11 February 2026 · 9 min read

A hotel SEO checklist for Sri Lankan properties

Work through these in order. Later items depend on earlier ones being right, and skipping to content while the site cannot be crawled wastes the effort.

Technical

  • Site indexed and verified in Google Search Console
  • Mobile loading under 2.5 seconds on a 4G connection
  • One page per room type, offer and location
  • Images compressed and served in modern formats
  • An XML sitemap submitted and current

On-page

  • A unique title under 60 characters on every page
  • One h1 per page containing the primary phrase naturally
  • Descriptive alt text on every image
  • Hotel and room schema markup in place

Local

  • Google Business Profile fully completed and posting weekly
  • Name, address and phone identical everywhere they appear
  • Photographs added monthly
  • Every review answered

Content

  • An area guide covering what is within an hour
  • An itinerary page placing your town in a wider route
  • A seasonality page answering 'best time to visit'
  • An FAQ written in plain question-and-answer form

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