seo tools for website audits

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A technical website audit is important for understanding why your site ranks - or doesn't rank - on search engines. Through a proper site audit, basic on-page information can be ascertained and evaluated, as can server-side issues, internal linking and your site's external back link profile. This slide deck is from a presentation I gave at ClickZ Live Toronto on May 15, 2014. It includes SEO tools - both paid and free - that I utilize while performing technical website audits. Some of the tools listed are free, most are paid.

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May 14–16, 2014

#CZLTO | @ClickZLive

The Global Conference Series Designed by Digital Marketers, for Digital Marketers

Digital Campaign Power ToolkitSite Audit Edition

Thom CraverVP Development & ITInternet Marketing Ninjas

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

WHO AM I? WHY AM I A TOOL?

• SEO Since 1999• VP, (tool) Development• Over 150 FREE Tools

– InternetMarketingNinjas.com/tools

– tools.seochat.com

– freetools.webmasterworld.com

• Internally: Over 80 tools• “Pro” Tools coming soon

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

@ThomCraver

You don’t talk to your client, your tool does!

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

SITE AUDITS• On-Page Elements• Links (internal and external)• Schema Markup (Rich Snippets)• Server-side Issues• 302, 403, 404, other issues

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

@ThomCraver

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

HOW I AUDIT…1. Site Architecture

2. On-Page Elements

3. Crawler Site Accessibility

4. Server-Side Technical Elements

5. External Backlink Profile

6. Monitoring Tools

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

HOW D

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

SCREAMING FROG SEO SPIDER

ON-PAGE ELEMENTS: • URL• Status Code• Title Tag• Meta – Description, Keywords• H1 and H2 content• Document size in: KB, word count• Internal linking: inbound/outbound• Duplicate Content Check

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

OTHER CRAWLERS

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

CRAWL AS GOOGLEBOT

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

FETCH AS BINGBOT

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

BENEFITS: ARCHITECTURE, ON-PAGE, ACCESSIBILITY

• At-a-glance data for tags(Title, Meta, IMG/ALT, Canonical)

• Heading Usage (H1, H2)• Outbound / Internal Link checking• Status code issues: 301, 302, 403, 404• Server Directives• Redirect chains

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

SEMANTIC KNOWLEDGE

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

FACEBOOK OPEN GRAPH

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

STRUCTURED DATA TESTING TOOL

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

HOW I AUDIT…1. Site Architecture

2. On-Page Elements

3. Crawler Site Accessibility

4. Server-Side Technical Elements

5. External Backlink Profile

6. Monitoring Tools

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

WEB DEVELOPER TOOLBAR

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

SEO QUAKE TOOLBAR

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

GOOGLE PAGE SPEED INSIGHTS

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

GOOGLE PAGE SPEED INSIGHTS

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

GTMETRIX

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

READY.MOBI

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

HOW I AUDIT…1. Site Architecture

2. On-Page Elements

3. Crawler Site Accessibility

4. Server-Side Technical Elements

5. External Backlink Profile

6. Monitoring Tools

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

MAJESTIC SEO

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

COMPREHENSIVE BACKLINKS

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

RELEVANT LINKS = CONTENT

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

HOW I AUDIT…1. Site Architecture

2. On-Page Elements

3. Crawler Site Accessibility

4. Server-Side Technical Elements

5. External Backlink Profile

6. Monitoring Tools

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

WHAT DO YOU USE?

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

ANALYTICS: STAY UP TO DATE!

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

OLD GA CODE: DO NOT USE!

Older Synchronous Code

var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-123456-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview();

Urchin GA Code

_uacct = "UA-123456-1”; urchinTracker ();

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

CURRENT GA TRACKING CODE

Universal Analytics Code

ga('create', 'UA-123456-1', ’yoursite.ca'); ga('send', 'pageview');

Current Asynchronous Code

_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-123456-1']); _gaq.push(['_setDomainName', ’yoursite.ca']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

GOOGLE WEBMASTER TOOLS

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

BING WEBMASTER TOOLS

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

SEM RUSH: KEYWORDS & RANKINGS

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

SEM RUSH: CAMPAIGN TRACKING

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

LIST O’ TOOLS…• Screaming Frog SEO Spider• Web Developer Toolbar (Chris Pederick)• SEOQuake Toolbar• PageSpeed Insights, Structure Data Tool• GTMetrics• mobiReady• Majestic SEO• SEM Rush

@ThomCraver

May 14–16, 2014 | #CZLTO | @ClickZLive

SIMON WILL NOW TAKE QUESTIONS…

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