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Website Launch Checklist

A practical pre-launch review covering ownership, content, journeys, search foundations, security, measurement and support.

For: Teams preparing to make a new or rebuilt business website public.

Section 01

Content and customer journeys

  • Confirm the business name, contact details, opening hours and service information are accurate.
  • Test the primary customer journey from the landing page to its intended action.
  • Proofread headings, calls to action, forms, confirmation messages and legal links.
  • Check every important image has suitable dimensions and meaningful alternative text where needed.

Section 02

Technical and search foundations

  • Confirm the production domain, HTTPS redirect and canonical host.
  • Review page titles, descriptions, headings, index directives, robots.txt and the XML sitemap.
  • Test key pages on small mobile, tablet and desktop layouts with keyboard navigation.
  • Check redirects for replaced URLs and verify the custom 404 page.

Section 03

Operations and responsibility

  • Record domain, DNS, hosting, analytics and administrator ownership.
  • Test forms and notifications without including real sensitive data.
  • Confirm backup, update, monitoring and incident contacts.
  • Agree who can approve content and who supports the website after launch.