What is an seo scan? (Not for free anymore!)
Priced at $80*, the SEO Scan is a valuable handcrafted website check specifically geared towards uncovering strengths and weaknesses regarding online visibility through search engines like Google and Yahoo!
The findings, including appropriate recommendations for search engine optimization, will be documented, delivered and discussed with you during an online meeting.
The seo scan report covers the main aspects for driving converting visitors to your site: website development, website content, link building and website conversion friendliness. If applicable, it will answer important questions like:
"Why is your site not often visited by people searching for the products that you offer?"
"What technical aspects may be improved?"
"Does the content of your site display enough focus on well chosen key search terms?"
"Are your link building activities effective?"
"Are there any obstructions preventing your website visitors from ordering a product or getting into contact?"
Check out the relevant tabs for more information on the aspects that are covered in the seo scan.
Due to the workload, the seo scan will not be delivered free of charge anymore!
Some issues
Does your site abide to Google quality guidelines? Failure to do so may result in a penalty or even a ban from the search engine results pages (serps). Which website development techniques are applied? Some techniques like frames and flash can seriously obstruct indexation by search engines.
If keywords are hidden from them through the use of images replacing text, the indexation for those terms can obviously not be optimal. If applicable, these issues will be mentioned in an seo scan report.
Example of an seo scan report
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Discussion on an seo scan report
Normally, the seo scan report will be transferred through a web conference. The Wasseo expert will share his screen and all participants can speak and hear each other. A chat function is also available.
First, you will be contacted to agree on a date for transfering the report. Next, you will be invited by Microsoft Live Meeting to join.
At any given time after the invitation, you may check your system requirements for the meeting. When prompted, it is preferred to download the client for the client-based meeting instead of opting for the web-based meeting.
If necessary, an alternative method of distribution will be used.
SEO Scan of Technique
Domain
Is the domain name wisely chosen? A good domain name contributes to your online visibilty. Are subdomains properly implemented? Poor implementation of subdomains can cause indexation problems like duplicate content. The notorious www-less phenomenon is mentioned in seo scans more often than not.
URLs
Are the urls well composed? Just a few tips are mentioned here. In order to raise the relevance of important keywords, urls should 1) contain thèm rather than irrelevant (numerical) identifications and 2) be short.
Numerical identifications don't just diminish focus on the keyword. They also may create duplicate content. Compare (http://www.) yourdomain.tld/products?catid=123&productid=456 and (http://www.) yourdomain.tld/products?catid=123&productid=457 with (http://www.) yourdomain.tld/women/shoes/adidas/tennis and (http://www.) yourdomain.tld/women/shoes/adidas/golf.
Source code
Is the source code clean? The cleaner the code, the higher the focus on keywords and the easier the main subject of website pages is detected by search engines. Is the HTML valid? Is CSS optimally employed? An seo scan reports whether your source code is search engine friendly, or not.
SEO Scan of Content
Keywords
Are the key search terms well chosen? Is the content sufficiently laced with keywords? If not mentioned more than once on the page it will be hard to conclude that a keyword is the subject. The position and frequency of keywords are both factors in the search engine algorithmes. The relevance of surrounding text should also be considered.
HTML Emphasis
Is HTML properly employed to accentuate keywords? There are several ways to use the source code to emphasise keywords like through metatags and header tags. The seo scan indicates how well this is executed.
SEO Scan of Links
Inbound links
Does your site receive sufficient links from external parties? Are the originating pages relevant to their destination page? The number of links and their relevance is a highly important factor for search engines during indexation.
Internal link structure
By conciously (re)designing your information architecture (IA) you can raise the scoring potential of keywords through their position. A well designed website structure can save you a lot of link building. No seo scan is complete without a review of the internal link structure.