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Before you launch
- HTTPS on
- http redirects to https
- Pick www or non-www and redirect the other
- No http:// images, scripts or styles on https pages
- Favicon
- Title and description on every page
- Share image (og:image) and Open Graph tags (preview)
- Viewport tag for phones
- Works on mobile (try it on your phone)
- Real 404 page
- Remove noindex
- robots.txt
- sitemap.xml
- Analytics installed
- Privacy page
- Contact page or email
- Terms page
- Test every form end to end (contact, sign-up, checkout)
SEO and polish
- Canonical link on every page
- Page language set (<html lang>)
- One main heading (<h1>) on every page
- Alt text on images
- X card tag (twitter:card)
- Home screen icon (apple-touch-icon)
- Structured data (JSON-LD), check it with the Rich Results Test
- Compression on (gzip or Brotli)
- Run PageSpeed Insights (speed, accessibility, SEO)
- No broken links (W3C Link Checker)
Security and email
- HSTS header (Strict-Transport-Security)
- security.txt with a contact for security reports
- CAA record naming your certificate issuer
- SPF record (v=spf1 -all if the domain sends no email)
- DMARC record (learn DMARC)
- An email address on your own domain
Get on Google and Bing
- Add site to Google Search Console (domain property)
- Submit your sitemap in Search Console
- Request indexing for the homepage (URL Inspection)
- Add site to Bing Webmaster Tools (import from Search Console)
- Google Business Profile (only if local business)
Claim your name
- One handle, the same everywhere if possible
- X
- LinkedIn page
- YouTube
- GitHub
- Bluesky
- Facebook page
- TikTok
- Threads
Launch and submit
- Product Hunt
- Show HN on Hacker News
- Relevant subreddits like r/SideProject (read each sub's rules)
- Indie Hackers
- BetaList
- Uneed
- Launching Next
- Smol Launch
- DevHunt (dev tools only)
- Peerlist Launchpad
- Tiny Startups
- TinyLaunch
- AlternativeTo
- SaaSHub
- Crunchbase
After launch
- Check Search Console indexing after a week
- Check analytics
- Set up uptime monitoring (UptimeRobot or Uptime Kuma)
- Set up backups
- Domain set to auto-renew