Website Maintenance Vendors-a checklist
Every website needs a thorough tune-up now and then to ensure that it is functioning properly for its users. In today's world, we can't always be on every device that accesses our website, so the responsibility for keeping our systems working is on us. In order to make sure your business receives the service it deserves, use this checklist to assess which of the below tasks need to be done in light of your day-to-day operations:
1) Check if you are still meeting Googlebot requirements
2) Review your privacy policy
3) Investigate any malware or suspicious activity described by Google Webmaster Tools
4) Check out some common error messages
X. Review the contents of your website
A. Check all content for accuracy and completeness
B. Start a content audit to identify issues with articles, images, and other static resources such as movies, music, or PDFs
C. Index your files using a Noindex robots meta tag in the <head> section of your index page
D. Check the file types associated with each asset (xls, doc)
E. Make sure Google sees your Wordpress blog post as an article on the main page of your website XI. Check for broken links on your site
Check if any broken links have been reported by Webmaster Tools: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/lop/topic?topic_id=D0F043&chapter_id=0000020C
XIII. Update your sitemap and make sure Google sees it as a full document: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/lop/topic?topic_id=D0F043&chapter_id=0000023A
XIV. Check if there is any missing meta data for any of your pages
XV. Check that your sitemap includes all of the relevant content on the site
XVI. Add the robots meta tag to each page to ensure Googlebot sees them as indexable: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/lop/topic?topic_id=D0F043&chapter_id=0000026B
XVII. Check if you have any XML sitemaps on the site
XVIII. Ensure that your XML sitemap include the Noindex tag XIX. Make sure Google Webmaster Tools can see all your site's webpages: http://wwwXX.ibm.com/support/lop/topic?topic_id=D0F043&chapter_id=00000228
XX. Sites that have high levels of bounce rate can be penalized by Google: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/46015?hl=en&ref_topic=2708361
XXI. Update the robots meta tag on every page to ensure Google sees your site as indexable: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/lop/topic?topic_id=D0F043&chapter_id=00000248
XXII. Review the meta tag definitions for each page in your sitemap: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/lop/topic?topic_id=D0F043&chapter_id=0000020A
XXIII. For all HTML pages, check to see if the " alt=" " attribute is set on all images and videos: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/lop/topic?topic_id=D0F043&chapter_id=00000121
XXIV. Update your inactivity timeframe for post editors and contribute editors: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/lop/topic?topic_id=D0F043&chapter_id=0000022E
XXV. Check if your site is indexed by the following services https://www-933.ibm.com/support/lop/topic?topic_id=D0F043&chapter_id=00000125
XXVI. Change the link on each page to point to your homepage: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/lop/topic?topic_id=D0F043&chapter_id=00000123
XXVII. Check your site's URL Structure XXVIII. Make sure both www and non-www versions of your URLs are set up properly: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/lop/topic?topic_id=D0F043&chapter_id=0000022C
XXIX. Check that all of the domain names in your sitemap are correct: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/lop/topic?topic_id=D0F043&chapter_id=0000023E
XXX. Check your site to see if it is visible in the following services http://www-933.ibm.com/support/lop/topic?topic_id=D0F043&chapter_id=00000121 https://www-933.ibm.com/support/lop/topic?topic_id=D0F043&chapter_id=0000023B https://www-933.ibm.com/support/lop/topic?topic_id=D0F043&chapter_id=00000236 XXXI. Check if your site is listed in the following services https://www-933.ibm.com/support/lop/topic?topic_id=D0F043&chapter_id=0000023B https://www-933.ibm.com/support/lop/topic?topic_id=D0F043&chapter_id=00000219 XXXII. Check to see if your site is indexed in the Google Mobile index: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/lop/topic?topic_id=D0F043&chapter_id=00000126
XXXIII. Run a Search Console Diagnostic: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/home?hl=en
XXXIV. Check to see if your website is listed in Common Crawl: https://www.crawlability.com/crawl_report
XXXV. Check to see if your site is exposed to the Google Safe Browsing Diagnostic: https://www-933.ibm.com/support/lop/topic?topic_id=D0F043&chapter_id=00000243
XXXVI. Check if your site uses external links (check out sitemaps or third party tools) to open new tabs: http://www-933.ibm.
Conclusion
The above checklist is only a sample of all possible tasks you may need to keep your site running smoothly. If you have any questions about anything listed above, or suggestions for other aspects of maintaining a strong website, feel free to contact us!
XXVII. Check your site's URL Structure
XXVIII. Make sure both www and non-www versions of your URLs are set up properly: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/lop/topic?topic_id=D0F043&chapter_id=0000022C
XXXI. Check if your site is listed in the following services https://www-933.ibm.