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SEO Audit

Before you spend a dollar on SEO, you should know where you actually stand. Our SEO audit checks your site, your Google presence, and your competitors, then hands you a clear, prioritized list of what is holding you back.

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What it is

Know exactly why you are not ranking, and what to fix first.

An SEO audit is a full health check of your online visibility. We look at your website, technical setup, content, Google Business Profile, and local signals to find the gaps between you and the businesses outranking you.

In plain terms

It is like a home inspection before a remodel. You would not start knocking down walls without knowing what is behind them. An audit shows what is solid, what is broken, and what to fix first, before you spend on the work.

Clarity

Stop guessing. See exactly what is holding your rankings back.

A real plan

A prioritized roadmap you can act on, with or without us.

No wasted spend

Fix what matters instead of paying for busywork.

What we actually look at, and why each piece matters

The audit covers four layers. Technical: can Google reach, read, and index your pages, and how fast do they load on a real phone — problems here silently cap everything else. On-page: do your titles, headings, and content match what customers actually search, or does your services page just say 'quality work'? Local: is your Google Business Profile complete and active, are your name, address, and phone consistent across the web, and how does your review profile compare to the businesses in the map pack?

The fourth layer is the competitive one, and it is where most audits get interesting: we look at the three businesses outranking you and identify specifically what they have that you do not — more pages, more reviews, faster site, better links. Rankings are relative, so the gap analysis is what turns findings into a plan.

What you walk away with

Not a 40-page PDF of red warnings — a short, ranked list: fix these things first, here is why each one matters, here is roughly what each takes. We separate the quick wins you can do yourself in an afternoon (fixing your profile categories, asking five happy customers for reviews) from the structural work worth hiring out (new pages, technical rebuilds), and we say plainly which is which.

The audit is also deliberately independent of hiring us. It prices the gap honestly: some businesses learn they are three small fixes from competitive; others learn their platform is the ceiling. Either answer is worth far more than months of blind spending, and the list is yours to act on with anyone.

Sound familiar?

Signs this is for you

If any of these ring true, this is exactly what fixes it.

You are on page two or three of Google and do not know why.

You have paid for SEO before and never saw clear results.

Competitors outrank you and you cannot tell what they do differently.

How it works

Simple, start to finish

01

Scan

We check your site's technical health, speed, and how Google sees it.

02

Compare

We look at the businesses beating you to spot the gaps you can close.

03

Prioritize

You get a plain list of fixes, ranked by impact, so you start with what matters.

See the difference

Before and after

Before

You know your site 'is not doing well' but have no idea what is actually wrong.

After

You have a short, ranked list: fix these three things first, and here is why each one matters.

What you get

What is included

A technical check: speed, mobile, indexing, and errors

On-page review of your titles, content, and structure

Local SEO review: Google Business Profile, reviews, and citations

A look at what your top competitors are doing better

A prioritized action list, ranked by impact and effort

A plain-English walkthrough, no jargon dump

Why it matters

Why this is worth doing

Guessing at SEO wastes money. An audit replaces guesswork with a clear picture of what is actually costing you rankings, so every hour and dollar after it goes to the fixes that move the needle.

Part of our local seo service

What it costs

Pricing, plainly

The audit is a fixed-price, one-time project — quoted before we start, delivered within about a week with a plain-English walkthrough. If you move on to the Local SEO Plan ($950/month) afterward, the audit's findings become month one's to-do list, so nothing is paid for twice.

FAQ

SEO Audit: common questions

A technical check (speed, mobile, indexing), an on-page review, a local SEO review of your Google Business Profile and citations, a competitor comparison, and a prioritized list of fixes ranked by impact.

Let's talk

Ready for a website that brings you work?

Tell us about your business and we'll send back a free, no-pressure review of your current site (or a plan for a new one). We reply within 1 business day.

+1 (717) 823-7814 seva@sevawebstudio.com

Lancaster County, PA. Working with contractors across Pennsylvania.

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