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Reworking your website to have a more SEO friendly design<\/a> is a great way to boost your online business\u2019 potential; it can also be intimidating, especially right before your new site goes live. Before you relaunch your site to the world, you need to go through a last-minute checklist to ensure that the launch will be a success. Here are 20 steps that you need to take when finalizing your professional website development<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"website<\/a><\/p>\n

Onsite Content:<\/b><\/p>\n

1. Check that all of the content you\u2019ve created – and the old content that you haven\u2019t touched – is free of spelling errors, typos or other problems. Also make sure that the content is compelling for visitors.<\/p>\n

2. Open your site in Google Chrome and press F12 and then open the \u201cNetwork\u201d tab to see your site\u2019s speed and page sizes.<\/p>\n

3. Test drive the forms on your site to make sure they work properly.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Web Development:<\/b><\/p>\n

4. Verify that your site links are correct when they have transferred from the test site to your live site. If you have any 404 pages, develop a custom page with search to encourage visitors to go to other parts of your site. If pages are moved or have a new URL structure, make sure to use a 301 redirect.<\/p>\n

5. Validate your W3C code and fix any errors you might have.<\/p>\n

6. Add custom Favicons to your address bars or the tabs of users\u2019 browsers to create a custom feel for your site.<\/p>\n

7. Minify your site to compress the code and make it load faster.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Web Design<\/b><\/p>\n

8. Cross-check your site on different browsers to ensure multi-browser compatibility.<\/p>\n

9. Check that your display text is coming up when you hover over an image. You should also make sure that your images aren\u2019t too large and that you don\u2019t have issues with fonts not rendering correctly.<\/p>\n

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Search Engine Optimization<\/b><\/p>\n

10. Make sure that all pages have title tags and meta tags.<\/p>\n

11. Upload an accurate site map in both XML and HTML to make your site easier to navigate for users and search engines.<\/p>\n

12. Have your Google Analytics package ready to go along with your Google and Bing Webmaster Tools. Also contact your ad rep if you have any PPC campaigns running to avoid a disruption.<\/p>\n

13. Submit your site to the popular search engines to ensure they are indexed immediately.<\/p>\n

14. Check to make sure that your SERP display is correct and your pages are displaying properly on search engine result pages.<\/p>\n

15. Make sure that your social media buttons go to the right pages and allow people to \u201cLike\u201d the right parts of your site.<\/p>\n

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Network Administration:<\/b><\/p>\n

16. Install site monitors to ensure visitors can get to your pages and use enhanced monitors for your key landing pages.<\/p>\n

17. Run tests with load test software tools to simulate what will happen to your site in times of heavy traffic.<\/p>\n

18. Have a backup system ready to go in case your site does crash.<\/p>\n

19. Check password-protected pages to make sure people can\u2019t get into them without the proper credentials.<\/p>\n

20. If you have a secure certificate, check it to make sure it is valid on launch day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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