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Website launch: a concise pre-go-live checklist

Final checks: domain/hosting, forms, analytics, SEO tags, performance, backups and access.

Pre-launch checklist

  1. Domain & SSL are live.
  2. Forms send successfully; emails are delivered.
  3. GA4, GSC, events and conversions.
  4. Title/description/OG/Twitter tags.
  5. Favicon and meta theme-color.
  6. XML sitemap & robots.txt.
  7. Structured data (Organization, Article/BlogPosting).
  8. Image alts.
  9. Performance (fonts, lazy-load, CLS).
  10. Custom 404/500 and redirects.
  11. Mobile-first checks.
  12. Cross-browser testing.
  13. Internal/external links.
  14. Privacy Policy in place.
  15. Backups & restore points.
  16. Access: hosting/admin/mail.
  17. Mail security: SPF/DKIM/DMARC.
  18. Ad pixels if needed.
  19. Version in footer & changelog.
  20. Post-launch plan: monitoring and fast fixes.

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