SEO Audit Overview

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Act-On's SEO Audit checks whether your web pages and posts follow Google's indexing guidelines, and hands back a report with the specific changes to make - page title, URL, description, H1 headings, body content, and more.

Why this matters: Search engines can only rank a page as well as they understand it. Running an audit and acting on its recommendations closes the gap between what your page says and what search engines - and searchers - actually see.

Quick Reference (Advanced Users)

  • Start audits at Inbound > SEO Audit > SEO Audit Web Pages / Landing Pages / Forms.
  • Add or change keywords for an existing audit from its Report view, then Save Keyword Selection.
  • Re-audit after edits from the same Report view.
  • Organize audits into folders, and delete old reports from the same section.

Create an SEO Audit for a Web Page

  1. Click on Inbound > SEO Audit > SEO Audit Web Pages.
  2. Click New SEO Audit.
    • Enter the URL (beginning with 'HTTP://'), or click the drop-down arrow to select a web page that is being tracked by the Beacon Tracking code.
    • Enter an Audit Report Name.
    • Enter a Keyword or Keyword Phrase to audit.
    • Click the drop-down to select a Folder to store your audit.
  3. Click Add.

A new tab will open that contains your SEO Audit Report and score:

A new tab will open that contains your SEO Audit Report and score.

Once the web page is added you can hover over it to delete it, re-audit it, move it to another folder within the page, or view the report.

Add SEO Keywords to Audit Your Web Pages

  1. Hover over the audit, click the down arrow and select Report:

    Dropdown menu open on an SEO audit in the Default Folder list, with the Report option outlined to show where to click to view the report.

  2. In Select Keywords for Analysis dialog, click the checkbox next to any additional keywords you wish to audit. You can also enter a new keyword next to Add keywords to this list and click Add.

  3. Click Save Keyword Selection and your SEO Audit Report will automatically update.

Add SEO Keywords to Audit Your Landing Pages

  1. Click on Inbound > SEO Audit > SEO Audit Landing Pages.
  2. Hover over the Landing Page, click the down arrow, and select Report.
  3. In Select Keywords for Analysis dialog, click the checkbox next to the keyword you wish to audit or enter a keyword in the Add Keywords to this list field, and click Add.
  4. Once you've added the keywords, click Save Keyword Selection and your SEO Audit Report will update automatically.

Edit Your Landing Page and Re-audit

Editing Your Landing Page and Re-audit.

  1. Make updates to your landing page, save, and return to the SEO Audit section.
  2. Your SEO Audit Report will automatically update your score based on the changes you've made.

Add SEO Keywords to Audit Your Forms

  1. Click on Inbound > SEO Audit > SEO Audit Forms.
  2. Open the folders that contain your forms.
  3. Hover over the Form, click the down arrow, and select Report.
  4. In Select Keywords for Analysis dialog, click the checkbox next to the keyword(s) you wish to audit or enter a keyword in the Add Keywords to this list field, and click Add.
  5. Click Save Keyword Selection.

Once the Audit is complete, edit your forms (focusing on the SEO section) and conduct a re-audit.

  1. Navigate back to Inbound > SEO Audit > SEO Audit Forms
  2. Hover over the Form, click the down arrow, and select Report.
  3. Click Re-Audit.

Organizing Your Audit Reports

To create folders for your SEO Audit Reports:

  1. Navigate to Inbound > SEO Audit > SEO Audit Web Pages/Landing Pages/Forms.

  2. Hover over the folder names and click Manage:

    Hovering over the folder names and click Manage.
  3. In the screen that appears, you can add, remove, and rename your folders.

To clear old, unused reports from your SEO Audit view:

  1. Navigate to Inbound > SEO Audit > SEO Audit Web Pages/Landing Pages/Forms.
  2. Hover over any report and click the green dropdown arrow.
  3. Choose Delete.

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