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Technical Audit Framework

A structured sweep of crawl, index, render, structured-data and speed health, prioritised by visibility impact.

ID
SS-FW-014
Version
1.0
Confidence
High · 86
Evidence
Strong
Updated
2026-07-08
Review
2026-10-08

Overview

A structured sweep of crawl, index, render, structured-data and speed health, prioritised by visibility impact.

Business problem

Technical audits produce a flat list of hundreds of issues with no sense of which actually cost visibility.

Decision supported

Which technical issues to fix first.

Inputs & outputs

Inputs

  • Crawl data
  • Index coverage
  • Render checks
  • Core Web Vitals
  • robots and sitemap

Outputs

  • Prioritised technical issue list
  • Impact estimate per issue

Step-by-step process

  1. 1
    Crawl

    Confirm engines and AI bots can reach every important page.

  2. 2
    Index

    Verify important pages are indexed and unimportant ones are not.

  3. 3
    Render

    Check content renders without JavaScript failures.

  4. 4
    Prioritise

    Rank issues by pages affected × value × severity.

Maturity model

  1. L1
    Flat list

    Issues dumped without priority.

  2. L2
    Categorised

    Issues grouped by type.

  3. L3
    Prioritised

    Ranked by visibility impact.

  4. L4
    Continuous

    Technical health monitored ongoing.

KPIs

  • Indexation rate
  • Critical issues open
  • Core Web Vitals pass rate

Common mistakes

  • Fixing cosmetic issues first
  • Ignoring AI-crawler access
  • Treating all issues as equal

SearchScore insight

Recommended next steps

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Where this fits - and what's next

The SearchScore path from a problem you feel to visibility you can measure.

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