Madalin Tudose – The SEO Checklist

The SEO ChecklistTM is your highly-efficient, step-by-step SEO framework that will guide you through actionable strategies you can use RIGHT AWAY to dramatically increase the ranking of your website and bring it where it belongs: on the 1st page of Google!

What You Get:

1 Set Up Google Analytics

2 Set Up Google Search Console

3 Install an SEO Solution for Your Website

4 Set Up Uptime Monitoring

5 Set Up Keyword Rank Tracking

6 Check for About, Contact, Privacy Policy and TOS Pages

7 Check for Pretty Permalinks

8 Check the Site is Mobile Friendly

9 Check the Site Loads Fast

10 Keep URLs Short

11 Check and Optimize Your 404 Page

12 Make it Easy to Share Your Content

13 Claim Your Brand on Multiple Social Networks

14 Use Heatmaps to See What Users Actually See

15 Use a Top-Performing Web Host

16 Check The Server is Located Close to Your Service Area

17 Use a CDN

18 Check for GZIP Compression

19 Check for HTTP/2

20 Use a Caching Solution

21 Minify JS/CSS Files

22 Resize Large Images at Upload

23 Compress and Optimize images

24 Lazy Load Images & Iframes(YouTube embeds, etc)

25 Update Technology

26 Optimize Database

27 Switch to Https

28 Check for One Single www Version

29 Fix mixed content

30 Create a Sitemap & Add it to Google Search Console(GSC)

31 Create a robots.txt File

32 Check that URLs have redirects to / or the canonical is set to /

33 Check and Fix Broken Links

34 Check and Fix Redirect Chains

35 Fix Missing and Duplicate Meta Titles and Descriptions

36 Use Redirects Properly

37 Check for Index Coverage Issues

38 Check for Manual Penalties

39 Keep Pages at Maximum 3 Clicks from Reach

40 Use “noindex” and “nofollow” Tags Properly

41 Disable Irrelevant Content from Being Indexed

42 Do Keyword Research

43 Have a Solid SEO Content Strategy

44 Create Long-Form Content

45 Create 10x Content

46 Identify & Fix Keyword Cannibalization

47 Identify & Fix Duplicate Content

48 Create Content Hubs

49 “Feed” the Hubs with Supporting Content

50 Update Content on a Regular Basis

51 Add Content to Your Categories

52 Build Up E-A-T

53 Write for People, not for Search Engines

54 Check the Target Keyword Matches User Intent

55 Have the target keyword in URL, Title and Heading

56 Use Focus Keyword in 1st Paragraph

57 Use a Single H1 on Each Page

58 Set an Enticing, yet SEO-Oriented Meta Title

59 Write a Compelling Meta Description

60 Use Subheadings for Content Hierarchy

61 Format and Style the Content Properly

62 Link to Relevant Inner Pages(Internal Linking)

63 Link out to Relevant, Authoritative Websites

64 Never Link to a Page/Website with the Same Anchor the Current Page is Targeting

65 Name Your Images Properly

66 Set Images Alt Text

67 Check for Social Markup

68 Check Dwell Time and Optimize It

69 Strike for the Featured Snippet

70 Don’t Over-Optimize

71 Have a Solid Link Building Strategy

72 Build Foundational Links

73 Interlink Social Networks

74 Guest Post on Niche-Related Blogs

75 Ask Partners you’ve Worked with for a Link

76 Turn Brand Mentions into Links

77 Use Social Signals to Boost your Page Rankings

78 Schedule Social Posting

79 Claim your Google My Business Listing

80 Claim Your Yelp Listing

81 Claim your Bing Places for Business Listing

82 Optimize Listings

83 Get on General Relevant Directories

84 Get on Niche-specific Directories

85 Reply to Reviews

86 Reach Out for Reviews

87 Publish Google Posts

88 Check for Site-wide NAP Details

89 Have Consistent NAP Details Across the Site

90 Have Consistent NAP Details on Listings & Social Networks

91 Have a Content Strategy Targeting Local Topics

92 Claim Brand Mentions from Local Sites

93 Add Local Business Markup to your Homepage