A complete SEO checklist for 2020

Some of my team members and interns were asking me things to check while working and starting on SEO. To ease them, I build a few checklist points to start working on SEO. Here is the list and divided into different categories to help them understand

Basic SEO Checklist

1. Setup Google Analytics
2. Setup Google Search Console (Webmaster Tools)
3. Setup Google Tag Manager
4. Install Yoast SEO Plugin (For WordPress users)

On-Page SEO Checklist

1. Understand your Client’s Business clearly
2. Perform complete Keyword Research
3. Add your Keyword first in Title
4. Use the same Keyword in Meta Description
5. Use Power Words in Meta Title and Description
6. Use your Keywords in Header Tags (H1, H2, H3 & H4)
7. Optimize URL
8. Use synonyms and LSI related keywords in your webpage
9. Use internal and external links
10. Optimize your images

Content Checklist

1. Make your content more engaging and readable
2. Use short sentences and paragraphs which can help your visitors understand precisely
3. Create unique and plagiarism free content

Technical SEO Checklist

1. Check website speed, load time shall be no more than 7 seconds
2. Responsive Website, compatible with Mobile and other devices
3. Implement AMP for your mobile website
4. Integrate SSL and Secure your website with HTTPS
5. Fix Broken Links and 404 errors
6. Fix Crawl errors in Search Console
7. Fix duplicate content issues, make sure to keep every page unique
8. Create and submit Website Sitemap
9. Create Robots.txt
10. Use Schema Markup and structured data

Link Building Checklist

1. Guest Post in quality blogs like HubSpot, Entrepreneur, and others
2. Answer on Quora, Yahoo Answers and other Forums
3. Blog Commenting with relevant topics
4. Do outreach to get backlinks from potential websites that worth