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Your First SEO Audit

Learn how to run your first audit and interpret the results.

Getting Started

Running your first SEO audit with WebAudit takes just a few minutes. This guide will walk you through the process and help you understand what the results mean.

Step 1: Enter Your Website URL

Start by entering your website's URL in the audit form. WebAudit will automatically detect whether to use HTTP or HTTPS and will follow redirects to find your canonical domain.

  • Enter your homepage URL (e.g., example.com)
  • WebAudit will handle www vs non-www automatically
  • The crawler respects your robots.txt file

Step 2: Configure Crawl Settings

Before starting the audit, you can configure several options:

  • Page Limit: How many pages to crawl (free tier: up to 100)
  • Crawl Speed: Adjust to avoid overwhelming your server
  • Follow External Links: Whether to check external link health
  • JavaScript Rendering: Enable for SPAs and dynamic content

Step 3: Start the Audit

Click "Start Audit" to begin. You'll see real-time progress as WebAudit:

  • Discovers and queues pages from your sitemap and internal links
  • Fetches and analyzes each page
  • Runs 60+ SEO rules against your content
  • Calculates your health score

Step 4: Review Your Results

Once complete, you'll see a comprehensive report including:

Health Score

An overall score from 0-100 based on issues found. Higher is better. Scores above 80 are considered good, above 90 is excellent.

Issue Categories

Issues are organized by type:

  • Critical: Major issues that significantly impact SEO
  • Warnings: Important issues to address
  • Notices: Minor improvements to consider

Category Scores

Separate scores for different aspects of SEO:

  • Technical SEO
  • On-Page SEO
  • Performance
  • Mobile Friendliness
  • Content Quality
  • GEO (AI Visibility)

Step 5: Fix Issues

Click on any issue to see:

  • Which pages are affected
  • Why it matters for SEO
  • How to fix it
  • Priority level

Start with critical issues and work your way down. After making fixes, run another audit to verify improvements.

Ready to Start?

Run your first audit now and see how your website scores.

Start Free Audit

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