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Use this 120+ point checklist to systematically audit your site's technical health. ### In This Article [How to Use This Technical SEO Audit Checklist](#section-0)[1\. Crawlability & Robots.txt (15 checks)](#section-1)[2\. Indexation Health (20 checks)](#section-2)[3\. Canonical Tags (10 checks)](#section-3)[4\. Site Architecture & Internal Linking (15 checks)](#section-4)[5\. Core Web Vitals (20 checks)](#section-5)[6\. HTTPS & Security (10 checks)](#section-6)[7\. Structured Data (15 checks)](#section-7)[Need a Professional Audit?](#section-8) [Get Free Audit](/contact) Tags technical seo audit checklist technical seo audit template seo checklist ## How to Use This Technical SEO Audit Checklist This checklist is designed to be worked through systematically. Each section covers a distinct area of technical SEO, and each item can be marked as Pass, Fail, or N/A for your site. All Fail items should be added to your technical SEO fix backlog, prioritized by their potential impact. For a complete walkthrough of how to perform each audit step, read our [technical SEO audit guide](/blog/how-to-perform-technical-seo-audit). If you'd rather have our team conduct a professional audit, [contact us](/contact) for a free consultation. ## 1\. Crawlability & Robots.txt (15 checks) ☐ robots.txt file exists and is accessible at /robots.txt ☐ robots.txt does not block Googlebot from crawling CSS files ☐ robots.txt does not block Googlebot from crawling JavaScript files ☐ robots.txt does not block Googlebot from crawling image directories ☐ Crawl directives are correctly formatted (User-agent: Googlebot vs. User-agent: \*) ☐ XML sitemap is referenced in robots.txt ☐ No important page paths are accidentally disallowed ☐ robots.txt has been tested with Google's robots.txt Tester in Search Console ☐ Crawl-delay directive is not set (can reduce Googlebot's crawl rate) ☐ No staging/development environment URLs are leaking into robots.txt ☐ Disallowed pages are not being linked to from important pages ☐ No critical JavaScript APIs are blocked by robots.txt ☐ robots.txt is being served with 200 status (not 404 or 500) ☐ robots.txt size is under 500KB (Google's limit) ☐ Log file analysis confirms Googlebot crawl rate is appropriate for site size ## 2\. Indexation Health (20 checks) ☐ All important pages return 200 HTTP status code ☐ No important pages have meta robots noindex tags ☐ No important pages have X-Robots-Tag: noindex HTTP headers ☐ Indexable URL count roughly matches expected site size ☐ No staging/test URLs are appearing in Google's index ☐ Google Search Console Coverage report shows no unexpected "Valid" URLs ☐ Google Search Console Coverage report shows no unexpected "Excluded" URLs ☐ All pages in XML sitemap are indexable (no noindex pages in sitemap) ☐ All pages in XML sitemap return 200 status (no redirects or 4xx in sitemap) ☐ XML sitemap URLs match the canonical URLs of each page ☐ Multiple XML sitemaps use a sitemap index file ☐ Sitemap lastmod dates are accurate and maintained ☐ Google Search Console shows sitemap processed successfully ☐ "Crawled - currently not indexed" URLs have been investigated and addressed ☐ "Discovered - currently not indexed" URLs have been investigated ☐ Soft 404 pages have been identified and resolved ☐ Pagination URLs have correct rel="next"/rel="prev" or are canonicalized ☐ Faceted navigation URLs are properly handled (noindex, canonical, or disallow) ☐ URL parameters are configured in Google Search Console ☐ Hreflang alternate pages are indexable and correctly configured ## 3\. Canonical Tags (10 checks) ☐ All important pages have a self-referential canonical tag ☐ Canonical tags point to the HTTPS version (not HTTP) ☐ Canonical tags use consistent subdomain (www vs. non-www) ☐ No canonical chains exist (A→B→C should be A→A) ☐ Paginated pages correctly canonical to themselves (not page 1) ☐ Print and mobile versions canonical to the main page ☐ URL parameter variations canonical to the canonical URL ☐ Canonical tags in (not ) ☐ Canonical URL matches the URL exactly (no trailing slash inconsistencies) ☐ No conflicting canonical signals (HTTP header vs. HTML tag disagreement) ## 4\. Site Architecture & Internal Linking (15 checks) ☐ No important page is more than 3 clicks from the homepage ☐ All important pages have at least one internal link pointing to them ☐ No orphan pages exist (zero internal links) ☐ Internal links use descriptive anchor text (not "click here") ☐ Navigation breadcrumbs exist on all interior pages ☐ Breadcrumbs use BreadcrumbList schema markup ☐ No redirect chains in internal links (all internal links point to final URLs) ☐ No broken internal links (404-returning pages linked from other pages) ☐ XML sitemap is well-organized and segmented by content type ☐ Footer links include key section pages ☐ Related content links exist within article/product pages ☐ Category/hub pages exist and link to child pages ☐ Crawl depth report shows no important pages at depth 5+ ☐ Faceted navigation does not create crawl traps ☐ Pagination is handled correctly (numbered, infinite scroll, or load more) ## 5\. Core Web Vitals (20 checks) ☐ Mobile LCP is under 2.5 seconds (field data in Search Console) ☐ Desktop LCP is under 2.5 seconds (field data in Search Console) ☐ INP is under 200ms for all measured pages ☐ CLS is under 0.1 for all measured pages ☐ LCP image is served in WebP or AVIF format ☐ LCP image has fetchpriority="high" attribute ☐ LCP image is not lazy-loaded ☐ LCP image is preloaded in ☐ All images have explicit width and height attributes ☐ All images are properly compressed (no images over 200KB without justification) ☐ No render-blocking JavaScript in ☐ Critical CSS is inlined; non-critical CSS is deferred ☐ Third-party scripts are loaded asynchronously or deferred ☐ Server TTFB is under 600ms ☐ A CDN is in use and properly configured ☐ HTTP/2 or HTTP/3 is enabled ☐ Browser caching is properly configured ☐ No layout shifts from unspecified ad/embed dimensions ☐ Web fonts use font-display: optional or font-display: swap ☐ No JavaScript long tasks over 50ms on mobile devices ## 6\. HTTPS & Security (10 checks) ☐ Site serves on HTTPS (all pages return HTTPS URLs) ☐ HTTP URLs 301 redirect to HTTPS equivalents ☐ No mixed content warnings (HTTP resources on HTTPS pages) ☐ SSL certificate is valid and not expired ☐ HSTS header is configured ☐ Security headers are present (X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options) ☐ www redirects to non-www (or vice versa) consistently ☐ Trailing slash consistency is enforced site-wide ☐ No open redirects exist that could be exploited ☐ CSP (Content Security Policy) header is configured ## 7\. Structured Data (15 checks) ☐ Organization schema is implemented on homepage ☐ BreadcrumbList schema on all interior pages ☐ Article/BlogPosting schema on all blog posts ☐ Product schema on all product pages (with price, availability, reviews) ☐ FAQPage schema on FAQ pages and relevant service pages ☐ LocalBusiness schema if applicable ☐ Service schema on service pages ☐ HowTo schema on instructional content ☐ All schema validated with Google Rich Results Test ☐ All schema validated with Schema Markup Validator ☐ No schema errors or warnings in Search Console Enhancement reports ☐ Schema content matches visible page content exactly ☐ JSON-LD format used (not microdata or RDFa) ☐ No prohibited schema practices (review gating, fake ratings) ☐ Video schema on video content pages ## Need a Professional Audit? This checklist covers the most important technical SEO signals, but conducting a thorough audit requires specialist tools and expert interpretation that goes beyond any checklist. 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