How to use SEO audit

An SEO Audit evaluates how well your website is optimized for search engines. Using Google Lighthouse, it checks for best practices that improve visibility and ranking in Google search results.

What Is Checked During an SEO Audit #

Meta Tags & Structure #

• Page title (<title> tag)
• Meta description
• Viewport settings
• Canonical URLs

Mobile-Friendly #

• Text readability on mobile devices
• Touch target sizing
• Proper viewport configuration

Crawling & Indexing #

• Validity of robots.txt
• Crawlability of pages
• HTTP status codes
• Indexing restrictions

Content Quality #

• Presence of image alt attributes
• Use of descriptive link text
• Implementation of structured data (Schema.org)

Understanding Your SEO Score #

• A Grade (90–100): Excellent SEO. Most best practices are followed, with only minor improvements possible.
• B Grade (80–89): Good SEO. Well-optimized overall, but some areas need refinement.
• C Grade (70–79): Fair SEO. Several improvements required to achieve better rankings.
• D Grade (60–69): Poor SEO. Multiple critical issues must be addressed.
• F Grade (0–59): Very poor SEO. Numerous critical issues are preventing strong search performance.

Common Issues and Fixes #

Missing Meta Description #

• Impact: High
• Fix: Add a meta description tag with 150–160 characters that clearly describe the page content.

Images Without Alt Text #

• Impact: Medium
• Fix: Add descriptive alt attributes to all images to improve accessibility and SEO.

No Structured Data #

• Impact: Low–Medium
• Fix: Implement Schema.org JSON-LD markup to enable rich search results and improve visibility.