Website Health Check: 10 Free Google Tools Checks Every Bahrain Business Should Run
Is your website fast, mobile-friendly and actually showing up on Google? Run these ten checks with free tools like PageSpeed Insights and Search Console.
By Friend Tech Team 2 min read
A website can look good and still lose customers because it is slow on mobile, missing from Google or confusing to use. The good news is that you can measure most of this yourself, for free, in under an hour. Here are ten checks we run on every website we build or take over.
Speed and experience
- Run PageSpeed Insights on mobile. Test your homepage and one important service page at pagespeed.web.dev. Focus on the mobile result – most visitors in Bahrain browse on their phones.
- Check Core Web Vitals. Look at Largest Contentful Paint (how fast the main content appears), Interaction to Next Paint (how quickly the page responds to taps) and Cumulative Layout Shift (whether content jumps around). Green is the target for all three.
- Look at image sizes. Oversized photos are the most common cause of slow pages. Modern formats such as WebP and correct dimensions make a large difference.
- Review accessibility. The Lighthouse report in PageSpeed Insights also scores accessibility – colour contrast, image alt text and form labels.
Visibility on Google
- Verify your site in Google Search Console and submit your XML sitemap.
- Check the Pages (indexing) report. Make sure your important pages are indexed and find out why any are excluded.
- Search for your own brand. Type your exact company name into Google. Your website, Google Business Profile and social profiles should appear on the first page.
- Check both languages. If your site is in Arabic and English, confirm both versions are indexed and that hreflang tags link them correctly.
Trust and local presence
- Claim and complete your Google Business Profile with the same name, address and phone number shown on your website and on your Commercial Registration.
- Show who you are. Display your registered company name, CR number and address in the footer or on the contact page, and keep them identical everywhere online. Consistent details help Google connect your website with your business.
How to read the results
Do not chase a perfect score. Fix the issues that affect real visitors first: slow mobile loading, pages missing from Google and contact forms that do not work. Then re-test after each change.
Friend Tech offers website audits, SEO and website maintenance for businesses in Bahrain. Request a quote and we will send you a prioritised list of fixes.