{"id":238,"date":"2020-05-28T08:57:27","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T03:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lunaticdevs.com\/blog\/?p=238"},"modified":"2020-05-28T08:57:34","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T03:27:34","slug":"an-ultimate-seo-checklist-for-website-redesigning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lunaticdevs.com\/blog\/an-ultimate-seo-checklist-for-website-redesigning\/","title":{"rendered":"An Ultimate SEO Checklist for Website Redesigning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"742\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lunaticdevs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Seo-checklist-for-website-redesigning-2.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.lunaticdevs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Seo-checklist-for-website-redesigning-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-242\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27742%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20742%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27742%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lunaticdevs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Seo-checklist-for-website-redesigning-2-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lunaticdevs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Seo-checklist-for-website-redesigning-2-768x712.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lunaticdevs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Seo-checklist-for-website-redesigning-2.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p align=\"justify\">Lockdown 4.0 has been announced till 31<sup>st<\/sup>\nMay. Once again we emphasize to checkout your website. If you are adopting the\nwebsite redesign, you will need to hire some quality SEO Services India so here\nwe brought you this guide of SEO checklist so that you don\u2019t lose any search\nranking during your transition phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p align=\"justify\">Firstly, you really need to understand it\nis utmost important to take care of SEO part before you choose SEO redesigning.\nBecause if you will be too late in the process to protect your SEO, your\nranking in search, and your website traffic will be lost. By the time you\nnotice a dip in ranking and traffic, the damage is done, and it will become\nreally hard to fully recover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since this is such an important topic and\none that is many times ignored, we prepare this handy SEO Checklist that can be\nused by website owners as well as developers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Website Redesign SEO Checklist<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p align=\"justify\">The best SEO checklist will blend content\nplanning and execution with technical aspects like code and schema. You can\u2019t\nhave solid SEO without combining traditional content marketing with a solid\nprocess and a very strong codebase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p align=\"justify\">Checkout below list combines multiple\nelements before and after the go-live to make sure website owners have\nthoroughly reviewed the new website and validated that the existing SEO will\nsurvive the transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Initial Website Setup<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Set development website\nto no follow, no index<\/li><li>Validate search engine\nfriendly URLs are in place<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Content Planning<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Use Dyno Mapper or any other\ntool to crawl the existing website to obtain a complete URL list<\/li><li>Review Google Search\nConsole or SEMrush to document list of top landing pages<\/li><li>Map focused or targeted\nkeywords to URLs and create an SEO sitemap<\/li><li>Review content silos and\nvalidate proper parent\/children relationships exist<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Content Creation <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Write updated content\nthat is a minimum of 1,000 words<\/li><li>Proofread new content\nfor spelling errors and grammar<\/li><li>Style new content for\nreadability (i.e. small paragraphs, subheaders, bullets)<\/li><li>Review content for\nproper meta title and description usage<\/li><li>Double check top landing\npages to validate quality content and SEO is in place<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Technical SEO Review<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Review header usage to\nensure a proper outline structure exists for search engines and human visitors<\/li><li>Check website across\nmobile devices to validate responsive design and coding is in place and working\nproperly<\/li><li>Validate template coding\nto W3 standards<\/li><li>Check code to text ratio\non live pages<\/li><li>Check and validate\nschema and structured data<\/li><li>Check images for proper\nusage of alt text<\/li><li>Optimize images for load\ntimes<\/li><li>Update internal links to\naccommodate the new URL structure<\/li><li>Create 301 redirects for\nany URL changes to existing content<\/li><li>Create a new XML sitemap<\/li><li>Check the Robots.txt\nfile and validate<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Website Go-Live<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Remove no follow, no\nindex on the live site<\/li><li>Review Google Analytics\ngoals to validate the URL structure and flow match new website<\/li><li>Upload the new XML\nsitemap to Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools<\/li><li>Check Google Search\nConsole for any errors and address as needed<\/li><li>Use Dyno Mapper to crawl\nthe new website and report errors.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Hopefully this SEO checklist didn\u2019t\nfrighten you and the most importantly it is filled with standard items that\nvirtually any developer or website owner can execute. Many of these steps are\ndone by a human or with a free SEO tool like Google Search Console.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are looking for an expert,\nreliable and cost effective solution for website redesigning, or <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lunaticdevs.com\/\">SEO\nServices India<\/a><\/strong>, please contact us at Lunatic Devs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lockdown 4.0 has been announced till 31st May. Once again we emphasize to checkout your website. 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