Technical SEO audit
Crawlability, indexing, site structure, redirects, duplicate content, JavaScript rendering, speed and Core Web Vitals, structured data and security checks, with evidence for every issue.
Find out exactly what is holding your website back in search, what to fix first and what each fix is likely to be worth.
An SEO audit is a structured review of everything that affects how your website performs in search: technical health, indexing, content quality, keyword targeting, internal linking, backlinks, local presence, competitors and, increasingly, visibility in AI-powered answers. Its purpose is not to produce a long list of warnings from a tool, but to answer three practical questions: what is holding the site back, what should be fixed first, and why. That is the standard we hold our SEO audit services to.
Businesses usually ask for an audit when organic traffic has dropped, when a new website launch did not bring the expected results, before a redesign or migration, when hiring a new SEO provider, or simply to understand whether their current SEO work is on the right track. A good audit gives you an honest, independent picture before you spend more.
Our audits combine automated crawls and data from Google Search Console and Google Analytics with manual review by experienced specialists. Every finding is explained in plain language, linked to evidence, ranked by impact and effort, and turned into specific actions your team or ours can carry out. You receive a report you can actually use, plus a walkthrough session to discuss priorities.
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Tools & technologies
Crawlability, indexing, site structure, redirects, duplicate content, JavaScript rendering, speed and Core Web Vitals, structured data and security checks, with evidence for every issue.
Which pages target which searches, where pages compete with each other, which topics competitors cover that you do not, and which pages are thin, outdated or unhelpful.
When traffic falls, we compare timing with algorithm updates, site changes, seasonality, tracking changes and competitor movements to identify the likely cause.
Your link profile compared with competitors, highlighting strengths, gaps and any risky links that may need attention.
For businesses serving specific areas, we review Google Business Profile, reviews, citations, location pages and map pack visibility.
Before a redesign or platform move, we record what currently works, including pages, rankings and links, so the new site protects it.
Findings are ranked by likely impact and effort, grouped into quick wins, important fixes and longer-term projects, with clear owners and next steps.
Typically 2–3 days
Goals, concerns, business priorities and access to Search Console, analytics and the site agreed.
Typically 3–5 days
Crawls, Search Console, analytics, backlink and competitor data gathered.
Typically 1–2 weeks
Technical, content, authority and local findings analysed manually and validated.
Typically 3–5 days
Findings explained with evidence and ranked into a practical plan.
One session
A session with your team to discuss priorities, questions and implementation options.
An audit is most valuable at moments of change or uncertainty.
Automated tools are useful for collecting data, and we use them. But their reports list hundreds of warnings without context: many do not matter, some are false alarms, and the few serious problems can be buried among them. They also cannot judge content quality, search intent, competitive position or business priorities.
A specialist audit interprets the data. It separates critical issues from noise, explains why each finding matters for your business, checks it against evidence in Search Console and analytics, and turns everything into a realistic plan.
The technical section checks whether search engines can crawl, render and index your important pages; whether any pages are blocked or wrongly excluded; how redirects, canonicals and duplicate content are handled; how fast key templates load on real devices; whether structured data is valid; and whether the site architecture and internal linking support your priorities. Our technical SEO service handles the fixes that follow.
Content often decides rankings, so the audit looks closely at what your pages say and how well they match search intent. We map keywords to pages, identify pages competing for the same searches, find valuable topics you do not cover, flag thin or outdated pages, and compare your most important pages with those that rank above them.
The result is a clear list of pages to improve, merge, create or retire, which often becomes the backbone of the following months’ SEO work.
Traffic drops have many possible causes: a Google algorithm update, a site change such as a redesign or accidental noindex tag, lost backlinks, tracking problems that only look like a drop, seasonal demand, or competitors improving. The first step is to find when the drop started and which pages, queries and devices were affected.
We compare that timing with known updates, deployment history and data from Search Console and analytics. Knowing the real cause matters, because the right response to a tracking error is very different from the right response to a quality-related update.
Rankings are relative. Your site may be technically sound with good content, yet still rank below competitors with stronger authority or more complete pages. Comparing your visibility, content coverage and link profile with the sites that outrank you shows where the real gaps are and what is realistic to achieve.
The backlink review also checks for risky links, such as paid or spammy links built in the past, and whether any manual action exists in Search Console.
Increasingly, it should. We check how your brand and key topics appear in AI Overviews and answer engines where possible, whether your content is accessible to crawlers, how clearly pages answer questions, and whether your business is described consistently across the web. These findings feed into our AI search optimization recommendations.
A useful report is organised around decisions, not tools.
Online stores need extra checks that service websites do not. We review how filters and sorting create URLs, how product variants and pagination are handled, whether out-of-stock and discontinued products lose value, whether category pages carry helpful content, whether product structured data matches prices and availability, and whether the Merchant Center feed has errors. On large catalogues, template-level issues matter most, because one fix can improve thousands of pages. Our ecommerce SEO service covers the follow-up work.
Businesses with several branches, clinics, showrooms or offices need each location to be visible in its own area. The audit reviews whether every location has an accurate Google Business Profile, consistent contact details across directories, reviews and responses, and a genuinely useful location page on the website. It also checks for duplicate or near-identical location pages, which rarely rank and can weaken the whole site.
You decide. Some clients use the audit to guide their in-house team or developers; others ask us to implement the plan as a project or monthly SEO retainer. Either way, we write recommendations specific enough to act on, with examples and acceptance checks, and we are available to answer questions during implementation. Teams that want ongoing expert guidance often continue with SEO consulting.
A full audit makes sense before major changes, after significant traffic drops and roughly once a year for active websites. Between audits, continuous monitoring through Search Console, scheduled crawls and analytics alerts catches new problems early. Large or frequently changing sites benefit from lighter quarterly reviews.
Share access to Google Search Console, Google Analytics and, where possible, the website admin. Tell us about your business goals, most important services or products, target locations, recent changes to the site, any past SEO work including link building, and specific concerns such as a traffic drop. The more context we have, the more focused and useful the audit will be.
Be cautious of audits that are delivered within hours with no questions asked, reports that are mostly screenshots of tool warnings, recommendations with no explanation of impact, or audits that exist mainly to sell expensive link packages. A real audit takes time, asks about your business and gives advice you can use even if you never work with the provider again.
Audit cost depends on the size and complexity of the website, the platform, the number of areas covered, such as technical, content, links, local, international or AI visibility, whether a traffic drop investigation or migration plan is included, and how detailed the action plan needs to be. Our SEO cost guide explains how audits fit into SEO pricing.
SEO audits are fixed-price projects, scoped by the size and type of website and the areas included. The audit fee can often be credited against implementation work if you continue with us, but there is no obligation to do so.
A technical review, Search Console and analytics analysis, keyword and content review, on-page checks, backlink and competitor analysis, local and AI visibility where relevant, and a prioritised action plan.
Most audits take around two to four weeks, depending on website size and the areas included, followed by a walkthrough session.
We can. Many clients continue with implementation as a project or retainer; others use the plan with their own team. There is no obligation.
Yes. We compare the timing and pattern of the drop with site changes, algorithm updates, tracking changes and competitor movements to identify the likely cause.
Free tool reports can highlight obvious technical issues, but they cannot judge content, intent, competition or priorities. A specialist audit turns data into decisions.
Google Search Console and Google Analytics access are the most important, plus the website URL and ideally admin access for checking settings.
Yes. A pre-redesign audit records which pages, rankings and links are valuable, so the new site can protect them and avoid traffic losses.
Yes. We audit sites on Shopify, WordPress, WooCommerce, Magento, Next.js and custom platforms, and tailor recommendations to what each platform allows.
Yes. We review which searches your pages target, where they compete with each other and which valuable topics are missing, as part of the content section.
Roughly once a year for active websites, before major changes and after significant traffic drops, with continuous monitoring in between.
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