Site Health Audit
The Site Health Audit performs a lightweight crawl of your website to identify site-wide SEO issues that could be hurting your search visibility. By sampling key pages across your site, it detects patterns of problems that individual page audits might miss.
This tool checks for common site-wide issues including duplicate content, canonical tag problems, redirect chains, missing meta descriptions, thin content, and indexability issues. It provides a health score for your entire site and identifies the most critical pages needing attention.
Rather than overwhelming you with every minor issue, the tool focuses on problems that appear across multiple pages, indicating systematic issues that, when fixed, can improve your entire site's SEO performance. Perfect for regular health checks or pre-launch site reviews.
How It Works
Get results in just a few simple steps
Enter domain and crawl limit (10-50 pages)
Tool samples pages across your site
Check each page for common issues
Identify site-wide patterns
Calculate overall health score
List top pages needing fixes
Provide systematic improvement plan
Common Mistakes to Avoid
Don't make these frequent errors
Only checking the homepage and ignoring deeper pages
Not fixing site-wide issues like missing templates
Ignoring patterns that indicate systematic problems
Focusing on minor issues while missing critical ones
Not regularly monitoring site health
Frequently Asked Questions
How many pages should I crawl?
For small sites (under 100 pages), crawl 20-30 pages. For medium sites (100-1000 pages), crawl 50 pages. For large sites, crawl 50-100 pages focusing on different sections. This gives a representative sample without overwhelming the analysis.
How often should I run site health audits?
Run monthly audits for active sites with frequent updates, quarterly for stable sites with occasional changes. Always audit after major updates, redesigns, or CMS changes to catch any new issues immediately.
What are the most critical health issues?
Critical issues include widespread indexability problems, extensive duplicate content, site-wide missing meta descriptions, broken internal links, and redirect chains. These affect many pages and significantly impact SEO performance.
Can this replace professional SEO tools?
This tool is great for quick health checks and identifying major issues. For deep technical audits, ongoing monitoring, and enterprise sites, professional tools provide more comprehensive analysis. Use this for regular checks and quick diagnostics.
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