{"id":6074,"date":"2016-10-12T10:00:41","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T10:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.improvemysearchranking.com\/?p=6074"},"modified":"2023-12-05T10:48:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T10:48:16","slug":"how-to-seo-audit-your-website-in-30-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.improvemysearchranking.com\/how-to-seo-audit-your-website-in-30-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"How To SEO Audit Your Website In 30 Minutes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">In today\u2019s digital marketing world, SEO has a lot to do with creating the right content marketing campaign, understanding your target audience, building high-quality and relevant backlinks, and getting a lot of attention on the web.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">However, despite all this, you can never undermine the importance of technical SEO and SEO audit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">It does not matter how good a content marketing campaign you are running to improve the overall SEO of your website, you will be never able to realize your website\u2019s true SEO potential for as long as it has technical SEO issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">This is why it is very important that your website is free from crawl issues. But how can you do that when you are so busy with several other tasks for growing your online business?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">In this post, we discuss how to SEO audit your website in less than 30 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">By the end of this post, you will be able to identify and resolve most SEO crawl issues. It\u2019ll give you a much better opportunity to rank higher in search engines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Ready? Let\u2019s begin.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><b>1. Check Your Website\u2019s Sitemap<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">We start by checking your website\u2019s sitemap.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Every website should have a sitemap. It helps search engines understand the contents of your website and makes it easier for search engine crawlers to properly access them for search engine indexing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The bottom line is that you must have a sitemap and it must be accurate and up-to-date. You can use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/webmasters\/tools\/\"><span class=\"s3\">Google Search Console<\/span><\/a> (free) to check for any possible errors in your website\u2019s sitemap.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Login to Google Search Console and click \u2018Crawl\u2019. Under the \u2018Crawl\u2019 tab, you would find \u2018Sitemaps\u2019. Click the \u2018Add\/Test Sitemap\u2019 button and paste the URL of your website\u2019s sitemap. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Google will display any errors if they find in your sitemap file.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p4\"><b>2. Check Your Robots.txt<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">A robots.txt is often understood as the opposite of sitemap. It tells search engines the parts of your website that you do not want to be accessed and indexed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">It is possible to accidentally block important parts and pages your website with robots.txt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">You can use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/webmasters\/tools\/robots-testing-tool?utm_source=support.google.com\/webmasters\/&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=6155685&amp;pli=1\"><span class=\"s3\">Google Robots.txt Tester tool<\/span><\/a> to see if there are any problems with your website\u2019s robots.txt file.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p4\"><b>3. Check For Missing Title Tags and Meta Descriptions<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Missing title tags and meta descriptions can have a big negative impact on your website\u2019s search engine rankings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">It is one of the most important steps in any SEO audit, so make sure you do it right.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">You can either check for any missing title tag and meta description manually (but it takes a lot of time) or you can do it with the help of a tool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">My recommendation would be to use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.screamingfrog.co.uk\/seo-spider\/\"><span class=\"s3\">Screaming Frog<\/span><\/a>. Its free tool gives you plenty of features and options to check for any missing title tags and meta descriptions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Simply paste the URL of your website and let the tool run. You can then select the right tabs and filters to get what you want.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/improvemysearchranking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Check-For-Missing-Title-Tags-and-Meta-Descriptions.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6076 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/improvemysearchranking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Check-For-Missing-Title-Tags-and-Meta-Descriptions.png\" alt=\"Check For Missing Title Tags and Meta Descriptions\" width=\"413\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The title tags should not exceed 55 characters and the meta descriptions should not exceed 155 characters.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p4\"><b>4. Fix 404 Errors<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">404 errors hurt your search engine rankings very badly. So make sure you fix all such errors during your SEO audit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">You can use the same Screaming Frog tool to identify any 404 errors. Once you have identified broken links, just fix them by redirecting the user to a updated, working webpage.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p4\"><b>5. Fix Broken Links<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Broken links are more common that you\u2019d think. However, fixing them can be a very simple task if you know how to do it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">You can use a simple free <a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/plugins\/chemohaemmfhjpmlgkmkanfpfbkaihop?hl=en\"><span class=\"s3\">Google Chrome plugin<\/span><\/a> to identify all such broken links on your website. Once you have identified the broken links on your website, fix them by redirecting your users to a valid webpage \u2014 inbound or outbound.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/check-my-links\/ojkcdipcgfaekbeaelaapakgnjflfglf?hl=en-GB\">Check My Links<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> and <a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/broken-link-checker\/nibppfobembgfmejpjaaeocbogeonhch\"><span class=\"s3\">Broken Link Checker<\/span><\/a> are two very good Google Chrome extensions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p4\"><b>6. Fix Broken Images and Add Alt Text Tags<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Have you deleted any images from your media library?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">In that scenario, you may have some broken images on your website. It is easy to find such images because, well, they are right there on your webpages, but you should not stop at that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">You must also find images without alt text tags. Every image on your website must have a proper alt text tag for a better SEO experience. These tags must not only be relevant to your image and useful to your website readers, but they must also be search engine optimized with proper keyword utilization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">You can either again use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.screamingfrog.co.uk\/seo-spider\/\"><span class=\"s3\">Screaming Frog<\/span><\/a> to find images with missing alt tags or you can also use <a href=\"http:\/\/seositecheckup.com\/tools\/image-alt-test\"><span class=\"s3\">SEO Site Checkup\u2019s image alt test tool<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/improvemysearchranking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Fix-Broken-Images-and-Add-Alt-Text-Tags.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6077 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/improvemysearchranking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Fix-Broken-Images-and-Add-Alt-Text-Tags.png\" alt=\"Fix Broken Images and Add Alt Text Tags\" width=\"351\" height=\"108\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p4\"><b>Final Words<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">SEO audit is a continuous process for most websites. Despite the number of times you have done it already, there is always some room for improvement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">As your website grows and adds more content and webpages, the probability of finding errors in your website\u2019s SEO also increases. Make sure that you are always on top of it with these tips and steps mentioned in this blog post.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In today\u2019s digital marketing world, SEO has a lot to do with creating the right content marketing campaign, understanding your target audience, building high-quality and relevant backlinks, and getting a lot of attention on the web. However, despite all this, you can never undermine the importance of technical SEO and SEO audit. 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