Keep a small inventory of critical pages and actions
List the homepage, main service pages, contact page, and any booking or inquiry action. Record who can edit the site and who receives inquiries. This makes it easier to spot an issue and send it to the person who can resolve it.
Include business facts that change: phone numbers, opening hours, service areas, and discontinued offers. If the same detail appears in multiple places, note those locations so an update is consistent. Choose a review schedule that someone can actually maintain, with extra checks after a release or business change.
Test contact delivery, not just the button
Open phone and email actions and confirm their destinations. Submit a short test form and verify the receiving channel and confirmation. A form that visually accepts a message is not proof that the business received it.
Keep test messages recognizable and avoid using real customers' private details. Check required-field errors and retry behavior, particularly on a phone. If a third-party form or booking tool is involved, verify the final step as well as the page that opens it.
Review public technical evidence after meaningful edits
Navigation changes, content moves, and template updates can introduce broken links or conflicting page declarations. Use a public crawl to inspect the changed areas, then read the actual checked URLs and findings. Treat discovered but unselected pages as outside that report's reviewed evidence.
ColbySEO's background report is bounded to up to 60 public URLs and can be saved or downloaded as a PDF. A saved report is a dated snapshot, not ongoing proof that the site is unchanged. Its Technical score describes assessed checks; unknown checks do not count as passes.
- Keep a baseline report before a significant update.
- Open important changed URLs and navigation destinations.
- Compare the follow-up report's coverage as well as its score.
Verify releases and preserve a recovery route
Review the live website after deployment instead of stopping at a local preview. Confirm the intended pages, metadata, and contact path. If URLs moved, test relevant redirects and update links to the final destinations where practical.
Keep a recoverable previous version and an explanation of the change. Platform updates and backup handling depend on the site's setup; do not apply an unfamiliar bulk change without a workable recovery method. Bring a saved report and a specific failure to a website review so maintenance work can be scoped to the actual problem.
Common questions
How often should I run a website report?
Use a cadence appropriate to how often the site changes, and repeat important checks after meaningful edits. A historic snapshot should not be described as a current audit.
Does the free report monitor inquiry delivery?
No. Verify form submission and receipt yourself. Public technical evidence does not include private inbox or customer workflow data.
What is the first check after a release?
Open the changed live page and complete its important customer action. Then review relevant links and technical findings with the deployment version in mind.