B
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94%
94% -- share of sites failing 5 or more seo issues for Durban small business websites (2026-05)
94% of audited Durban small business websites fail on 5 or more of the 12 key SEO issues identified.
- Sample size is small (50 websites)
- Sample focused on positions 4 to 12 from 25 commercial Google queries
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94%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026-05
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Sample Size
50
Evidence Quality
B
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95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
SEO Durban
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Tier A
https://seo-durban.co.za/blog/we-audited-50-durban-websites ↗
Source Article
We Audited 50 Durban Websites: 12 Costly SEO Mistakes
In 18 years of running SEO Durban, the same observation keeps repeating: most small business websites in Durban are technically operational but conversion-dead. The owners are confused why they get traffic but no leads, or why their competitors rank when their site looks "better". So in May 2026 we …
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SEO Durban
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30-point audit of 50 small business websites sampled from positions 4-12 of 25 commercial Google queries
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Durban small business websites: 94% share of sites failing 5 or more seo issues. Source: SEO Durban (2026-05). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/durban-sites-fail-5-plus-issues-2026
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