Audit and Measure

Reporting and Upkeep

Turning audits into a steady routine.

Building a Monthly Site Health Routine

A short, repeatable monthly checklist for keeping a website in good shape: errors, speed, content, security and records, in roughly an hour or two.

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Comparing Your Site With Competitors Fairly

How to benchmark your website against similar sites without false conclusions: choosing real peers, comparing like with like, and using what you learn sensibly.

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Conversion Tracking for Small Sites

Define the actions that matter on a small website, such as contacts, sign-ups or sales, and track them in a simple, honest way without overcomplicating things.

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Knowing When to Hire Help

Signs that a website problem needs a specialist, what kind of help fits, and how to evaluate a freelancer or agency carefully before you commit.

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Prioritizing Fixes by Effort and Impact

A simple way to order website audit findings by how much they matter and how hard they are to fix, with a worked example and common pitfalls to avoid.

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Reading Bounce Rate and Engagement Honestly

What bounce rate, time on page and other engagement numbers can and cannot tell you about a website, and how to read them without jumping to false conclusions.

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Tracking Changes and Annotating Results

Keep a simple change log of what you edited and when, and annotate your reports, so traffic and ranking movements can be understood instead of guessed at.

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Writing an Audit Report Others Can Act On

How to structure website audit findings so the reader knows what is wrong, why it matters and what to fix first, with a clear layout and honest wording.

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