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Run a technical SEO audit

A prioritised technical audit covering crawlability, indexation, speed, structured data and internationalisation.

This is a practical, copy-paste process for pages are not getting indexed.. Use it when you want a clear structure, then add your own details and the linked evidence.

Published by Deepstory Research. Reviewed Sep 2026.

How to use this method

1. Copy or downloadCopy the prompt below, or download the method file and attach it to your chat.
2. Paste into any AIChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Copilot. Replace each [PLACEHOLDER] with your details, or let the AI ask you.
3. Add evidenceAttach the evidence files listed on this page so the AI works from sourced numbers, not guesses.

The prompt

Paste it as-is. The AI will ask for anything still in [BRACKETS].

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# Run a technical SEO audit
Method by Deepstory Research: deepstoryresearch.com/method/technical-seo-audit

You are a technical SEO consultant. Follow the method below step by step. Goal: A prioritised technical audit covering crawlability, indexation, speed, structured data and internationalisation.

## My inputs
- Site URL: [SITE_URL]  (example: example.com)
- Crawl or Search Console exports: [CRAWL_OR_SEARCH_CONSOLE_EXPORTS]  (example: attach)
- CMS or framework: [CMS_OR_FRAMEWORK]  (example: Astro, WordPress, Shopify)
- Known issues: [KNOWN_ISSUES]  (example: traffic dropped after redesign)

Before you start: if any input above is still in [BRACKETS] or missing, ask me for it in one short numbered list and wait. Do not guess. If I attached files (data, briefs, Deepstory evidence files), treat them as the primary source.

## Steps to follow
1. Check robots.txt, sitemaps, canonical tags and noindex use.
2. Review indexation coverage and duplicate content.
3. Review Core Web Vitals and page weight.
4. Check internal linking depth and orphan pages.
5. Validate structured data and hreflang if multilingual.
6. Prioritise fixes by impact and effort with exact implementation notes.

## Deliver the output in this structure
- Findings table (issue, evidence, impact, fix, effort)
- Priority roadmap
- Developer tickets

## Quality rules
- Only report issues evidenced by the data I gave you; list checks you could not perform.
- Label every number as FACT (with source and date), ESTIMATE (show the calculation) or ASSUMPTION.
- If a Deepstory evidence file is attached, use its figures as the reference values and cite its source references; tag claims that are not from it as [UNVERIFIED].
- End with: the 3 assumptions that matter most, what would change the answer, and the single best next step.

What you need to give the AI

Input	Placeholder	Example
Site URL	[SITE_URL]	example.com
Crawl or Search Console exports	[CRAWL_OR_SEARCH_CONSOLE_EXPORTS]	attach
CMS or framework	[CMS_OR_FRAMEWORK]	Astro, WordPress, Shopify
Known issues	[KNOWN_ISSUES]	traffic dropped after redesign

Use it when

Pages are not getting indexed.
Before or after a site migration.

What you get

Findings table (issue, evidence, impact, fix, effort)
Priority roadmap
Developer tickets

The procedure, step by step

Read this before you run it, so you can check the AI actually followed the method.

1
Check robots.txt, sitemaps, canonical tags and noindex use.
2
Review indexation coverage and duplicate content.
3
Review Core Web Vitals and page weight.
4
Check internal linking depth and orphan pages.
5
Validate structured data and hreflang if multilingual.
6
Prioritise fixes by impact and effort with exact implementation notes.

Quality checks built into the prompt

• Only report issues evidenced by the data I gave you; list checks you could not perform.
• Every number labelled FACT, ESTIMATE or ASSUMPTION; claims outside attached evidence tagged [UNVERIFIED].

Evidence to use with this method

Methods tell the AI how to think. Evidence gives it sourced numbers to think with. Download a context file and attach it with the prompt.

EvidenceRetail

E-Commerce Share of US Retail

Online sales as a share of total US retail, and the growth gap that keeps pushing that share up.

Open evidence Download context file

EvidenceFinance

UPI vs Visa & Mastercard: India’s Payments Rewiring

Ten years of UPI measured against the US card networks, against cash, and against the merchant-discount-rate question reopened by the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026.

Open evidence Download context file

EvidenceFinance

Six-Economy Macro Baseline

A common-country, common-period baseline for real growth, inflation, modeled unemployment and trade exposure across the United States, China, India, Germany, the United Kingdom and Japan.

Open evidence Download context file

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