Technical SEO Checklist for Indian Forex Affiliate Sites 2026 — 20 Point Audit
Technical SEO ensures Google can properly crawl, index and rank your content. Many Indian forex affiliates lose rankings due to fixable technical issues. Here is a complete audit checklist.
Crawling and Indexation
- robots.txt file is not blocking important pages — check yoursite.com/robots.txt
- XML sitemap submitted to Google Search Console — yoursite.com/sitemap.xml
- All important pages return HTTP 200 status (no 404 errors)
- No canonical tag conflicts — each page has one clear canonical URL
- Search Console Coverage report shows no significant indexation errors
Mobile Optimisation
- Google Mobile-Friendly Test passes — search.google.com/test/mobile-friendly
- No horizontal scrolling on mobile — content fits screen width
- Touch targets (buttons, links) minimum 44×44px
- Font size minimum 16px for body text on mobile
- Viewport meta tag present:
Page Speed
- Google PageSpeed Insights: 70+ on mobile, 85+ on desktop
- Largest Contentful Paint (LCP): Under 2.5 seconds
- Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS): Under 0.1
- Images compressed — no image above 200KB
- Caching plugin active and configured
On-Page Technical
- Each page has exactly one H1 tag
- Title tags are unique across all pages (50-60 characters)
- Meta descriptions are unique (150-160 characters)
- URLs are clean and descriptive — no ?p=123 format
- All images have alt text
Security and Trust
- HTTPS enabled on entire site — padlock visible in browser
- SSL certificate valid and not expiring
- No mixed content warnings (HTTP images on HTTPS page)
- Contact page, About page, Privacy Policy, Disclaimer all exist and linked from footer
Structured Data
- FAQ schema on articles with FAQ sections
- Article schema on blog posts
- Breadcrumb schema for site navigation
- Test with Google’s Rich Results Test — no errors