My Screaming Frog workflow for quick audits

When a new client comes in, I run the same Screaming Frog crawl every time. Takes 15 minutes, catches 80% of technical issues.

The workflow:

1. Crawl the site (default settings work fine)
2. Export these tabs:
3. Response Codes > Filter to 4xx and 5xx
4. Page Titles > Filter to duplicates and missing
5. Meta Description > Filter to duplicates and missing
6. H1 > Filter to duplicates and missing
7. Canonicals > Look for self-referencing issues

8. Indexability > Filter to non-indexable

9. Sort by inlinks (highest first). Priority = impact.

10. Create three lists:

11. Quick fixes (metadata, broken links)
12. Structural issues (canonicals, indexation)
13. Requires dev work (redirects, speed)

The output is a prioritized checklist. Do quick fixes first, they show progress. Tackle structural issues next. Dev work goes into the sprint backlog.

No fancy tools needed. Just systematic.