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Step 1 - Review website usability - See website as an Average User
Is the website easy to use
Is the font size easy to read
Is navigation identifiable
Are styles and colors consistent
Are there any obtrusive ads and pop-ups


Step 2 - Suggest Strategic Objectives
Can you guess what customers want? Focus on specific at attainable goals
Increase site search visibility by around 50% within the next 6 month
Grow sites lead volume from organic search by 20% within the next 12months
Increase the number of link building domain by 40% within the next 3 months


Step 3 - Analyze Research Keywords
Audit the existing keyword list
Build a Keyword list from scratch
Find a primary keyword Target
Asses search intent
Look out related queries on your topic
Find relevant keywords and subtopics for your post
Asses you chances of ranking in Google

Step 4 - Analyze competitors
Identify competitors
Check their Keywords
Check the Domain Strength
Check the on-page optimization rate
Audit the Site structure
Review the top-ranking content / Analyze competitors backlinks Check Link Intersections = quick wins
Check other online marketing activities


Step 5 - Basic Setup
Create A Sitemap
Check for a robots.txt file
Setup Google Analytics
Setup Google Search Console
Yoast SEO Plugin


Step 6 - Audit site for technical issues And Top Landing Pages
Check Critical Issues First (Robos.txt, page blocked from indexing, pages with redirects, 4xx/5xx status codes)
Check Other Warning and Issues
Check Sitewide Onpage Issues
Check Site Speed & Responsiveness
Ensure that your site is mobile-friendly Fix external and Internal Broken Links

Step 7 - Audit Site Client Backlink
Check Link Authority
Check link relevance
Check Link Velocity
Check Link Targeting
Check Link diversity
Analyze link anchor Text

Step 8 - Sum up top actions items
Top indexing/crawlability items
Top Keywords
Top Content action item


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I just think the web architecture part is missing, an essential factor for a project to work properly