Our Conduct a Basic SEO Audit reading walks you through Google Analytics. Follow the instructions in the reading and record your audit observations here.
Phase 1: Traffic Overview
- Which channel drives the highest number of users?
- What percentage of your total traffic comes from organic search?
Phase 2: Organic Traffic
- What general trend does your organic traffic follow?
- Are there any sudden dips or spikes in your weekly organic traffic?
- What URLs drove the most new users?
- Looking at the percentage of users going to each URL, how is organic search traffic generally distributed across your site?
- What URLs drove the least new users?
Phase 3: User Behavior
- What URLs have a high number of pages/session?
- What URLs have a low number of pages/session?
- What URLs have the highest average time on page?
- What URLs have the lowest average time on page?
- What URLs have a high exit percentage (above 50%)?
- What URLs have a low CTR?
Phase 4: Keyword Performance
- Which keywords generate the most impressions?
- Which of these high-impression keywords have high CTRs?