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Free editable handover sheet

No account required. Includes blank working rows and two explicitly illustrative examples. Replace the examples with verified findings before sharing a client report.

• Download the audit handover template (CSV)

Agree the service before choosing the report tool

Write down the client goal, the website and hostnames in scope, the pages or journeys to examine, and the evidence you can access. A homepage screening, a technical crawl and an ongoing SEO service are different deliverables. A branded PDF alone does not include implementation, keyword research or continuing monitoring.

1. Record the business goal and the decision the report should support.
2. List included URLs, crawl limits and any authenticated areas excluded from testing.
3. Agree who verifies findings, who implements changes and what counts as completion.
4. State the delivery date and whether a follow-up assessment is included.

What to include in the client report

Start with a short summary of the agreed goal, the most relevant verified issues and the decisions needed from the client. Follow it with scope and limitations, evidence for each finding, the prioritised action plan and acceptance checks. Keep detailed tool output in an appendix so it supports the recommendation without overwhelming it.

1. Scope: reviewed hostnames, pages, dates, tools and access limitations.
2. Findings: affected URL, observation, evidence date, consequence and confidence.
3. Action plan: priority, named owner, next action, dependencies and acceptance check.
4. Follow-up: changed URLs, verification results and remaining uncertainty.

Separate observation, interpretation and recommendation

A scanner observation is the starting point. Record what was actually returned, then verify it against the rendered page or another appropriate source. Explain the possible consequence without inventing lost revenue, a ranking penalty or a security incident. Missing evidence belongs in a limitation or follow-up task, not in a confident conclusion.

Worked example: a missing page title

Illustrative example only, not a result from a customer website: the sampled HTML for https://example.com/services contains no title element. The rendered page has not yet been checked. Ask the developer to inspect the template and rendering path. If the title is absent, add a descriptive title appropriate to that service. Acceptance requires inspecting the deployed HTML and rendered page again. Do not close the task merely because a pull request merged, and do not promise a higher ranking from this change alone.

Prioritise using the client goal and verified impact

Choose the next action using relevance to the client journey, the strength of the evidence, affected scope and implementation dependencies. A repeated observation can be one template-level task affecting many URLs. An uncertain finding should be investigated before a costly change. Leave effort estimates open until the person doing the work has reviewed it; a scanner severity label is not a delivery estimate.

1. Investigate: reproduce the observation and establish the affected scope.
2. Act: assign a verified, relevant issue to the person able to fix it.
3. Defer: document why a lower-impact task will wait.
4. Accept or exclude: record an intentional configuration or an out-of-scope area.

Use the editable handover sheet

Download the CSV above and open it in your spreadsheet application. Each row separates the observation, evidence, verification, action and acceptance check. The two example rows are marked ILLUSTRATIVE and use example.com. Blank rows are marked WORKING. Delete or replace the examples; fill in actual URLs, dates and owners before exporting your client version. The sheet contains no client data, macros or automated scan results.

Review the branding and delivery path

Inspect the actual output your plan allows you to deliver: cover, headers, footers, attribution, links and the shared view, if any. Branding and custom-domain options vary by product and plan. Agree the required level before buying a tool, and test a representative export. Do not assume a branded PDF also provides an unbranded portal, embedded lead form or ongoing monitoring.

Choose tools for the evidence and deliverable

A crawler can help investigate URL-by-URL technical issues. Search Console can provide first-party indexing and search-performance evidence when the client grants access. A reporting platform can organise observations and exports. Choose the combination that supports the agreed scope, then review the final report yourself. The linked agency tool selector compares seven options and their limits; the handover sheet works independently of those products.

Where AuditHQ fits

AuditHQ offers a public quick scan with six result categories and selected issue previews. It is a surface sample, not a full crawl or a compliance certification. The full audit adds deeper findings across nine suites, with applicability determined by the website and available evidence. Review current pricing and branding inclusions before promising a white-label deliverable. Use the free scan as a starting point, then verify relevant observations and agree the next assessment.

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