How to Use Fast Site Check - Complete SEO Audit Tutorial
Learn the step-by-step process to audit your website for SEO issues, broken links, and technical problems. Our comprehensive guide will help you get the most out of Fast Site Check and improve your search rankings.
Key Takeaways
- Instant Scores: Get a 0-100 SEO health check in seconds for any URL.
- Comprehensive Checks: We scan on-page, technical, performance, and link health.
- Bulk Audits: Use the sitemap crawl option to audit your entire site at once.
- Actionable Data: Export results as CSV/JSON to track and implement fixes.
What is Fast Site Check?
Fast Site Check is a powerful, free SEO auditing tool designed for website owners, developers, and digital marketers who want to improve their search engine rankings. Unlike expensive enterprise tools, Fast Site Check provides professional-grade SEO analysis without the complexity or monthly fees.
Whether you're managing a small blog, e-commerce store, or large corporate website, Fast Site Check helps you identify and fix SEO issues that Google cares about. The tool combines technical SEO analysis, on-page optimization review, broken link detection, and performance metrics into one comprehensive platform.
Step 1: Enter Your URLs
To get started with Fast Site Check, head to the homepage and locate the "Target URLs" input box. This is where you'll paste the URLs you want to audit.
How to Enter URLs:
- Enter one URL per line
- Include the full URL with protocol (https:// or http://)
- You can paste multiple URLs to audit several websites or pages
- Fast Site Check will automatically detect and crawl your sitemap
Example URLs:
https://example.com https://example.com/blog https://example.com/products https://another-site.com
Step 2: Use the Import File Feature
If you have a large list of URLs to check, you can use the "Import File" button to upload a file containing all your URLs. This saves time and ensures accuracy with large batches.
Supported File Formats:
- .txt files (one URL per line)
- .csv files (first column should contain URLs)
Step 3: Configure Audit Options
Fast Site Check gives you powerful configuration options to customize your audit:
Crawl Sitemap Automatically (Recommended)
By default, this checkbox is enabled. When checked, Fast Site Check will:
- Automatically discover your XML sitemap
- Crawl all pages listed in your sitemap
- Provide comprehensive analysis of your entire site
- Support nested sitemaps and indexes (up to 10,000 pages)
Note: Uncheck this if you only want to audit the specific URLs you entered.
Sitemap URL (Optional)
If your sitemap is located in a non-standard location, enter the full URL here:
https://yourdomain.com/sitemaps/main-sitemap.xml
Max Pages (Optional)
Limit the number of pages crawled. Useful for large sites where you want to audit a subset of pages first. Set between 1 and 10,000.
Step 4: Choose Your Audit Type
Fast Site Check offers two main audit modes:
⚡ Check Status
Quick status check of your URLs. Returns HTTP status codes, response times, and basic server information.
Best for: Checking if pages are live and responding correctly.
🔍 SEO Audit
Comprehensive SEO analysis including meta tags, headings, content quality, broken links, and technical SEO metrics.
Best for: Complete SEO optimization and ranking improvement.
Step 5: Run the Audit
Click the "SEO Audit" button to start your analysis. You'll immediately see:
- A real-time progress bar showing audit completion status
- Number of pages processed vs. total pages
- Live updates as each page is analyzed
Once the audit completes, your results will appear as easy-to-read cards showing each page's SEO metrics.
Step 6: Review Your Results
After your audit completes, Fast Site Check displays results in an organized, intuitive format:
Understanding Your Results
Each result card shows:
- Page URL: The page being audited
- SEO Score (0-100): Overall health rating based on SEO best practices
- Status Code: HTTP response (200 = healthy, 404 = not found, etc.)
- Response Time: How fast the page loads (critical for SEO)
- Title Length: Character count of page title
- Meta Description: Whether description exists and character count
- H1 Tag Count: Number of H1 headings (should be 1 per page)
- Heading Hierarchy: Complete breakdown of H1-H6 structure
- Word Count: Page content length (minimum 300 words recommended)
- Images: Image count with alt text analysis
- Broken Links: Number of broken internal/external links
Step 7: Double-Click for Detailed Analysis
Click or double-click any result card to view detailed analysis including:
- All issues found on that specific page
- Complete list of images with alt text status
- All internal and external links with status codes
- Broken links that need fixing
- Heading structure breakdown
- Actionable recommendations for improvement
Step 8: Filter and Sort Results
Fast Site Check provides multiple ways to organize your results:
Filter by Status
View only successful pages, errors, or warnings
Filter by Score Range
Focus on pages with poor SEO scores first
Sort Options
Sort by score, status, or response time
Find Duplicates
Identify duplicate content affecting your SEO
Step 9: Export Your Results
Fast Site Check lets you export audit results in multiple formats for sharing with your team or monitoring over time:
- JSON: Complete technical export with all data
- CSV: Spreadsheet format for analysis in Excel/Google Sheets
- Print: Print-ready report format for client presentations
Step 10: Audit History & Tracking
Fast Site Check automatically saves your audit history in your browser's local storage. Click "Audit History" to:
- View previous audits
- Compare results over time
- Track progress as you implement fixes
Using the Fast Site Check Browser Extension
For quick audits on individual pages, try our Chrome Extension:
How to Install
- Download the extension file from the "How to Use" page
- Unzip the file to your computer
- Go to
chrome://extensions - Enable "Developer mode"
- Click "Load unpacked" and select the unzipped folder
- Now visit any webpage and click the extension icon for instant SEO audit
SEO Audit Best Practices
To get the most out of Fast Site Check:
- Audit regularly: Run audits weekly or monthly to track progress
- Fix priority issues first: Focus on pages with the lowest scores
- Address broken links immediately: Broken links hurt user experience and SEO
- Improve weak content: Expand pages with less than 300 words
- Optimize titles and descriptions: These appear in search results
- Use proper heading structure: One H1 per page, then H2s, H3s, etc.
- Add alt text to images: Helps with accessibility and image search
- Monitor response times: Slow pages rank lower in Google
Common SEO Issues & How to Fix Them
Missing or Duplicate Meta Descriptions
Problem: Meta descriptions appear in Google search results and influence click-through rates.
Fix: Add unique meta descriptions (150-160 characters) to each page.
Poor Heading Hierarchy
Problem: Multiple H1s or skipped heading levels confuse search engines about page structure.
Fix: Use one H1 per page, then H2s and H3s in logical order.
Broken Links
Problem: Broken links make pages harder to crawl and provide poor user experience.
Fix: Use Fast Site Check to identify, then fix or redirect broken links.
Slow Page Speed
Problem: Google prioritizes fast pages in search rankings.
Fix: Optimize images, enable caching, and use a CDN to improve response times.
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