In the world of SEO marketing, your on-page optimization defines how your website pages perform in organic SERPs. Quality optimization means more customers and increased ROI through better search results. This on-page SEO checklist will help you reach superior search engine ranking through a few practical tips. 

It's important to continue developing on-page SEO strategies that adapt as new technology develops and new trends emerge for web-based and mobile content.

Follow these checklists and keep up with the most recent digital marketing best practices for on-page SEO, general setup and keyword generation.

On-Page Checklist

• Create unique title tags by using your keywords. Limit tag length to 60 characters or less.
• Create a meta description using keywords and a call-to-action. Limit meta description length to 155 characters or less.
• Your permalink (URL) structure should include your keywords and keyword variations in your URL. Use absolute URLs as opposed to relative URLs.
• Use heading tags to separate sections of a page. Include an H1 (first heading) tag that features your keyword. Make sure H2, H3 and H4 tags follow afterwards.
• Aim your on-page content length for somewhere between 300-1000 words. Stay focused on one central topic.
• Vary your keywords with synonyms and related search terms throughout your content.
• Use descriptive image files with ALT tags and filenames that include keywords before uploading. Use synonyms and keywords in image descriptions, but do so within practical reason.
• Used relevant sources for external links, and do not link to competitor sites.
• Use an SEO Audit Tool to check on content once it is live

General Website Setup Checklist

• Install Google Analytics tracking
• Install WordPress SEO by Yoast or related plugin, if using WordPress CMS
• Install Pingdom’s Speed Test Tool
• Verify the site in Google Search Console (formerly Google Webmaster Tool)
• (Optional) Verify in Bing Webmaster Tools
• Link Google Webmaster Tools to Google Analytics
• Analyze competitor link profiles using tools such as ahrefs or Link Diagnosis
• Create a robots.txt file to upload to your site’s root directory
• Claim your business/website username on major networks such as Facebook and Twitter. Check out this list to make sure you claim all of your brand usage across major networks.
• Create a sitemap.xml file and submit it to Google via Google Search Console
• Check for duplicate content
• Check site speed with Google PageSpeed Tools
• Make sure your site is mobile friendly for multiple browsers with BrowserStack
• Check for missing titles
• Use Browseo to identify technical issues
• Use Screaming Frog to find broken links, errors and web crawler issues
• For reporting, reate a spreadsheet to track metrics every month by Total Unique Visitors, Visitor-to-Lead Conversion Rate and Lead-to-Customer Conversion Rate

Keywords Checklist

• Use Google Keyword Planner 
• List your products and services and generate related keywords and phrases
• Browse searches related to your keywords
• Narrow down your list with a competition tool
• Choose your target keywords

Once your on-page optimization is set up, you can use this guide to create better content and build links.

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Sources:

Moz: https://moz.com/blog/visual-guide-to-keyword-targeting-onpage-optimization

Moz: https: //moz.com/beginners-guide-to-content-marketing/content-creation

Moz: https: //moz.com/beginners-guide-to-seo/growing-popularity-and-links