A new business website does not need a 40-page SEO strategy. It needs a public site Google can fetch, pages that name the service, and titles that match what a person would type. The rest is maintenance.

Shopify stores: use Shopify SEO checklist. Technical extras for any small site: technical SEO. How Google search work feels in practice: optimize for Google search.

Quick answer

One live domain with HTTPS. Homepage plus service, about and contact. Unique title and description on each. Sitemap in Search Console. Images that are not huge. Then write more only if you will keep it.

Short SEO checklist for a newly launched company website
Launch hygiene. Not a year of content calendar theatre.

The launch list

  1. Pick one hostname (www or bare) and redirect the other. See connect a domain.
  2. Turn on HTTPS and click every main link on a phone.
  3. Publish the pages in ten pages that you actually need.
  4. Write a title that names the service and the city only if you serve that city.
  5. Write a meta description a human would click. No keyword stuffing.
  6. One H1 that matches the page. Do not hide it.
  7. Add the site to Google Search Console and submit the sitemap.
  8. Create a Google Business Profile if you are a local service. That is not the website, but people mix the two.
  9. Compress images. See image speed.
  10. Block the site from indexing only while it is a staging URL. Unblock it when you launch.
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Search Console coverage or sitemap screen for a new property (blur the domain if you want). ALT: Google Search Console sitemap submitted for a new site.

What to skip in month one

Fifty AI blog posts. Three SEO plugins. Buying links. A “we are the best in India” homepage. Guest posts you will not read.

Copy that search can use: SEO-friendly content. If the first screen is vague, fix how it looks professional before you hire an SEO person.

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