Content Strategy · Answer

What should I check before publishing content?

Before publishing, review factual accuracy, clarity, originality, headings, links, images, metadata and mobile rendering. The main test is whether the article fulfills its headline. To apply this to your website, start with the specific page or setting involved. The reviewer can sign off on accuracy, usefulness, formatting and working links separately. Follow the quick checks below or use the linked full guide for a more complete walkthrough.

A quick way to handle this

Start by confirming the live URL or record involved and what the visitor is trying to accomplish. Check every factual claim, example, date, cost and quotation against a reliable source or internal documentation.

Test the page's links, headings, image alt text, canonical URL and mobile layout in a preview.

Practical example

An editor catches that a warranty guide quotes last year's warranty period, preventing a misleading publication.

This is a hypothetical illustration; verify the facts and settings for your own website before applying it.

How to check the result

The reviewer can sign off on accuracy, usefulness, formatting and working links separately.

Check the public version of the page, not only an editor preview. Record the affected URLs and whether any remaining issue needs a deeper review.

One mistake worth avoiding

Treating spelling checks as a substitute for checking whether advice is true.

Search engines choose their own ranking and indexing outcomes. Focus on producing an accurate, usable page rather than promising a particular placement.

Key takeaways

Review whether the headline promises the same task the body completes and whether the answer appears early.
Test the page's links, headings, image alt text, canonical URL and mobile layout in a preview.
The reviewer can sign off on accuracy, usefulness, formatting and working links separately.