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The Ottawa SEO Checklist — 30 concrete checks for more customers from Google

The same checklist we use internally on every 24-hour audit for Ottawa & Gatineau businesses. Local Pack, Google Business Profile, on-page, technical and link building — everything you can check without paid tools.

30 concrete, actionable checks — no theory
Specific to Ottawa & Gatineau (Kanata, Nepean, Orléans, Barrhaven, the Glebe)
Bilingual EN/FR — works for both markets
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What’s in the checklist?

1. Google Business Profile (8 checks)

Category, EXIF photos, service areas, Q&A, review cadence, weekly posts, category audit — the complete GBP foundation for Ottawa businesses.

2. Local Pack positions (5 checks)

Ranking per neighbourhood (Kanata, Nepean, Orléans, Barrhaven, downtown), top-3 competitor screening, NAP consistency across citations.

3. On-page foundations (7 checks)

Title tags with buyer intent + Ottawa/Gatineau, conversion-first H1, schema, internal links, Open Graph — in English AND French.

4. Technical basics (6 checks)

Core Web Vitals on mobile, indexation in Search Console, canonical logic + hreflang EN/FR, sitemap, robots.txt, HTTPS + HSTS.

5. Link building & reputation (4 checks)

Backlink audit, Ottawa Board of Trade, Ottawa Business Journal mentions, review velocity on Google & industry platforms.