The rush of activity before finally uploading a carefully crafted wiki, blog or web page holds a high risk of error. These are my eight final checks. You could find they save you time and trouble. You may be able to automate some of them, depending on the software you use.
- Images resized
- <meta> tags correct
- Navigation representation done
- Internal link integration good
- Spelling checked
- Feeds updated
- Code valid
- Links working
Let’s take a look at each of these.
Images resized
This is not the size on the page. Some images that find their way on to web or wiki pages have huge file sizes despite the dimensions being shrunk to fit the page. While you are at it, check all images have relevant alt tags, it will help with your search rankings.
<meta> tags correct
Meta information often gets overlooked. Check the title is correct and title, description and keywords tags contain the same keywords as the content of the page.
Navigation representation done
Make sure the page is represented on the site navigation system. It needs to be on the menu, sitemap and any section indexes. The page itself needs to be tagged and categorised, if these are part of your site navigation system.
Internal link integration good
Check there are appropriate internal links to integrate the page into the site. This means internal links leading into the page as well as leading out from it.
Spelling checked
Do a final spellcheck so those last minute changes don’t leave spelling errors that make you look like an amateur.
Feeds updated
Make sure a link to the page is inserted in your site feed and the xml sitemap you make available to the Google searchbot and other web crawlers.
Code valid
Validate the (x)html of your site. The W3C Markup Validation Service. is a good place to validate your code. You can do it before you upload the page or once it is uploaded.
Links working
I check both internal and external links with Xenu Link Sleuth as soon as I have uploaded the page. I check the whole site whenever I upload a page. This free software download works quickly and efficiently to find any broken links. It by-passes your Google ads, so its action is not interpreted as click fraud.
I put this list together for my own use. I hope you can adapt it to save you some time and effort.
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