🔍 SEO & Content Validation Checklist

Use this checklist to validate pages against SEO best practices, content quality standards, accessibility, and technical requirements.

Green sections are launched pages. Yellow sections need attention. Check off items as you verify them.

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On Page

Title tag 50-60 characters

Impact: Click-through rate in SERPs

HIGH PRIORITY

Meta description 150-160 characters

Impact: Display in search results

HIGH PRIORITY

One H1 tag, keyword-focused

Impact: Topic relevance signal

HIGH PRIORITY

Valid JSON-LD: BreadcrumbList, Article/FAQPage, Product, etc.

Impact: Rich snippets in SERPs

HIGH PRIORITY

8-15 relevant internal links per page

Impact: Crawlability & authority distribution

MEDIUM PRIORITY

Pillar pages: 3000+, Blog: 1500+, Glossary: 800+

Impact: Content depth & ranking potential

MEDIUM PRIORITY

All images have alt text, optimized names, <150KB

Impact: Image SEO & accessibility

MEDIUM PRIORITY

Responsive design, mobile viewport meta

Impact: Mobile-first indexing compliance

HIGH PRIORITY

LCP <2.5s, FID <100ms, CLS <0.1

Impact: Ranking factor & user experience

HIGH PRIORITY

Content Quality

Primary keyword in title, H1, first 100 words, alt text

Impact: Topic relevance

HIGH PRIORITY

Synonyms & related terms throughout content

Impact: Semantic relevance & featured snippets

MEDIUM PRIORITY

Pillar/long-form pages have Table of Contents

Impact: User experience & featured snippets

MEDIUM PRIORITY

Real market examples with dates, prices, outcomes

Impact: E-E-A-T signals, user trust

HIGH PRIORITY

Clear risk disclaimers for financial content

Impact: Legal compliance, E-E-A-T

HIGH PRIORITY

Data sources, studies, links cited

Impact: Trustworthiness signals

MEDIUM PRIORITY

Authority

Author name, credentials, bio linked

Impact: E-E-A-T: Expertise

MEDIUM PRIORITY

About page exists, author verified, credentials shown

Impact: E-E-A-T: Authoritativeness

MEDIUM PRIORITY

Editorial policy page with standards, corrections process

Impact: E-E-A-T: Trustworthiness

MEDIUM PRIORITY

Contact email, support channel accessible

Impact: Accessibility, user trust

LOW PRIORITY

Technical Seo

Canonical tags present, self-referential

Impact: Duplicate content handling

HIGH PRIORITY

robots.txt configured, no noindex on indexable pages

Impact: Crawl efficiency

MEDIUM PRIORITY

XML sitemap exists, all pages included, lastmod dates

Impact: Discovery & crawl efficiency

MEDIUM PRIORITY

HTTPS enabled, no mixed content

Impact: Security & ranking factor

HIGH PRIORITY

Valid JSON-LD for Organization, Person, Article, FAQPage

Impact: Rich results eligibility

MEDIUM PRIORITY

BreadcrumbList JSON-LD on all pages

Impact: Navigation clarity & schema coverage

MEDIUM PRIORITY

Accessibility

WCAG 2.1 AA compliance (contrast, keyboard nav, screen reader)

Impact: Legal compliance, user access

MEDIUM PRIORITY

All images have descriptive alt text

Impact: Screen reader users, Google Images

MEDIUM PRIORITY

Proper heading hierarchy (H1 > H2 > H3)

Impact: Screen reader navigation

LOW PRIORITY

Linking Strategy

Pillar pages link to sub-pages, blogs link to indicators

Impact: Topic clustering, authority flow

HIGH PRIORITY

Links to NSE, educational sites, credible sources

Impact: Authority signal, user trust

MEDIUM PRIORITY

No 404 errors or broken internal links

Impact: User experience, crawl efficiency

MEDIUM PRIORITY

Assessment Summary

Green (Complete): All checks in this category passed. Page is ready for production.

Yellow (In Progress): Some checks pending. Address before publication.

Red (Not Started): Major gaps. Fix before launch.

Quick Page Checklist

QUICK VALIDATION FOR ANY PAGE:

1. ON-PAGE BASICS
   ☐ Title: 50-60 chars, primary keyword
   ☐ Meta Description: 150-160 chars
   ☐ H1: Single, keyword-focused
   ☐ Mobile responsive

2. CONTENT QUALITY
   ☐ Word count meets standards (pillar 3000+, blog 1500+)
   ☐ Real examples with dates/prices
   ☐ Internal links: 8-15 relevant links
   ☐ Images optimized with alt text

3. SCHEMA & STRUCTURED DATA
   ☐ BreadcrumbList JSON-LD
   ☐ Article/FAQPage/Product schema
   ☐ Valid JSON-LD (use Schema.org validator)

4. AUTHORITY & TRUST
   ☐ Author name & credentials visible
   ☐ About/Editorial policy linked from footer
   ☐ Clear disclaimers (for financial content)

5. TECHNICAL SEO
   ☐ Canonical tag present
   ☐ HTTPS enabled
   ☐ Page in sitemap.xml
   ☐ No 404 errors in links

6. ACCESSIBILITY
   ☐ All images have alt text
   ☐ Proper heading hierarchy (H1>H2>H3)
   ☐ Color contrast WCAG AA compliant
   ☐ Keyboard navigable