{"id":2364,"date":"2023-10-26T16:06:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T16:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ewebtoolz.com\/blog\/free-seo-audit-template-for-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-10-26T16:06:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T16:06:08","slug":"free-seo-audit-template-for-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ewebtoolz.com\/blog\/free-seo-audit-template-for-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Free SEO Audit Template for 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"author-desktop\">\n<div class=\"post-navigation2\">\n<div id=\"fright\" class=\"share-post-top-bottom subscr-fright\">\n<p>Get the week&#8217;s best marketing content<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <span><\/p>\n<p>Looking to improve your website\u2019s SEO but don\u2019t know where to\u00a0start?<\/p>\n<p>Use our free SEO audit template to find SEO issues that need fixing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-nav-link clearfix\" id=\"section1\"><a class=\"subhead-anchor\" data-tip=\"tooltip__copielink\" rel=\"#section1\"><svg width=\"19\" height=\"19\" viewbox=\"0 0 14 14\" style=\"\"><g fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"><path d=\"M0 0h14v14H0z\"\/><path d=\"M7.45 9.887l-1.62 1.621c-.92.92-2.418.92-3.338 0a2.364 2.364 0 0 1 0-3.339l1.62-1.62-1.273-1.272-1.62 1.62a4.161 4.161 0 1 0 5.885 5.884l1.62-1.62L7.45 9.886zM5.527 5.135L7.17 3.492c.92-.92 2.418-.92 3.339 0 .92.92.92 2.418 0 3.339L8.866 8.473l1.272 1.273 1.644-1.643A4.161 4.161 0 1 0 5.897 2.22L4.254 3.863l1.272 1.272zm-.66 3.998a.749.749 0 0 1 0-1.06l2.208-2.206a.749.749 0 1 1 1.06 1.06L5.928 9.133a.75.75 0 0 1-1.061 0z\" style=\"\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Download the SEO audit template<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-nav-link clearfix\" id=\"section1\"><a class=\"subhead-anchor\" data-tip=\"tooltip__copielink\" rel=\"#section1\"><svg width=\"19\" height=\"19\" viewbox=\"0 0 14 14\" style=\"\"><g fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"><path d=\"M0 0h14v14H0z\"\/><path d=\"M7.45 9.887l-1.62 1.621c-.92.92-2.418.92-3.338 0a2.364 2.364 0 0 1 0-3.339l1.62-1.62-1.273-1.272-1.62 1.62a4.161 4.161 0 1 0 5.885 5.884l1.62-1.62L7.45 9.886zM5.527 5.135L7.17 3.492c.92-.92 2.418-.92 3.339 0 .92.92.92 2.418 0 3.339L8.866 8.473l1.272 1.273 1.644-1.643A4.161 4.161 0 1 0 5.897 2.22L4.254 3.863l1.272 1.272zm-.66 3.998a.749.749 0 0 1 0-1.06l2.208-2.206a.749.749 0 1 1 1.06 1.06L5.928 9.133a.75.75 0 0 1-1.061 0z\" style=\"\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why you should use our template<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Our SEO audit template focuses on finding SEO issues that move the needle\u2014not <em>everything<\/em> that can go wrong with a website. This is because sweating the small stuff rarely does much for your rankings. It\u2019s better to spend 80% of your time fixing the 20% of things that matter.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Easy to follow (each step has clear instructions).<\/li>\n<li>Easy to outsource (just send it to an employee, freelancer, or\u00a0VA).<\/li>\n<li>Interactive (check each item off the checklist as you\u00a0go).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"recommendation\">\n<p>Doing an SEO audit for a client?<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommendation-content\">\n<p>My buddy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patrickstox?lang=en\">Patrick<\/a> (who\u2019s done way more SEO audits for clients than me!) has some great advice:\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"small\">\n<div class=\"quote-content\">\n<p>If clients are coming to you asking for an audit, they already have a pain point. Talk to them. Solve that one thing and they\u2019ll be happy with the\u00a0audit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"quote-info clearfix\">\n<div class=\"quote-photo\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Patrick Stox\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/themes\/Ahrefs-4\/images\/authors\/main\/PatrickStox_2x.jpg\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Patrick Stox\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/themes\/Ahrefs-4\/images\/authors\/main\/PatrickStox_2x.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Our template has 13 items focused on issues in three categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Technical issues<\/strong> like indexing and crawling.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Content issues<\/strong> like outdated content and content gaps.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Link issues<\/strong> like dead pages with backlinks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"sidenote\">\n<p>Sidenote.<\/p>\n<p> Remember that we\u2019re not focused on finding every issue under the sun here. We\u2019re focused on finding and fixing the stuff that matters. That\u2019s why our template only has 13 steps, not an overwhelming 100-200 like many others.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Follow these three simple steps.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Crawl your website<\/h3>\n<p>Set up a free <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/webmaster-tools\">Ahrefs Webmaster Tools (AWT)<\/a> account and crawl your website with <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/site-audit\">Site Audit<\/a>. (Make sure to tick the \u201cBacklinks\u201d option under \u201cCrawl settings\u201d as this is important for one of the checks in the template).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"1652\" height=\"952\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/backlinks-source-site-audit.png\" alt=\"Turning on backlinks as a URL source in Ahrefs' Site Audit\" class=\"wp-image-168326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/backlinks-source-site-audit.png 1652w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/backlinks-source-site-audit-680x392.png 680w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/backlinks-source-site-audit-768x443.png 768w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/backlinks-source-site-audit-1536x885.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1652px) 100vw, 1652px\"\/><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Download and follow the template<\/h3>\n<p>Check off items as you complete them.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"690\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/seo-audit-checklist-items.gif\" alt=\"Checking items off the SEO audit checklist.\" class=\"wp-image-168327\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"690\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/seo-audit-checklist-items.gif\" alt=\"Checking items off the SEO audit checklist.\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-168327\"\/><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Get help with further reading links<\/h3>\n<p>You\u2019ll find these in the template. Use them if you\u2019re having trouble following a step or fixing an\u00a0issue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Keep an eye on your organic traffic in <a href=\"https:\/\/search.google.com\/search-console\/about\">Google Search Console<\/a> or Ahrefs\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/site-explorer\">Site Explorer<\/a>. Hopefully, fixing the issues in our SEO audit template will lead to some improvement.<\/p>\n<p>I also recommend scheduling regular crawls in Ahrefs\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/site-audit\">Site Audit<\/a>. This will alert you to important SEO issues as they happen so you can fix them before they cause problems.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"722\" height=\"302\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/scheduled-crawls-site-audit.png\" alt=\"How to run scheduled crawls in Site Audit\" class=\"wp-image-168328\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2.390728476821192;width:399px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/scheduled-crawls-site-audit.png 722w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/scheduled-crawls-site-audit-680x284.png 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"722\" height=\"302\" src=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/scheduled-crawls-site-audit.png\" alt=\"How to run scheduled crawls in Site Audit\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-168328\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2.390728476821192;width:399px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/scheduled-crawls-site-audit.png 722w, https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/scheduled-crawls-site-audit-680x284.png 680w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Got questions? 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