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Website Audit Service

Digital Excellence
for Creative Brands

The right techniques define an experience. Correct tension of a hand-stretched canvas ensures a painting’s longevity. Expert gallery lighting brings depth to artwork. Every detail shapes perception.

Your website deserves the same level of precision. Through our website audit service, we analyze critical details that enhance performance, elevate rankings, and strengthen audience connection.

Is your website elevating your brand or quietly holding it back?

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Our Audit

Approach

1. Your Foundation

If your site is slow, broken, or inaccessible, it can hinder search rankings and keep site visitors away. We analyze page speed, indexing, security, 404 links and more.

    2. Your Visibility

    We assess how well your site is structured, indexed, and linked to support stronger search visibility. We analyze on-page & off-page SEO, Site navigation, and more.

      3. Your Engagement

      Users typically decide within 2.56 seconds whether to stay or leave. If your website doesn’t instantly communicate value and guide them forward, you can see high bounce rates. We take a look at your first impressions, engagement metrics, conversion barriers, mobile experience, and more.

        Explore Our Audit Packages

        Starter Audit 

        Best for small businesses who already have a site, that are looking to get a technical view of their online presence.

        $300

        • Audit Report
        • Prioritized Action Checklist
        • Recorded Walkthrough
        • For Websites With 1-10 Pages

        Growth Audit

        Best for growing businesses with a website, aiming to expand their reach.

        $500

        • Audit Report
        • Prioritized Action Checklist
        • Live Strategy Call – 30 Minutes
        • For Websites With 11-20 Pages

        Enterprise Audit

        Best for large enterprises needing a custom digital strategy.

        Starting at $800
        • Audit Report
        • Prioritized Action Check List
        • Live Strategy Call – 60 Minutes
        • One 30-Minute Follow-Up Call
        • For Websites With 20+ Pages
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        Frequently Asked Questions

        HOW DO I KNOW IF MY SITE NEEDS AN AUDIT

        • Your site doesn’t flow as effortlessly as you had hoped
        • Images load slowly, diminishing their impact
        • Potential clients struggle to find you online
        • Your brand feels disconnected across platforms
        • You aren’t appearing in AI-generated search results

        HOW LONG DOES THE AUDIT PROCESS TAKE

        The audit process typically takes 5-7 business days, depending on the complexity of your website and the chosen package.

        CAN I IMPLEMENT THE AUDIT ACTION ITEMS MYSELF?

        Yes, our reports are designed to be user-friendly, providing you with recommendations to implement changes yourself or with the help of our team.

        WHY CHOOSE VELVET FERN CREATIVE OVER A FREE AUDIT

        Free tools like Ahrefs provide basic data, but they don’t explain what it means or how to fix it. Velvet Fern Creative’s audit goes further:

        • Clear Strategy, Not Just Metrics – We translate technical data into an actionable plan tailored to your brand.
        • Industry-Specific Insights – Designed for creative businesses like fine art, galleries, boutique hotels, and restaurants.
        • AI Search Readiness – Free audits focus on traditional SEO, but we also look into emerging AI-driven search metrics.
        • Comprehensive Explanations – Confused by terms like Core Web Vitals or meta titles missing? We break it down clearly.
        • Expert-Led Analysis – Free tools are automated. We love to provide customized insights beyond what software alone can offer.

        WHAT WEBSITE AUDIT TOOLS DO YOU USE?

        Website audits require a combination of advanced technology and human led insights. Here are a few tools we use to uncover issues.

        Technical SEO Tools

        • Semrush: We love Semrush to offer you deep insights.
        • Screaming Frog SEO Spider: For crawling that identifies broken links, duplicate content, and structural issues that might be invisible to other tools.

        Performance Analysis

        • Google PageSpeed Insights: We take a looking at both your mobile and desktop speeds. Providing Core Web Vitals metrics that can directly impact your search rankings.
        • GTmetrix: Delivers detailed loading metrics and recommendations for improvement.

        User Experience & Accessibility

        • Hotjar: This software we’ll need to install and watch for a few weeks. Provides heatmaps and user recordings to understand how visitors actually interact with your site. Not how you think they are.
        • WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool: Accessibility standards are incredibly important for creating better experiences for all users.

        Content Quality Assessment

        • AI Content Detector Tools: While Chat GPT can be a powerful tool, search engines can dock you if your site reads like AI. We use tools to check and make sure you site meetings emerging quality standards.

        Additional Specialized Tools

        • Custom analytics configurations
        • Schema validation tools
        • Structured data testing
        • Mobile responsiveness analyzers

        Contact us for a personalized consultation.

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        Let’s Uncover What’s Holding Your Site Back