Conduct an SEO Audit

Getting Started

Criteria Meet Specification

Is the student able to articulate the SEO landscape for the DMND site or their company’s site and make recommendations?

  • Presentation submitted using the Google Slides Template
  • Project presented in a professional way
  • Completed all of the required slides
  • Provided at least three recommendations to improve the SEO for the DMND site or their company's website

Is the student able to perform an on-site SEO audit?

  • Using Moz Keyword Explorer tool provided Keywords to drive users to this page
    • Identified which head and tail Keywords have the greatest potential
  • Developed three Blog topics that incorporate the highest potential Keywords
    • Provided a short explanation for each topic and why it was chosen (150 - 300 total word max)
  • Metadata audit is complete and missing information has been identified, and revisions meet standards

Is the student able to perform an off-site SEO audit?

  • Using the Moz OpenSite Explorer tool, performed a backlink audit on Udacity.com
  • Provided the three highest domain authority back link sites
  • Using the SEMRush tool and research, strategize a link-building campaign and provided a list of three sites and their monthly organic search traffic
  • Identified three websites that are relevant, high traffic sites to gain backlinks from to drive traffic to dmnd.udacity.com

Is the student able to run site performance test?

  • Using the Pingler Google Indexed Pages Checker tool, research how many of DMND’s website pages are indexed by Google and provided a screen shot of the finding
    • Provided a short explanation of why the number of pages index is important
  • Using the Google Page Speed Insights tool, perform a speed test of dmnd.udacity.com’s or your company’s website’s mobile presence and provided a screen shot of the finding
    • Provided a short explanation of why evaluating the page speed is important
  • Using the Think with Google tool, assess the mobile-friendliness of the dmnd.udacity.com website and provided a screenshot of the finding
    • Provided a short explanation of why having a mobile optimized site is important

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