Jide Ogunsanya
If you need a free seo audit tool, then you need to try Google’s LightHouse chrome extension.
Lighthouse is an open-source, automated tool for improving the quality of web pages. It is designed to help publishers improve the quality of their web sites, by providing tools and features for their developers to run audits for performance, compatibility, progressive web apps, SEO, and more.
The SEO audit category within Lighthouse was designed to validate and reflect the SEO basics that every site should get right, and provides detailed guidance to fix those issues. Current audits include checks for valid rel=canonical tag, successful HTTP response code, page title and description and more.
The SEO audits category is not designed to replace any of your current strategies, or tools, nor does it make any SEO guarantees for Google websearch or other search engines.
However, it covers some of the SEO best practices that are relevant for Webmasters and publishers who want to ensure their website is visible in Search. These checks are part of best practices recommended by Google.
How To Use LightHouse Chrome Plugin For SEO Audit
- Install the Lighthouse Chrome Extension
- Click on the Lighthouse icon in the extension bar
- Select the Options menu, click “SEO” and click OK, then generate report.
If you run the free SEO audit on your blog and see audit failures, you might be able to fix the errors on your own. Still, it’s probably a good idea to hire an SEO expert.
If the basic SEO tips are totally new to you and you find yourself interested in this area, you can check out the complete SEO starter-guide!
