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SiteFixList · 2026-10-28

A website audit checklist for client handover

Before handing over a client website, agree which URLs and journeys are included, record the evidence, and give each remaining issue an owner and a way to verify the fix. A performance score alone cannot show that a website is ready for its customer.

Start with a scope your client can understand

List the homepage, primary service or product pages, contact page and any important conversion journey. State which checks cover public pages and which require a human to sign in or complete a transaction.

  1. Confirm the final website address and selected public URLs.
  2. Record the device, test date and conditions with each performance result.
  3. Check index exclusions intentionally; staging pages and account pages may need them.
  4. Review titles, response errors, canonical targets and language information.
  5. Manually check forms, keyboard use, responsive layouts and important user journeys.
  6. Turn the remaining issues into tasks with affected URLs, evidence and acceptance checks.
  7. Recheck the same scope after changes and keep both dates visible.

Give your developer a task, not just a warning

A useful task identifies the page, the observed issue, the implicated resource when available, the proposed investigation and the acceptance check. For unused CSS, inspect the flagged stylesheet with Coverage and preserve responsive and interactive states before removing rules.

Do not write that a proposed change has already improved loading, rankings or sales. Record actual before-and-after measurements after the change, under comparable conditions.

Where SiteFixList fits

SiteFixList can organize a confirmed public-page check into a short PDF and a detailed web report. It combines response-HTML observations, repeated PageSpeed lab measurements and available origin-level CrUX data. You can download the PDF and include it in your client handover.

Human checks remain part of your delivery. The service does not provide a white-label report, certify the finished project, or test private account and checkout flows. Review the sample before deciding whether the deliverable suits your client.

Sources and further reading

See the report format →

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