{"id":19053,"date":"2022-01-04T13:58:29","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T13:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nobraineragency.com\/seo\/https-www-nobraineragency-co-uk-blog-blog-ecommerce-seo-checklist-for-starting-the-year-strong-2022\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T15:25:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T15:25:30","slug":"ecommerce-seo-checklist-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobraineragency.com\/seo\/ecommerce-seo-checklist-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecommerce SEO Checklist for starting the year strong (2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whatever stage or phase that your ecommerce SEO strategy is in, there is always value in taking stock of where things are up to, checking that the basics are still in place and being as effective as they can be, along with ensuring that your plan for the months ahead is solid and the right measurements are in place to keep you on track.<\/p>\n

An effective ecommerce SEO<\/a> strategy will drive highly relevant organic traffic with a great chance of converting into increased sales and revenue for your business, as well as catering for your audience at every stage of the buyer journey.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve compiled this checklist to help ensure that you can start the coming year with the right foundations and set yourself up for SEO success in 2022.<\/p>\n

Run a technical SEO audit<\/h2>\n

A starting point for any new SEO<\/a> strategy as well as being good practice to do regularly for any ecommerce site, checking your website is fully crawlable, indexable, has an appropriate page speed, has the right schema markup in place e.g. rich snippets on product pages, and is easily navigable by users as well as search engines is an essential on which everything else can be built.<\/p>\n

With Google\u2019s mobile-first approach now, it\u2019s vital to make sure that your technical SEO approach also runs along these lines, even if your site has a high proportion of desktop users at present. Any on-page SEO work you do will be limited in its impact if the basics like this are not in place and working as they should.<\/p>\n

There are several different tools that you can use to help automate as much of this audit as possible and cut down on the manual work involved, and most SEO experts will use a combination of them to get the most useful data and insights possible, as no one tool or solution is able to do everything. Many of these tools can also help with other areas of your ecommerce SEO strategy though, as well as the technical audit, so this is worth bearing in mind before committing to a subscription.<\/p>\n

Some of the most popular SEO tools include:<\/p>\n