SEO audit services

An SEO Audit That Finds the Cause and Maps the Fix

We inspect what search engines receive, trace repeated warnings back to the responsible template, and give your team a fix list in a useful order. No exported tool dump. No hundred-page deck that avoids a recommendation.

Michael Rupe, Founder & CEO at Savo Group
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LifeMD website examined during a Savo Group technical SEO audit
LifeMD's content looked fine in a browser but arrived as an empty shell for crawlers. The audit found the rendering issue, and Semrush-estimated keyword visibility grew roughly 100× during the 7-month engagement. Read the case study.

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A diagnostic, not a score

Your Crawler Is Good at Finding Symptoms

An audit tool can report thousands of missing descriptions or slow pages. It cannot tell you that one shared template caused them, that half the flagged URLs should not be indexed, or that another issue is doing more damage than all of those warnings combined.

That is the work. We combine crawl data, rendered output, source code, search performance, analytics, and the way your business earns a lead. Then we reduce the findings to decisions your team can make.

Every finding should answer five questions

  1. 1
    What is happening?A plain description of the issue.
  2. 2
    Where is the evidence?Examples, data, and affected templates or URLs.
  3. 3
    Why does it matter?The crawl, ranking, experience, or measurement impact.
  4. 4
    How should it be fixed?An implementable recommendation with enough detail to act.
  5. 5
    When should we do it?Priority based on impact, risk, dependencies, and effort.
Technical SEO audit scope

We Inspect the System, Not a Sample Page

The exact scope follows the question, platform, and site size. These are the systems we test most often.

01

Crawling and indexation

Robots rules, XML sitemaps, status codes, crawl paths, canonical tags, duplicate URLs, index coverage, and the pages search engines never reach.

02

Rendering and JavaScript

What the browser shows versus what a crawler receives, server-side output, hydration, blocked resources, and template content that depends on JavaScript.

03

Architecture and internal links

Page hierarchy, topic hubs, click depth, breadcrumbs, orphaned pages, competing URLs, and where internal authority gets lost.

04

Search intent and on-page signals

Titles, headings, page roles, content gaps, cannibalization, structured data, and whether each important URL deserves the query it targets.

05

Performance and mobile experience

Core Web Vitals, media loading, fonts, scripts, layout shift, responsive failures, and speed problems traced back to the responsible template.

06

Measurement and conversion paths

Analytics, Search Console, event tracking, calls, forms, landing pages, and the gaps that keep organic work from being tied to leads or revenue.

The audit process

From Business Question to Implementation Queue

The audit stays tied to the reason you requested it. A migration risk review, a traffic decline, and a site that never gained traction require different lines of investigation.

01

Scope the question

We define the decision, affected properties, access, history, and business pages that matter most.

02

Collect evidence

We crawl, render, inspect source, compare templates, and review Search Console and analytics where access permits.

03

Test the diagnosis

We reproduce issues, separate cause from coincidence, and check recommendations against your platform and release process.

04

Hand off the plan

You get priorities, implementation notes, examples, and a live review with the people responsible for the work.

LifeMD case study

LifeMD Had Content Google Could Not See

LifeMD had invested in a substantial medical content library, but the site ranked mostly for branded terms. The articles rendered in a visitor's browser, so the publishing program looked healthy from the front end.

Our audit compared that experience with the HTML delivered to crawlers. The content depended on client-side JavaScript and arrived as a mostly empty shell. We worked with LifeMD's engineering team to plan the server-side rendering fix and confirm the new output.

Semrush-estimated keyword visibility grew roughly 100× during the 7-month consulting window. After our engagement ended, LifeMD's team continued publishing and improving the site.

Read the LifeMD Case Study
LifeMD telehealth website audited by Savo Group
LifeMD's visible articles looked complete. The problem appeared only when we compared them with the HTML crawlers received.
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WorkSimpli used its technical audit, architecture recommendations, and content opportunity map as an execution roadmap.
A useful handoff

An Audit Your Team Can Actually Use

WorkSimpli did not need another agency to control the work. Its internal team needed a detailed technical audit, architecture direction, and a content opportunity map it could run with.

That model matters. Your audit belongs to you. Your developers can implement it, we can support them through SEO consulting, or Savo Group can take responsibility for agreed fixes.

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Free SEO report

A Fast First Look

Our free report checks visible opportunities, gives us enough context to have a useful first conversation, and helps us decide if a full audit is warranted. It is not a substitute for crawling and testing the whole system.

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Paid SEO audit

A Decision-Ready Diagnostic

A paid audit is scoped research. It includes access review, crawl and rendering evidence, validated findings, priorities, implementation guidance, and a live handoff with the people who will act on it.

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Why Savo Group

Search Judgment With Technical Follow-Through

We’re family-owned, with 27 years of SEO experience behind us. Michael Rupe, Founder & CEO, leads the search diagnosis. Taylor Rupe, Co-Founder & CTO, helps turn technical findings into working code and measurable releases. You speak directly with the people doing the analysis.

SEO audit FAQ

What to Know Before an SEO Audit

What is included in an SEO audit?

Every audit is scoped to the site, but the core review covers crawling, indexation, rendering, canonical rules, site architecture, internal links, page templates, structured data, mobile performance, content targeting, and measurement. We also inspect any known risk area, such as a redesign, CMS migration, traffic decline, multi-location structure, or large archive.

What do we receive at the end?

You receive an executive summary, an evidence-backed issue log, affected URLs or templates, priorities, recommended fixes, and an implementation sequence. Technical items are written so a developer can turn them into tickets. We review the findings with your team and answer questions during handoff.

Is this an automated website audit?

No. Crawlers and SEO platforms help collect evidence, but their alerts are inputs, not the final product. An experienced consultant checks the site, templates, source output, search data, and business context before deciding what matters. We remove false positives and connect repeated warnings to the underlying cause.

Can Savo Group fix the issues too?

Yes. Your in-house team can implement the roadmap, we can work alongside them through SEO consulting, or Savo Group can handle agreed fixes directly. The audit is still yours if you choose another path.

When should we get an SEO audit?

An audit is useful before a redesign or migration, after an unexplained traffic decline, when a large site has indexation problems, when content production is not producing growth, or before committing to a larger SEO program. It is also useful when teams disagree about the cause and need independent evidence.

How much does an SEO audit cost?

We quote audits based on site size, platform complexity, the number of templates or locations, and the question you need answered. A small service site and a JavaScript-heavy enterprise platform require different levels of investigation. Send us the domain and context, and we will scope the work before quoting it.

How long does an SEO audit take?

Timing depends on access, site size, and complexity. We establish the delivery window in the scope so your team knows when to expect findings and when to reserve time for the review. Urgent migration or release checks can be scoped separately when the deadline is real.

What is the difference between the free SEO report and a paid audit?

The free report is a short first look meant to identify obvious opportunities and decide whether deeper work makes sense. A paid audit is a full diagnostic with crawling, source inspection, data review, validation, priorities, and implementation guidance. It is built to support business and engineering decisions.

Start with the evidence

Find Out What Is Actually Holding the Site Back

Send us the domain, the change you noticed, and any deadline your team is working against. We will tell you what an honest audit should cover.

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