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Podcast: A Brighter Web | Grow your business with digital marketing
Episode: 10 Things You Need to Do Before Launching a Website
Description: We have 55 things on our official website launch list, but this is the top 10 things to check when you launch a site.
Set WordPress to allow indexing: Settings —> Reading: "Discourage search engines from indexing this site"
Make sure Analytics is installedAdd launch date to Analytics as a "shared annotation"
Along with any other tracking software, like FreshMarketer or CrazyEgg
Add new site to Google Search ConsoleListen for issues
Make sure to submit your new sitemap
Make sure test blog entries have been removed. Remove "uncategorized" category.
Check time zone settings: eg. New York vs GMT -5
Make sure po...