Ecommerce SEO Audit Service

Get your ecommerce store to where it needs to be organically, starting with a full SEO audit

An in-depth audit for your ecommerce store, with a focus on revenue and actionable strategies

One of my favourite types of websites to audit is an ecommerce store. 

Some months I’ll audit multiple ecommerce stores, which are either as one-off audits to help ecommerce stores get their approach to SEO to where it needs to be, or it might be at the start of a project when onboarding a new client. 

Generally, I see a lot of the same issues regardless of CMS, so it’s really interesting to audit an ecommerce website to uncover both unique issues and those that may be common to a sector or CMS. 

My audits focus on actionable insights and strategies that hone-in on organic revenue growth. It’s not just a case of running a website through a third-party tool. 

And, when it comes to ecommerce websites specifically, you have to take into account aspects such as user data, UX, CTA’s, product positioning, trust factors and ultimately the broader UX when users actually land on your website. 

Now, I’m not a UX expert, but I’ve done enough audits and have the experience from running my own ecommerce stores to know what users want. 

So, with the above aspects I’ve mentioned and the below SEO mainstays that come with an ecommerce audit, you can see how it’s not just about a checklist approach. It’s about using SEO data to inform what your broader strategies need to be to do with organic targeting and how users experience your website when they’re actually on it. 

What does an ecommerce SEO audit cover?

To name a few, I use platforms and tools such as Screaming Frog, Search Console, GA4, Ahrefs, various page speed tools and much more to analyse and vet aspects of your ecommerce store including:

 

  • Search Console issues
  • Crawl budget errors
  • Unoptimised metadata, headings and on-page SEO
  • Internal links
  • Page speed & Core web vitals
  • Thin or duplicate content
  • Query matches inline with top-performing content
  • Alignment of queries next to target keywords and competitor gaps
  • Sitemap optimisation
  • JS reliance
  • Hreflang setup
  • Overall keyword targeting and optimisation
  • AI opportunities based on competitor gaps inline with direct audience targeting
  • Initial prompt benchmarking examples across LLMs
  • User behaviour from GA4 data (for example, internal search data and bounce rates and what this means for content opportunities)
  • Page hierarchies and crawl depth
  • Video potential
  • Link building and broader PR opportunities
  • Competitor keyword gaps
  • Competitor backlink gaps
  • High>Low bespoke priority checklist based on time required versus SEO ‘payoff’ on a per-task basis
  • A summary tab of findings and strategy recommendations based on the audit data
  • A recommended SEO and AI SEO roadmap strategy from the findings
  • Content recommendations based on core pillars and competitor data
  • A supporting video of findings and a post-deliverable video call to go through all of the findings 

A detailed audit versus a standard checklist

What’s the difference? 

Standard Checklist

  • Takes a few hours to complete 
  • Is only specific to one, maybe two tools 
  • Doesn’t have any nuance or context to take into consideration 
  • No human element to understand opportunities or internal priority issues (for example, dev ticket queues) 
  • Serves as a checklist for typical SEO ‘issues’ and nothing else 

Detailed Audit

  • Findings, opportunities and recommended strategies are mapped to your exact ecommerce store 
  • Multiple data touch points and tools to uncover a full roadmap 
  • A follow-up call and video is provided so that you’re not just left with data you can’t work with 
  • Consider users and opportunities outside of SEO) (not just viewing opportunities in an SEO silo)

Contact Me For A Bespoke SEO Strategy

If you think an SEO audit is right for your ecommerce stores, please contact me at hello@jamestaylorseo.co.uk or fill in the contact form and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible. 

I typically tend to audits websites on platforms like WooCommerce, Shopify and Magento but, regardless of the platform I’d be more than happy to audit your website in-depth so that you have practical advice and a real, data-driven roadmap to work with on your SEO strategy over the long-term. 

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