On-Page SEO Checklist (2019 Update)

On-Page SEO checklist that makes your website search engine friendly by optimizing both the content and HTML source code of a page.

Here is an On-Page SEO checklist you can use to make sure you are doing everything possible to stand with a good position in search engine.

Placement of Keywords:

Use the keyword in the title. (use it in first)
Use the keyword in the permalink.
Keyword in the first paragraph or first 100-150 words of your article.
Use the keyword in the image alt tag.
Use LSI keywords in the body (use LSIKeywords or SEOPressor plugin for WordPress to find related keywords).
Use LSI keyword in body header tags H2 or H3.
Shoot for around a 1.5% keyword density.
Make Bold keyword(s) at least once on your page.

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Important things to focus on:

Title tags should be between 50-60 characters in length.
Create a meta description of less-than 320 characters.
Use the post title by H1.
Use long tail keywords.
Make URLs or permalink short and clear.
Remove all stop words from permalink. (stop word can be like- A, And, But, So, On, Or, The, Was, With.)
Add multimedia (Like video, slides, infographics).
Using actions words in your title. (like- Get, Take, Boost, best, guide, checklist, fast, review, Learn, Make, Go)
Making posts with a minimum of 1000 words.
Optimize images before uploading (compress and images resize by image compressor if you are in WordPress use ShortPixel Image Optimizer).
Optimize page load speed. (Minify CSS, Minify JavaScript, Minify HTML, Reduce redirects, Remove render-blocking JavaScript, Use a content distribution network (CDN), Leverage browser caching.)
Create internal links to related articles inside your post.
Outbound links to relevant high-quality sites.
If writing in an evergreen niche, remove dates from the posts.

Other things Add:

Make sure to add an image for Facebook, Twitter, etc.(Open Graph Meta Tags)
Make sure to have social sharing buttons on your post.
Add related posts after each post to decrease bounce rate.
At the end of the blog post, ask users to take action.