This document outlines steps for analyzing a domain and website from multiple perspectives. It discusses analyzing related elements, keywords, age, history and popularity of a domain. It also describes analyzing the on-page elements of a site including health, content, structure, users and keywords. Additionally, it recommends analyzing a site against its competitors through competitive analysis of traffic, links, content and social media. The goal is to provide a comprehensive review of both the domain and website from technical, user and competitive standpoints.
7. History
Domain name history is most important,
Your website depends on your domain
name.
8. Popularity
How many peoples searching your
domain?
Is your domain name is in instant
search?
9. On Page Analysis
Health Check
Content Review
Page Structure 1
User Review
Page Structure 2
Keyword Analysis
Website Review
10. Health Check
Perform a site search
(”site:www dcs.com”)
Review the total pages indexed
Duplicate content review
11. Content Review
Quality.
Length.
For Human or Robot.
Ease to read.
Invisible text
Cloaking
Duplicate content
12. Page Structure 1
Search-friendly URLs
Complete and relevant Title Tags
Unique, relevant Meta Descriptions
Ease to access
13. User Review
Site load time
Home page layout
Landing pages Keyword focus
14. Page Structure 1
Review of internal link structure
(including anchor text)
Image names
Image sizes
HTML review
15. Keywords Analysis
Keywords in <title> tag
Keyword density in document text
Keywords in headings (<H1>, <H2>, etc. tags)
Keywords in <alt> tags
Keywords in MetaTags
Keyword Mistypes
Keyword stuffing
16. Website Review
Flash
Frames
Site Accessibility
Sitemap
Site size
Site theme
IP address
Redirects (301 and 302)
17. Competitive analysis
SW Analysis
Competitive Site List
Content Analysis
Social Media
Traffic Analysis
Link Analysis
18. Competitive Site List
Industry competitors (primary market)
List 3- 5 leaders of industry and direct
competitors.
19. Content Analysis
Top pages
Quality
Uniqueness
Types of content
Calls to action
User-generated content
20. Social Media
Active channels
Level of engagement
Frequency
Relationship
Branding