A 10-Step Technical Audit Checklist

What Is a Technical SEO Audit?

A technical SEO audit is a detailed analysis of the technical aspects of a website related to search engine optimization.

The primary goal of a technical site audit for SEO is to make sure search engines like Google can crawl, index, and rank pages on your site.

You can find and fix technical issues by regularly auditing your website. Over time, that will improve your site’s performance in search engines.

How to Perform a Technical SEO Audit

You’ll need two main tools to perform a technical site audit:

1. Google Search Console
2. A crawl-based tool, like Semrush’s Site Audit

If you haven’t used Search Console before, read our beginner’s guide to learn how to set it up. We will discuss the tool’s various reports below.

And if you’re new to Site Audit, you can sign up for free and start within minutes.

The Site Audit tool scans your website and provides data about all the pages it’s able to crawl. The report it generates will help you identify a wide range of technical SEO issues.

The overview looks like this:

To set up your first crawl, you’ll need to create a project first.

Next, head to the Site Audit tool and select your domain.

The “Site Audit Settings” window will pop up. Here, you’ll configure the basics of your first crawl. You can follow this detailed setup guide to get through the settings.

Finally, click the “Start Site Audit” button at the bottom of the window.

After the tool crawls your site, it generates an overview of your site’...