Search engine basics
Your page title, meta description, main heading, canonical address and language, the things Google reads first to understand your site.
Websites
Free SEO health check
Find out why your website might not be showing up on Google. Enter your web address and we'll email you a free report with a grade, what we found and simple steps to fix each issue yourself.
- Titles and descriptions on up to 20 pages
- Sitemap, robots.txt and Google indexing
- Mobile setup, speed and compression
- Local search tips and plain English fixes
What's included
What we check
Titles and descriptions across your site
We read up to 20 pages from your sitemap and flag missing, duplicate, too long or generic titles and meta descriptions. Need every page checked? Get in touch and we'll run a full scan.
Crawling and indexing
Whether Google is allowed to list your site, whether you have an XML sitemap and robots.txt, and whether there are duplicate versions of your site.
Content
How much useful text your homepage has, whether images have descriptions, how your page is structured and whether your contact details are easy to find.
Sharing and rich results
How your links look when shared on social media, whether Google can read your business details and whether you have a site icon.
Speed and mobile
Whether your site is set up for phones, how quickly your server responds, whether pages are compressed and how heavy your homepage is.
Local search tips
Practical tips for Google Business Profile and Search Console, the free tools that make the biggest difference for local businesses.
The detail
Why isn't my website showing up on Google?
Often it's not one big problem but a handful of small ones: a missing description, a page Google has been told to ignore, no sitemap, or a site that's slow and awkward on a phone. Each one is easy to miss and most are quick to fix.
Your report explains each result in plain English and gives you the exact steps to fix it, whether you do it yourself, pass it to your web developer or ask us.
Want help growing your traffic?
This free check covers the essentials on your homepage. If you'd like more customers finding you through Google, our SEO service covers your whole site, local search, content and reporting. Worried about security too? Try our free website security check.
Questions
Common questions
Is it really free?
Yes. There's no charge and no catch. You'll get your report by email, and we won't add you to a mailing list. If you'd like help with anything, you can reply to the report, but there's no obligation.
Will this get me to the top of Google?
On its own, no, and anyone promising that should be treated with caution. But fixing the basics in this report removes the things that hold many small business sites back, and they're often quick to do.
What does the check look at?
Your homepage in detail, plus the titles and meta descriptions of up to 20 pages listed in your XML sitemap, the same way Google's crawler would. It doesn't look at every page, your links from other websites or your competitors, so treat it as a health check rather than a full SEO audit. If you'd like every page checked, get in touch and we'll run a full scan.
Why only 20 pages?
To keep the free check quick and to make sure we never put load on anyone's website. Most problems with titles and descriptions show up within the first 20 pages. For larger sites, get in touch and we'll scan every page.
How long does it take?
Your report usually arrives within a couple of minutes. If it doesn't, check your spam or junk folder.
Why do I need to confirm I own the website?
The report is meant for the people responsible for a website. Please only check sites you own or look after, such as your own business site or a client's site you manage.
What happens to my details?
We use your email address to send the report and keep a copy so we know who asked. We don't sell it or use it for marketing. See our privacy policy for full details.
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