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The Complete Website Audit Guide for Agencies
How to run website audits that win clients. Covers the 5 audit categories, scoring, and how to present results that close deals.
Mar 18, 20267 min read
What is a website audit — and why should your agency care?
A website audit is a structured evaluation of a site across five categories: SEO, performance, security, mobile-friendliness, and accessibility. Each category gets a score from 0 to 100, converted to a letter grade (A through F).
For agencies, audits aren't just diagnostic tools. They're sales tools. A well-presented audit shows a prospect exactly what's broken on their site — and positions your agency as the team that can fix it.
The numbers back this up. Agencies that lead with a free audit convert prospects at 3-5x the rate of cold outreach alone. The audit does the selling for you: it creates urgency ("your site has 14 critical issues"), establishes authority ("here's exactly what to fix"), and generates a natural next step ("let's schedule a call to prioritize these").
The five audit categories explained
1. SEO (weight: 30%)
SEO is the largest component of any website audit because it directly impacts whether a site gets found at all. The checks include:
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