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Website Launch Checklist: What to Check Before You Go Live

Before your website goes live, run through this checklist to avoid embarrassing mistakes. A practical guide from GBGCoders.

Launching a website is exciting, but going live with overlooked mistakes can embarrass your business or cost you customers. A quick pre-launch checklist catches the common issues. Here is what to verify before your site goes public.

Content and accuracy:

• Proofread everything for typos and errors — they undermine trust instantly.
• Check that your contact details (phone, email, address, hours) are correct everywhere.
• Confirm prices, services, and key information are up to date.

Functionality:

• Test every link to make sure none lead nowhere.
• Submit your contact and inquiry forms and confirm the messages actually arrive in the right inbox.
• Test any booking, payment, or interactive features end to end.
• Check that buttons and calls to action work and go where they should.

Mobile and browsers:

• View the site on a phone — most visitors will. Check it looks good and works smoothly.
• Check it on a couple of different browsers if possible.

Performance and technical:

• Make sure pages load reasonably fast, especially on mobile data.
• Confirm SSL is active — the padlock shows and the address uses https.
• Check that images are sharp but properly sized (not slowing the page).

Findability:

• Make sure search engines are allowed to index the site (a setting sometimes left blocking them from development).
• Confirm page titles and meta descriptions are set, not defaults or duplicates.
• Submit your sitemap in Google Search Console after launch.

Ownership and safety:

• Confirm your domain and hosting are set up correctly and in your control.
• Make sure a backup exists.

Final touches:

• Check your favicon (the little browser-tab icon) is set.
• Make sure social links and your Google Business Profile point to the new site.

Going through this list takes a little time but prevents the avoidable problems that make a launch look unprofessional — broken forms quietly losing inquiries, a "Not secure" warning, or a site Google cannot even find.

A calm, checked launch beats a rushed one you scramble to fix afterward while customers see the mistakes.

At GBGCoders, we run a thorough pre-launch check on every site — forms, speed, mobile, SSL, SEO, and more — so your launch is smooth and professional. Planning a launch? Try our calculator, see our packages, or message us for a free consultation.

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