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Understand Digital Audits

Learn how to review a digital presence, separate evidence from opinion and turn findings into priorities.

12 lessonsAbout 227 minutes
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What you’ll understand

The useful ideas. In the right order.

Course roadmap

4 focused modules. One clear path.

Module 01

Start with the right question

An audit needs a purpose before it needs tools.

2 lessons
  1. 01

    What is a digital audit?

    Understand scope, baseline, evidence and the difference between an audit and a score.

    16 min →
  2. 02

    How do you set audit objectives and a baseline?

    Connect the review to business goals, current performance and reliable data.

    17 min →
Module 02

Website and search review

Check whether people and search systems can use the site.

4 lessons
  1. 03

    How do you audit website clarity, UX and accessibility?

    Review journeys, navigation, forms, mobile use, keyboard access and content clarity.

    20 min →
  2. 04

    How do you audit performance, maintenance and security basics?

    Use tools and manual checks without treating an automated score as the full answer.

    19 min →
  3. 05

    How do you audit technical and on-page SEO?

    Check discovery, index controls, status codes, structure, content and internal links.

    22 min →
  4. 06

    How do you audit content, backlinks and local visibility?

    Review quality, gaps, duplication, risky links, profiles and location information.

    20 min →
Module 03

Marketing and measurement review

Check whether campaigns and reporting support decisions.

3 lessons
  1. 07

    How do you audit social media and brand consistency?

    Review audience fit, formats, response, identity and customer-facing accuracy.

    19 min →
  2. 08

    How do you audit paid advertising?

    Review objectives, targeting, creative, budgets, search terms, pages, measurement and policy.

    21 min →
  3. 09

    How do you audit analytics and conversion tracking?

    Check definitions, tags, consent, duplicates, gaps and whether reported actions are real.

    21 min →
Module 04

Turn findings into action

Prioritise and assign the work.

3 lessons
  1. 10

    How do competitor research and AI visibility fit into an audit?

    Use observations carefully and avoid invented competitor causes or AI ranking scores.

    19 min →
  2. 11

    How do you prioritise audit findings?

    Use impact, confidence, effort, risk, dependencies, owner and timing.

    18 min →
  3. 12

    When should a business audit again?

    Monitor implementation and repeat the right checks after meaningful change.

    15 min →

See the idea

A simple visual path.

The subject becomes easier when you can see how each step connects.

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