SEO Limits That Actually Matter (Updated Google SEO Checklist)

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S.No Topic Defined SEO Limit
1 Meta Title 60–70 chars desktop, 70–76 mobile
2 Title & H1 per Page 1 Title, 1 H1
3 Meta Description ≤160 chars desktop, ≤120 mobile
4 Image File Size ≤200KB
5 Sitemap 50MB, 50,000 URLs
6 Disavow File 2MB, 100,000 URLs
7 Robots.txt ≤500KB
8 Alt Text ≤120 characters
9 Anchor Text 6–8 words or 55–60 chars
10 URL Length ≤2,000 characters
11 Redirect Hops ≤5 hops
12 Page Load Time 3s desktop, 2s mobile
13 Core Web Vitals LCP <2.5s, INP <200ms, CLS ≤0.1
14 Page Size ≤3MB
15 Click Depth 3–4 from homepage
16 Keyword Density 1–3%
17 Content Length >300 words
18 Internal Linking 100–150 links/page
19 Crawl Limit per Page 15MB
20 Crawl Budget Few thousand pages/day
21 GSC Limits 1000 properties, 1000 rows, 500 sitemaps
22 GBP Limits Name ≤100 chars, Desc ≤750, Photos ≤250
23 GA Limits 10M hits/month/property
24 Keyword Planner 700 keywords/search
25 Google Reviews 4096 characters/review
26 Canonical Tag 1 canonical per page
27 Hreflang URLs ≤1000 URLs per set
28 Pagination Logical rel next/prev
29 HTTP Status Code 200 OK for indexable pages
30 Server Response Time (TTFB) <800ms
31 JavaScript Execution Time <1 second
32 Render Blocking Resources Minimum / optimized
33 Total HTTP Requests <100 per page
34 CSS File Size <100KB
35 JS File Size <300KB
36 Heading Structure H1 → H2 → H3 logical flow
37 Keyword in First 100 Words Yes (naturally)
38 Semantic Keywords (LSI) 5–15 per page
39 Readability Score 60+ (easy to read)
40 Paragraph Length 2–4 lines
41 FAQ Section 3–5 questions
42 Content Freshness Update every 6–12 months
43 Duplicate Content <10%
44 Entity Usage Brand + Location + Service
45 Media Mix Text + Image + Video
46 Bounce Rate <50% (indicative)
47 Dwell Time >60 seconds
48 Scroll Depth >60%
49 CTA Visibility Above the fold
50 Mobile Usability Errors 0
51 Referring Domains Quality & relevance focused
52 Anchor Text Diversity >70% branded/generic
53 Toxic Backlinks <5%
54 Brand Mentions Consistent across web
55 Review Velocity Natural growth
56 Schema Markup Article, FAQ, Product, Local
57 Featured Snippet Ready Yes (Q&A format)
58 Voice Search Optimization Conversational queries
59 AI Overview Readiness Structured + helpful content
60 E-E-A-T Signals Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust
61 Author Information Visible & verifiable
62 Image SEO (AI) Optimized alt + context
63 Video SEO Captions + chapters
64 Multimodal Search Text + Image + Video signals
65 Zero-Click Search Ready Direct answers & summaries



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