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Website SEO checklist for 2026 (with Core Web Vitals)

Title tags, meta descriptions, schema, sitemaps, internal links, page speed, mobile usability — the complete 25-item list.

Elevatools Team·2026-01-15· 3 min
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On-page (10)

  1. Title tag (50–60 chars)
  2. Meta description (150–160 chars)
  3. H1 (one per page)
  4. Image alt text
  5. Canonical tag
  6. Internal links (≥5 per page)
  7. Clean URLs
  8. Mobile responsive
  9. HTTPS
  10. Open Graph + Twitter Card

Technical (10)

  1. XML sitemap
  2. robots.txt
  3. Schema.org markup
  4. Core Web Vitals (LCP <2.5s, CLS <0.1, INP <200ms)
  5. No render-blocking JS
  6. Image lazy-load
  7. CDN
  8. Compression (Brotli)
  9. No 404s in sitemap
  10. Hreflang for multi-language

Content (5)

  1. Unique, high-quality content
  2. Updated regularly
  3. Targets a clear keyword
  4. Includes FAQs (FAQ schema)
  5. Links to authoritative sources