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title: Content Audits
date: 2020-07-28T05:00:00-04:00
author: Sean Smith
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23:23 [Show Notes](#show-notes)

## Content Audits

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Mike and Sean discuss what a content audit is and why you should perform one.

<a name="show-notes"></a>### Show Notes

A discussion of what is included in content audit including orphan links. A content audit is a good opportunity to prune outdated content.

Mike explains how to use a spreadsheet and common columns to include when doing your content audit.

### Show Links

- [Airtable](https://airtable.com/)
- [How to Perform a Website Content Audit to Guide Your Content Marketing Strategy](https://www.semrush.com/blog/content-audit-for-content-marketing-strategy)
- [Screaming Frog](https://www.screamingfrog.co.uk/seo-spider/)
- [WordPress All Export](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-all-export/)
- [How to conduct a website content audit for your nonprofit](https://nonprofitmarcommunity.com/how-to-conduct-a-website-content-audit-for-your-nonprofit/)

Have a question for Sean, Mike, and Amanda? [Send us an email](/contact).

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- 1 [ Do You Really Need a Website](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-03/episode-1/do-you-really-need-a-website/)
- 2 [ Wordpress](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-03/episode-2/wordpress/)
- 3 [ Adapting During an Emergency](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-03/episode-3/adapting-during-an-emergency/)
- 4 [ Using Video](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-03/episode-4/using-video/)
- 5 [ Vacations](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-03/episode-5/vacations/)
- 6 [ There's a plugin for that](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-03/episode-6/theres-a-plugin-for-that/)
- 7 [ Backups](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-03/episode-7/backups/)
- 8 [ Email](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-03/episode-8/email/)
- 9 [ Maintenance Plans](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-03/episode-9/maintenance-plans/)
- 10 [ Content Audits](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-03/episode-10/content-audits/)
- 11 [ Own Your Content](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-03/episode-11/own-your-content/)

### All Seasons

- [Season 01](https://website101podcast.com/season/01/)
- [Season 02](https://website101podcast.com/season/02/)
- [Season 03](https://website101podcast.com/season/03/)
- [Season 04](https://website101podcast.com/season/04/)
- [Season 05](https://website101podcast.com/season/05/)
- [Season 06](https://website101podcast.com/season/06/)
- [Season 07](https://website101podcast.com/season/07/)
- [Season 08](https://website101podcast.com/season/08/)
- [Season 09](https://website101podcast.com/season/09/)

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