Complete Seo Basic checklist to rank websites.
SEO Basics:​
âœ”ï¸ Set up GSC and Bing Webmaster Tools
âœ”ï¸ Set up Google Analytics (GA)
âœ”ï¸ Install and configure an SEO plugin (WordPress)
âœ”ï¸ Generate and submit a sitemap to GSC and Bing
âœ”ï¸ Create a Robots.txt
âœ”ï¸ Check Webmaster Tools for any manual actions
âœ”ï¸ Make sure the site is indexed
âœ”ï¸ Keyword Research:
âœ”ï¸ Identify the competitors
âœ”ï¸ Find the main keywords
âœ”ï¸ Find long-tail keyword variations
âœ”ï¸ Create a keyword map
âœ”ï¸ Analyze the page intent of ranked results
âœ”ï¸ Make a list of questions being asked
âœ”ï¸ Check the target keyword difficulty
âœ”ï¸ Technical SEO​
âœ”ï¸ Ensure the site is using HTTPS
âœ”ï¸ Check for duplicate versions of the site
âœ”ï¸ Check for crawl errors and fix them
âœ”ï¸ Improve site speed
âœ”ï¸ Check for broken internal and external links
âœ”ï¸ Find and fix HTTP links on HTTPS pages
âœ”ï¸ Use SEO-friendly URL structure
âœ”ï¸ Add schema markup
âœ”ï¸ Check the page depth
âœ”ï¸ Check for redirects (301 and 302)
âœ”ï¸ On-Site + Content SEO​
âœ”ï¸ Check and fix duplicate or missing title tags
âœ”ï¸ Check and fix duplicate or missing meta descriptions
âœ”ï¸ Find and fix multiple H1 tags
âœ”ï¸ Improve title tags, meta descriptions, and page content
âœ”ï¸ Perform a content audit and prune low-performing content
âœ”ï¸ Add alt tags to images
âœ”ï¸ Improve internal linking
âœ”ï¸ Check for keyword cannibalization
âœ”ï¸ Update content to ensure it's still relevant
âœ”ï¸ Off-Site SEO​
âœ”ï¸ Audit competitor backlinks
âœ”ï¸ Perform link intersect analysis
âœ”ï¸ Find and reach out to unlinked mentions
âœ”ï¸ Look for new link-building opportunities
âœ”ï¸ Optimize Google My Business listing (GMB)
Hope this would help you in setting up your website too.