SEO Audit Services — Rank on Google AND Get Visible in ChatGPT, Perplexity & AI Overviews
Most websites have technical issues, content gaps and AI visibility problems they do not even know exist. In 2026, ranking on Google is only half the battle. Your customers are also finding answers through ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews. This audit covers both, with a clear and prioritised plan for fixing what is holding you back.
Why Every Website Needs an SEO Audit Before Anything Else in 2026
Most SEO agencies are still auditing for 2022. They check your title tags, crawl errors and backlinks and stop there. In 2026, your customers are finding businesses through Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Perplexity, not just blue links. If your site is not structured for AI extraction, you are invisible to a growing share of your audience regardless of your Google rankings.
It is also very common for businesses to keep investing in new content, more backlinks or extra ad spend when the real problem is something sitting quietly underneath. A crawl issue that stops Google indexing half your pages. A duplicate content problem diluting your rankings. A robots.txt file accidentally blocking AI crawlers from ever reading your site. An audit finds all of it.
The businesses growing consistently through organic search in 2026 are not always spending the most. They are the ones who fixed the right problems first, including their AI visibility, and then built on solid ground. That starts with knowing exactly what you are dealing with.
Everything Covered in Your SEO Audit
This is not an automated tool report with a score out of 100. Every section is reviewed and interpreted by an SEO expert with 5+ years of experience, with specific findings and recommendations written for your site rather than a generic template. It is also the only freelance SEO audit that includes a dedicated AI search visibility check.
Technical SEO Audit
A thorough review of how search engines crawl and index your site. Covers crawlability, indexation status, redirect chains, canonical tags, sitemap configuration, robots.txt, HTTPS implementation and structured data markup. Problems here can silently prevent your best pages from appearing in search at all.
AI Search Visibility Check
A dedicated audit of how visible your site is to AI search systems. Checks whether AI crawlers such as GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot can access your site, whether your robots.txt is accidentally blocking them, whether your content structure allows AI extraction, and whether your pages are eligible for Google AI Overview citations. Most audits do not include this. Yours will.
On-Page SEO Analysis
A page-by-page review of how well your content is optimised for the keywords it should be targeting. Title tags, meta descriptions, heading structure, keyword usage, content quality, duplicate content issues and internal linking patterns are all assessed and scored against best practice.
Site Speed and Core Web Vitals
Page experience is a direct Google ranking factor. LCP, CLS and INP scores are measured across desktop and mobile, the specific causes of any failures are identified, and you receive a prioritised list of fixes your developer can implement immediately to recover lost rankings.
Backlink Profile Audit
Your backlink profile either builds your authority or drags it down. A full review of your link profile identifies toxic or spammy links that may be suppressing your rankings, lost links worth reclaiming, and gaps in authority compared to your top competitors. Strong backlink authority is also a key signal AI systems use to decide which sites to cite.
Competitor Benchmarking
You cannot build a winning SEO strategy without knowing who you are up against. Your site is benchmarked against your top three to five competitors across domain authority, content depth, keyword coverage, backlink strength and AI citation presence, so you know exactly where the gaps are and how to close them.
Prioritised Fix List
Every issue found in the audit is ranked by its potential impact on your rankings and the effort required to fix it. You receive a clear and ordered action list so your team knows exactly what to tackle first, what can wait, and what to hand to a developer versus handle in your CMS.
How the Audit Works, Start to Finish
The process is designed to be as straightforward as possible on your end. You share access, I do the heavy lifting, and you receive a clear report with a walkthrough call to make sure nothing is left unclear.
You Share Read-Only Access
All I need to get started is read-only access to your Google Search Console and Google Analytics 4 account. No login credentials, no FTP access and no CMS admin rights required. The access request takes about five minutes to set up and can be revoked at any time.
Deep Crawl, Analysis and AI Visibility Check
Your entire site is crawled using professional SEO tools and the results are cross-referenced against your Search Console data, backlink profile, competitor research and performance metrics. A dedicated AI visibility check is also run, reviewing your robots.txt for AI crawler access, your content structure for AI extractability and your schema markup for AI Overview eligibility. Every finding is reviewed manually to confirm it is a genuine issue and not a false positive from an automated tool.
Your Audit Report Is Delivered
Within five to seven business days you receive a detailed, plain-English audit report covering every area of your site’s SEO health, including a dedicated AI search visibility section. Each issue is documented with a clear explanation of what it is, why it matters and exactly what needs to be done to fix it. Findings are categorised by severity so you can see at a glance what is critical and what is lower priority.
Walkthrough Call Included
Every audit includes a 60-minute video call to walk through the findings together. We discuss what was found, answer your questions, clarify anything that needs explaining and talk through the implementation plan. You leave the call with complete clarity on what needs to happen next and in what order, for both Google rankings and AI search visibility.
Questions People Ask Before Booking an SEO Audit
Does your SEO audit check AI search visibility as well as Google rankings?
Yes. The audit includes a dedicated AI visibility check covering whether AI crawlers like GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot can access your site, whether your content is structured for extraction by Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Perplexity, and whether your robots.txt is accidentally blocking AI agents. Most SEO audits do not check this. Yours will.
How long does the audit take to complete?
Most audits are delivered within five to seven business days from the point access is granted. Larger sites with thousands of pages may take slightly longer. If you have a specific deadline, let me know when you get in touch and I will confirm whether I can accommodate it before we begin.
What do I need to provide to get started?
Read-only access to Google Search Console and Google Analytics 4 is all that is needed. No FTP access, no CMS admin credentials and no other sensitive logins are required. The process of granting read-only access takes around five minutes and is completely reversible at any time.
Will you fix the issues found in the audit?
The audit is a standalone deliverable that gives you a complete and prioritised picture of what needs to be fixed. If you also want the issues implemented, a separate execution service is available. Many clients use the audit report to brief their own developer or in-house team, while others prefer to hand implementation over as well. Either way works.
My site is fairly small. Do I still need a full audit?
Smaller sites often have the most to gain from a proper audit. With fewer pages to work with, each one carries more weight, and a handful of fixable technical issues or a robots.txt accidentally blocking AI crawlers can have a significant and fast impact on rankings. A small site that is technically clean and AI-visible will consistently outrank a larger site that is not.
Is this different from running a free SEO tool report?
Significantly. Free tools generate automated scores and surface-level flags but cannot tell you whether your content is visible to AI systems or interpret what findings mean in the context of your specific site, industry or goals. This audit is reviewed and written by an SEO expert with 5 years of experience who understands which issues actually matter, which can be safely ignored, and how your AI search visibility fits into the overall picture. You get judgment, not just data.
Find Out Exactly What Is Stopping Your Site from Ranking — on Google and in AI Search
Request a comprehensive SEO audit covering Google rankings and AI search visibility. Receive a clear and prioritised action plan your team can start working through immediately. Delivered within five to seven business days, with a walkthrough call included.
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