ahrefs.com scan from 2026-10-21 01:04:32 UTC DR 91

On October 21, 2026 the Site Spider crawled 4947 pages and 1046 assets of ahrefs.com, starting from https://ahrefs.com/. It scored 84 out of 100, a good result. 13 of 33 checks found something to fix, led by heavy assets (51), sitemap coverage (2,466), title tags (1,304); 6 checks passed. Most of the points went to heavy assets (−6), sitemap coverage (−3.1), title tags (−2.7). 14 checks found something the score does not count, listed as noted. 4 checks were not run because the crawl fetched nothing for them. The list below shows each check's result, the fix plan, when present, explains what to do first, and the security review at the end of the page covers headers, transport, libraries and exposed files.

Security review: Medium1 medium and 1 info findings. See the security findings ↓

Pages crawled

4947

Assets fetched

1046

Status

Completed

Checks with issues

13 of 33

• Title tags1,304 issues
  1304 of 3088 pages have title issues. 1656 noindex or canonicalized pages excluded.
  −2.7 points
• Meta descriptions1,474 issues
  1474 of 3088 pages have meta description issues. 1656 noindex or canonicalized pages excluded.
  −2.5 points
• Headings14 issues
  14 of 3088 pages have heading issues. 1656 noindex or canonicalized pages excluded.
• Broken links20 issues
  38 internal links point at 20 broken URLs.
  −0.1 points
• Links to other sites5 issues
  5 destinations answered with an error, 74 could not be determined (timeouts, rate limits or refusals), 10709 were left unchecked by the per-scan cap, of 300 destinations checked.
• Redirects184 issues
  182 redirecting URLs, 2 of them chained.
  −0.2 points
• Non-200 responses21 issues
  203 URLs did not return a 2xx response. 203 of them are pages, 21 with an error status; the rest are assets or redirects.
• Rate limitedOK
  The site did not rate limit the crawler.
• Indexability56 issues
  56 of 4744 indexable pages have indexability warnings.
  −0.1 points
• Image alt text19,207 issues
  19207 of 63389 image references have no alt attribute. 1690 use an empty alt (decorative), which is fine.
  −1.8 points
• Heavy assets51 issues
  51 assets larger than 500 KB among 1046 fetched assets. 15 documents over that size are listed but not counted: downloads are not page weight.
  −6 points
• Orphan pages4 issues
  4 pages have no internal links pointing at them.
• Sitemap coverage2,466 issues
  8 sitemaps listing 1443 URLs: 2465 crawled pages missing, 1 listed URL broken or redirecting, 0 reachable only via the sitemap. 847 listed URLs not crawled within the 5000-page budget.
  −3.1 points
• Internal link counts424 noted
  Internal link counts for 500 pages; 424 worth a look.
• Thin content3 issues
  3 of 3088 pages have fewer than 200 words. 1656 noindex or canonicalized pages excluded.
• Duplicate contentOK
  0 groups of pages with identical HTML.
• URL format1,686 noted
  1686 of 4947 page URLs are harder to read, share or cache than they need to be.
• Canonicals1,656 noted
  1656 of 4744 pages have a canonical worth checking.
• Robots directivesOK
  No page carries a robots directive; all 4744 pages are open to search engines.
• Anchor text342 noted
  342 destinations are linked without useful anchor text, or with nofollow.
• Title and heading structure2,461 noted
  2461 of 3088 pages could use the title, heading and snippet space better. 1656 noindex or canonicalized pages excluded.
• Image weight and alt length2,681 noted
  87 images over 100 KB; 2594 with alt text over 100 characters.
• Response anomalies45 noted
  45 URLs answered in a way worth looking at.
• HTML and head validation9 noted
  9 of 4744 pages have HTML problems: 0 with head tags outside <head>, 8 over 2 MB.
• hreflang31,361 noted
  3028 of 3060 pages with hreflang have problems: 31361 findings.
• Structured data6 noted
  3292 of 3088 indexable pages carry structured data: Organization (2375), WebSite (1364), Person (1358), Article (1236), WebPage (1236). 6 pages with errors a rich result would fail on.
• Near duplicates175 noted
  175 pages in 67 groups read almost the same as another page (95% alike or more).
• Soft 404s3 noted
  3 pages answer 200 but say they are not there.
• AccessibilityNot checked
  Not checked: the accessibility audit runs in the browser. Tick "Include JavaScript rendering checks" when you request a scan to run it.
• Link positions49 noted
  49 of 3084 linked pages are linked only from the template, never from another page's content.
• PaginationOK
  No page declares rel=next or rel=prev pagination.
• Headers and cookiesOK
  3 cookies set by the site; 17 response headers recorded across 5993 URLs.
• Orphans in searchNot checked
  Not checked: import a Search Console Pages export on the scan page to find pages Google shows that the site does not link to.
• Link ScoreOK
  Link Score (internal PageRank, 0-100) for 4744 pages; 4651 hold almost none (10 or less).
• JavaScript renderingNot checked
  Not checked: this scan did not render pages. Tick "Include JavaScript rendering checks" when you request a scan to compare the served HTML with what a browser builds.
• PageSpeed InsightsNot checked
  Not checked yet: PageSpeed Insights runs on the top pages once the crawl has finished.
• Spelling2,335 noted
  2335 words an English dictionary does not know, on 2535 pages. Product names and jargon will appear here too.

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