). A website audit pinpoints problems with navigation, loading speeds, broken links, metadata issues, etc. Fixing these can improve user experience and organic search results.
Assess website health and performance. You can evaluate metrics like traffic volume, bounce rates, and conversion rates to gauge the website's overall effectiveness. This shows where improvements need to be made. Compare against competitors. Check how your website stacks up against competitors' websites regarding design, content, and features. This gives insights into gaps that should be addressed. Follow search engine best practices. Search algorithms and ranking factors constantly evolve. An audit helps ensure your on-page elements follow the latest SEO and web best practices. Guide website redesigns. Before undertaking a website redesign, an audit identifies strengths to retain and weaknesses to improve. This enables data-driven design decisions. Track progress over time. Regular audits year after year reveal progress made and ongoing problem areas to fine-tune.
How to Conduct a Website Audit : Define your goals
Be clear on why you are auditing and what you hope to achieve. Are you focused on boosting organic traffic, increasing lead generation, improving page speed, or a mix? This guides which factors you should focus on in your audit.
Pick an auditing tool - Software tools like SEMrush, Ahrefs, and Screaming Frog make it easy to crawl a website and run comprehensive audits. They examine on-page elements, highlight errors, check technical and SEO factors, and compare metrics against competitors. Some popular options include:
SEMrush - an all-in-one marketing toolkit with a thorough site auditing tool.
Ahrefs - SEO toolkit with a site audit report covering optimization opportunities.
Screaming Frog - crawls pages to scan for SEO, speed, and accessibility issues.
Google Lighthouse - a free tool that assesses webpages for performance, accessibility, SEO, and more.
Pingdom Website Speed Test - quick and easy analysis of website loading time and performance.
Crawl website pages - Use a site crawling tool to index and build a sitemap of all pages on the website. This provides a complete overview of the site's content and structure.
Evaluate design - Assess the website's layout, visual appeal, ease of navigation,Calls to Action (CTAs), image use, and mobile responsiveness:
Layout - Logical information hierarchy and seamless user flow between pages
Visual appeal - Use of colour, fonts, whitespace; balances text and graphics
Navigation - Clear menu options, intuitive information architecture, simple paths to key pages
CTAs - Prominent with compelling copy and strong calls to desired actions
Images - Good quality, compressed file sizes, optimized with alt text
Review content -Analyze the website's content quality and optimization:
Copy - Useful, relevant, engaging writing tailored to audience and goals
Readability - Short paragraphs and sentences in active voice; formatting for skimming
Keyword usage - Target keywords woven naturally throughout copy
Check technical factors - Use online tools to assess the website's technical SEO and performance:
Page speed - Quick load times under 3 seconds; minify code, compress images, defer non-essential scripts
Mobile speed - Fast load times on mobile devices; responsive design; browser caching
Indexation - No blocked pages or restrictions preventing search engine crawling
XML Sitemap - Up-to-date sitemap submitted to Google Search Console
Review metrics -Analyze website metrics before and after changes to gauge ROI:
Traffic - Volume trends, growth rates, and sources of visitors
Bounce rate - High rates indicate content or navigation issues
Pages/session - More pages per session signal engagement
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