SEO & Analytics Setup
Configure Google Analytics 4, Search Console & Ads tracking for search engine visibility and performance measurement.
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SEO Readiness Checklist
Google Analytics 4 (GA4)
Track visitors, traffic sources, user journeys, and conversions
How to get your Measurement ID:
- Go to analytics.google.com
- Create a GA4 property for howcroft-signs.online
- Admin → Data Streams → Web → your stream
- Copy the Measurement ID (format:
G-XXXXXXXXXX)
Google Search Console
Monitor search rankings, fix crawl issues & submit your sitemap
Step-by-step setup:
- Go to Google Search Console
- Add Property → URL prefix → enter https://howcroft-signs.online
- Select "HTML tag" verification method
- Copy just the content value (the long string inside content="...")
- Paste below and save — it auto-injects into your site
- Click Verify in Search Console
Submit your sitemap to GSC:
https://howcroft-signs.online/generateSitemapIn GSC → Sitemaps section → paste this URL → click Submit
Google Ads — SEM Conversion Tracking
Track paid ad conversions, measure ROI, and optimise campaigns
How to get your Conversion ID:
- Go to ads.google.com and create an account
- Tools & Settings → Measurement → Conversions → + New Conversion
- Choose "Website" → set up a "Submit lead form" conversion action
- Copy your Conversion ID (format:
AW-XXXXXXXXXX)
🧪 Testing & Validation Tools
Rich Results Test
Validate structured data (Schema)
PageSpeed Insights
Core Web Vitals & performance score
Mobile Friendly Test
Google mobile usability check
Open Graph Debugger
Preview social sharing cards
Bing Webmaster Tools
Submit sitemap to Bing & Yahoo
Schema Markup Validator
Validate all structured data
robots.txt
Your robots.txt configuration is available at:
https://howcroft-signs.online/robots⚠️ One manual step required:
To register robots.txt at your domain root (/robots.txt), configure a redirect from https://howcroft-signs.online/robots.txt to https://howcroft-signs.online/robots via your domain registrar, Cloudflare, or hosting provider.