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Website launch checklist is important for both launching a brand new website or even if you are redesigning an existing one because it is so easy to overlook things whether you are a small business creating your own website or the most seasoned digital marketer.
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Websites are made up of many components it can be a complex task. Instead of worrying about missing something, we have put together a comprehensive checklist to help you not miss a thing before your website launch.
We also have a technical website launch checklist.
Website Launch Checklist
It is so easy to overlook things whether you are a small business creating your own website or the most seasoned digital marketers
Website Security
SSL Certificate
A digital certificate that provides authentication for a website and enables an encrypted connection.
Proofread Content
Checking content for grammar, spelling, style, and punctuation issues.
Remove Test Data / Debug Code
Website code used to test for errors or to help determine the cause of an error.
A/B Testing
Comparing two versions of a web page to work out which is better performing.
Check Typography
Consistent font size, colour and spacing.
Typography is important for user experience, perception, and readability.
Legal Pages
What website legal pages should your website contain?
Check Forms Work
Make sure people can make contact.
Check Payments Work
Can people make payments? Have you changed to live from test environment?
Google Analytics
Tracks and reports website traffic.
Create Sitemap
List of pages on web site to inform search engines about URLs on a website.
Mobile Friendly
Make sure that your site looks great on all devices.
Broken Links
Broken links are links that don’t work. These can have a negative impact on your website SEO and user experience.
Harmful to your relationship with Google.
Sitemap
XML Sitemap for search engines and important for SEO (Search Engine Optimization).
Optimise Images
Images which are not optimised cause of slow page loading.
SEO Search Engine Optimisation
Improvement of search engine rankings using basic SEO website methods.
BackUp
Don’t lose all your hard work make sure you can restore your website in case something goes wrong.
Frequently asked questions
Looking for more info? Here are some things we're commonly asked
SEO
How do Google Algorithm Updates affect your website?
Google's algorithm is constantly changing, and updates are very common. Most of these Google algorithm updates are minor and unnoticeable, but you’ll notice there is a big update at least once a year a large-scale overhaul of the SERP (search engine results page) that may impact your business and or your clients, but allows the algorithm to keep up with changing trends.
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Basic Website SEO
But what on earth is SEO? Or, for the non-acronym lovers out there, what is search engine optimisation? It is the way you can help increase traffic from search engines organically. What do we mean by organic traffic? Visitors find your website after finding you on a search engine's results page (SERP) and not through paid ads.
Read More: Basic Website SEO Checklist
Basic Technical SEO
Technical SEO is the technical changes you can make to help search engines crawl, index, and rank your website content. A successful SEO strategy includes both on-page and off-page SEO aspects. Off-page SEO involves building backlinks. On-page SEO involves the structure, content, and keywords of your website.
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Off-page SEO
Off-page SEO tactics are actions you can take to help your website rank better in search engine results pages.
Off-site SEO factors like backlinks and reviews are believed to weight ranking by up to 50%. Google Algorithms and ranking factors constantly change, but currently, these are helpful factors.
Read More: Off-page SEO Checklist
On-page SEO
On-page SEO or Onpage optimisation (SEO) is the process of optimising each individual webpage to perform the best it can. Impacting on the ability of the page to rank better in search engine results pages (SERPs).
Helping it rank higher in organic search results and earn more relevant traffic from the search engines can help you get the visitors your business wants.
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E-A-T SEO Google
E-A-T SEO is Google way to try and be certain of the websites and content they are recommending to searchers. Google want to deliver the most relevant information — but also the correct, accurate information to their customers.
Read More: E-A-T SEO Google Checklist