The Ultimate SEO Checklist (for 2024)

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Timestamps

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:23 - Are you tracking SEO performance?

00:01:57 - Are you tracking the right SEO KPIs?

00:05:21 - Is the website crawlable and indexable?

00:05:43 - Is your website mobile-friendly?

00:06:13 - Does your website load fast?

00:06:48 - Do you have an SSL certificate, and is it working properly?

00:07:19 - Is the website design modern and updated?

00:08:00 - Is your website using aggressive interstitial popups?

00:10:32 - Does your website use aggressive ad placements?

00:11:11 - Does your website have trust pages?

00:13:38 - Does your website have detailed author bios?

00:14:35 - Do you have pages deindexed that shouldn’t be?

00:15:37 - Is your website bloated?

00:18:47 - Does your website have bloated pages?

00:23:17 - Does your website have thin content?

00:24:01 - Does your website have outdated content?

00:25:10 - Does your website have pages with an engagement rate of 20?

00:26:21 - Does every page on your website have one title tag and one H1
tag?

00:27:30 - Does your website have a significant amount of spelling and grammar errors?

00:28:44 - Do you have pages with backlinks but no traffic?

00:30:23 - Do you have 404 pages with backlinks?

00:30:51 - Are all of your pages less than three clicks deep into your architecture?

00:35:48 - Do your pages have enough internal link coverage?

00:37:39 - Are you leveraging your most powerful pages for internal linking?

00:38:21 - Does your website have redirect chains?

00:39:04 - Does your website have duplicate content?

00:40:29 - Does your website have a significant number of broken links?

00:41:12 - Does your website have a significant amount of AI content?

00:42:19 - Is the H1 tag above the fold?

00:43:58 - Are heading tags structured correctly?

00:45:08 - Is your primary keyword in the URL?

00:46:57 - Is the keyword in the Title Tag?

00:47:07 - Is the keyword in the Meta Description?

00:47:27 - Is the keyword in the H1?

00:47:41 - Is the keyword in the First Sentence?

00:47:57 - Is the keyword in the first H2?

00:48:18 - Is the content 50% original?

00:52:10 - Is the content 100% unique outside of the domain?

00:52:50 - Is the content 100% unique relative to other pages on the website?

00:53:19 - Is the word count sufficient?

00:54:49 - Does the content have a 95 + Grammarly score

00:55:20 - Is the page optimized well for NLP?

00:57:14 - Does the page/content satisfy the intent?

00:59:31 - Does content strategy/angle add unique value relative to the competitors?

01:05:06 - Is the content up-to-date?

01:07:28 - Is the page readable, scannable, and easy to digest?

01:09:33 - Does the content have 100% unique, high-quality images and videos to break it up?

01:12:55 - Is the content helpful?

01:14:52 - Is the content original?

01:16:28 - Is the content accurate?

01:19:14 - Is the content safe?

01:20:38 - Does the content demonstrate a high degree of effort?

01:23:18 - Is the content written and/or fact-checked by an SME?

01:24:44 - Is the SME prominently displayed?

01:25:37 - Does each author have a dedicated and detailed author page?

01:26:35 - Are all sources of information cited?

01:27:38 - Does the content demonstrate first-hand experience?

01:29:52 - Does the content demonstrate the in-the-field experience?

01:31:15 - How well does the content share a personal experience, perspective, or feelings on a topic?

01:32:20 - How well does the content speak from a first-person perspective?

01:32:51 - Does content demonstrate that it was produced with some degree of experience, such as actual product use, visiting a place, or communicating what a person experienced?

01:34:13 - Is the page built for goal completions?

01:35:32 - Do you have user-tracking software installed?

01:37:42 - Is the page using correct schema markup?

01:40:03 - Are there any other pages on our website targeting this keyword (keyword cannibalization)?

01:42:26 - Does the page have 5 + unique internal links (excluding the navigation)?

01:43:38 - Is the internal anchor text optimized well?

01:44:48 - Does the page have as many internal links as the top competitor?

01:46:01 - Is the page no more 3 clicks deep into the architecture?

01:47:10 - Does the page have at least 5 supporting assets?

[billboone]

Been watching and learning from your videos for about 1 year. I now have a 6 figure website design and seo service agency.

[manishpandey]

Your videos stand out because of their deep and insightful knowledge, setting you apart from others.

[meanitwebdesign]

Yes indeed, love watching you clearly articulate your opinions and tactics. Did the course, bought the book, watch the videos when I can. Clear, easy to understand, solid advice without any BS. Read, watch, listen then do your own testing. Only by doing the work will any advice make any sense. Try one video at a time, watch and rewatch as you are doing the work to apply the tactics. Nathan makes everything look easy and he speaks quite fast, so you will be challenged to keep up.

[DamianDodd]

Nathan I have a question. I make reports for my partner agency monthly for 5 and growing clients. I use Agency Analytics (with its AI recommendations) and SERanking for dashboard and keyword position reports but I spend so much time combining those two pdf exports then editing in Acrobat, and that’s a horribly sluggish program. What do you use to report from several SEO saas? I’d like to see you do a video on how you report.

[ahmedbinmahmud]

Thank you so much Nathan Sir for creating this video and explaining all the SEO checks with the audit checklist template.

[DoTrungQuan-gy]

Nice Vid! I have a question for the last one: what happens if you publish a ton of supporting assets, but the majority receive little to no traffic or clicks? Would these supporting pages have value, or would they even hurt your site in the end because of wasting a crawling budget?

[ankurpaul]

Kindly provide the checklist you mentioned in the video .

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it's mind-boggling how this sort of content is free

[lightworker]

How do you even get started with Google Analytics connecting it to your website? Could you kindly do a truly beginner video for those of us who have zero bass knowledge about SEO practices?

[EricLeader]

Thanks, Nathan.Love the content. quick question do you think that link velocity matters for example, if I get a 100 citations.Should I just put them through an indexer altogether all one hundred

[ImaPro-gtlv]

Totally AWESOME!! Insightful and brilliantly communicated. Many thanks🙏🏾😊

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my favorite SEO youtuber, great stuff here

[HerLegacyFortCollins]

yes this is very helpful. please send me the checklist discussed in video. thanks. It is easier for me to read about these updates vs listen. Thank you.

[manolohbo]

Thank you for the great content, a free masterclass! Much appreciated

[volga]

Nathan, it was excellent video! Superb! That background image did make the trick !!! Congratulations :)

[SPIKE]

Please share the checklist you referenced in the video, thank you!

[raufthegreat]

Yes - I would love the full checklist for easy reference. Thanks

[ignacioana]

Hi, thanks for the information, can this work for Amazon ?

[BradBarrett]

Yes, of course. Brilliant, as usual. Thanks.

[passosnuno]

Yes! Amazing value, thank you for sharing.