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What is an SEO audit?

Short answer

An SEO audit is a review of everything that affects how your site ranks and converts. It checks technical health, page content, local signals, links and tracking, then ranks the problems by how much they cost you. A good audit ends with a short, prioritized plan, not a 100-page report of tool warnings.

In this answer
  1. 01What an audit covers
  2. 02How we run one
  3. 03Red flags in an audit
  4. 04When to get one

What an audit covers

AreaWhat we check
TechnicalIndexing, crawl errors, redirects, speed, mobile layout and HTTPS
ContentWhether each service has a strong page that matches its searches
LocalBusiness Profile, reviews, categories and listing consistency
LinksWho links to you, spammy links and gaps against competitors
TrackingWhether your tracking counts calls, forms and bookings correctly
CompetitorsWhat the businesses outranking you do differently

How we run one

From data to a plan
  1. CollectPull Search Console, GA4, profile and crawl data.
  2. DiagnoseFind what blocks rankings and what blocks leads.
  3. PrioritizeRank each issue by impact against the effort to fix.
  4. PlanTurn the top issues into a dated action list.

Red flags in an audit

  • Hundreds of tool warnings with no priority
  • Scores from tools instead of business impact
  • Generic advice that would fit any website
  • No mention of tracking, calls or leads

Google's guide on hiring an SEO suggests asking what results to expect and in what timeframe. A useful audit answers that for each fix.

Good example. An audit finds a noindex tag on the top service page and a call button that fails on phones. It puts both at the top of the list, ahead of 200 minor warnings.

Bad example. An audit delivers an 80-page export of crawler warnings, sorted alphabetically.

When to get one

Get an audit before a redesign, after a traffic drop, when you switch agencies or once a year as a checkup. If your current agency has never shown you one, ask why.

We do not offer free audits, because a real audit takes real hours. Our SEO audit ends with a prioritized plan your team or ours can act on.

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