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brightlocal.com scan from 9/19/2026, 3:28:29 AM

Scan 2026-09-19-0328

Scanned 9/19/2026, 3:28:29 AM, finished 9/19/2026, 4:14:13 AM. Found with 42backlinks.com tool directory

Site: https://brightlocal.com/

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91/ 100Excellent

On September 19, 2026 the Site Spider crawled 1462 pages and 220 assets of brightlocal.com, starting from https://brightlocal.com/. It scored 91 out of 100, an excellent result. 12 of 14 checks found something to fix, led by title tags (416), redirects (375), meta descriptions (270); 2 checks passed. 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: Medium3 medium, 1 low and 1 info findings. See the security findings ↓

Pages crawled
1462
Assets fetched
220
Status
Completed
Checks with issues
12 of 14
  • Title tags416 issues
    416 of 1028 pages have title issues. 26 noindex or canonicalized pages excluded.
  • Meta descriptions270 issues
    270 of 1028 pages have meta description issues. 26 noindex or canonicalized pages excluded.
  • Headings2 issues
    2 of 1028 pages have heading issues. 26 noindex or canonicalized pages excluded.
  • Broken links7 issues
    1891 internal links point at 18 broken URLs.
  • Redirects375 issues
    390 redirecting URLs, 11 of them chained.
  • Non-200 responses21 issues
    471 URLs did not return a 2xx response.
  • Rate limitedOK
    The site did not rate limit the crawler.
  • Indexability7 issues
    7 of 1038 indexable pages have indexability warnings. 16 pages noindex by design.
  • Image alt text8 issues
    8 of 38888 image references have no alt attribute. 4606 use an empty alt (decorative), which is fine.
  • Heavy assets1 issue
    1 asset larger than 500 KB among the 100 heaviest.
  • Orphan pages55 issues
    55 pages have no internal links pointing at them.
  • Sitemap coverage181 issues
    12 sitemaps listing 1153 URLs: 1 crawled page missing, 125 listed URLs broken or redirecting, 55 reachable only via the sitemap.
  • Thin contentOK
    0 of 1028 pages have fewer than 200 words. 26 noindex or canonicalized pages excluded.
  • Duplicate content2 issues
    1 group of pages with identical HTML.

Where this scan sits among all scanned sites

1099 sites, median 82%, average 80%

brightlocal.com scores 91%, higher than 88% of the 1099 scanned sites. See the full ranking.

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Green 90% and up (Excellent), lime 75 to 89 (Good), amber 50 to 74 (Needs work), red below 50 (Poor).

Internal link map

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Start page (centre)OKRedirectErrorOrphanLinked from most pagesOne inbound link or noneRings = clicks from the start page. Size = inbound links. Drag to pan, scroll to zoom, click a page to see only its links.

Fix plan

Written by gpt-4o-mini from the scan findings

Your website has a few critical issues, particularly with broken links and redirects. Addressing these problems will improve user experience and search engine performance. Here are the recommended fixes.

  1. 1

    Fix Broken Links

    Why: 1891 internal links lead to broken URLs, affecting user experience and SEO.

    How: Identify broken links and update or remove them from your site.

    Checks: broken-links

  2. 2

    Reduce Redirects

    Why: 390 redirecting URLs, including 11 chained redirects, can slow site performance.

    How: Find direct paths for redirects and eliminate unnecessary ones.

    Checks: redirects

  3. 3

    Resolve Non-200 Responses

    Why: 471 URLs returning non-200 responses can harm site ranking.

    How: Identify these URLs and fix or remove them.

    Checks: status-codes

  4. 4

    Optimize Title Tags

    Why: 416 pages with title issues can hinder search visibility.

    How: Revise long titles to under 60 characters while retaining keywords.

    Checks: titles

  5. 5

    Improve Meta Descriptions

    Why: 270 pages have meta description issues affecting click-through rates.

    How: Edit meta descriptions to be under 160 characters and more compelling.

    Checks: meta-descriptions

  6. 6

    Address Orphan Pages

    Why: 55 orphan pages lack links, reducing their visibility and potential traffic.

    How: Create internal links to these pages from relevant content.

    Checks: orphan-pages

Generated automatically; verify each change against your own site before relying on it.

Security review

Written by gpt-4o-mini from 16 checks over the crawl

The site lacks several important security headers, making it vulnerable to various attacks such as clickjacking and cross-site scripting. Additionally, most cookies do not have protective flags, increasing the risk of interception.

  • 0 high
  • 3 medium
  • 1 low
  • 1 info
  1. 1

    Missing Content Security PolicyMedium

    Why it matters: Absent CSP allows scripts, styles, and frames to load from any source, increasing XSS risks.

    Fix: Add 'Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self';' to HTTP response headers.

    Evidence: Content Security Policy

  2. 2

    Missing Clickjacking ProtectionMedium

    Why it matters: Without X-Frame-Options, pages can be embedded in frames by malicious sites for clickjacking attacks.

    Fix: Add 'X-Frame-Options: DENY' to HTTP response headers.

    Evidence: Clickjacking protection

  3. 3

    Missing Cookie Protection FlagsMedium

    Why it matters: Lack of Secure, HttpOnly, and SameSite flags makes cookies vulnerable to theft and Cross-Site Request Forgery.

    Fix: Set cookies with Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite='Lax' attributes.

    Evidence: Cookie flags

  4. 4

    Missing Referrer PolicyLow

    Why it matters: No referrer policy may leak sensitive URL information to other sites.

    Fix: Add 'Referrer-Policy: no-referrer' to HTTP response headers.

    Evidence: Referrer policy

  5. 5

    Missing Permissions PolicyInfo

    Why it matters: Lack of a Permissions-Policy header may expose features that could be exploited by malicious scripts.

    Fix: Add 'Permissions-Policy: geolocation=(self), microphone=()' to HTTP response headers.

    Evidence: Permissions policy

What the checks found

  • FoundContent Security PolicyMedium

    None of the 1054 HTML pages send a Content-Security-Policy header or meta tag, so the browser has no restriction on where scripts, styles and frames may load from.

    • https://www.brightlocal.com/ → no content-security-policy
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/local-seo-tools/local-ai-visibility/ → no content-security-policy
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/about-us/ → no content-security-policy
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/about-us/how-we-compare/ → no content-security-policy
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/contact-us/ → no content-security-policy
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/what-is-local-seo/ → no content-security-policy
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/small-businesses/ → no content-security-policy
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/agencies/ → no content-security-policy
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/platform/ → no content-security-policy
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/citation-builder/ → no content-security-policy
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/local-seo-services/ → no content-security-policy
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/platform/api-solutions/ → no content-security-policy
  • FoundClickjacking protectionMedium

    No HTML page sends x-frame-options. Without X-Frame-Options (or a CSP frame-ancestors directive) the pages can be embedded in a frame on another site and overlaid with invisible controls.

    • https://www.brightlocal.com/ → no x-frame-options
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/local-seo-tools/local-ai-visibility/ → no x-frame-options
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/about-us/ → no x-frame-options
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/about-us/how-we-compare/ → no x-frame-options
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/contact-us/ → no x-frame-options
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/what-is-local-seo/ → no x-frame-options
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/small-businesses/ → no x-frame-options
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/agencies/ → no x-frame-options
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/platform/ → no x-frame-options
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/citation-builder/ → no x-frame-options
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/local-seo-services/ → no x-frame-options
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/platform/api-solutions/ → no x-frame-options
  • FoundReferrer policyLow

    No HTML page sends referrer-policy. Without a Referrer-Policy the full page address, including any query string, is sent to every site a visitor clicks through to.

    • https://www.brightlocal.com/ → no referrer-policy
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/local-seo-tools/local-ai-visibility/ → no referrer-policy
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/about-us/ → no referrer-policy
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/about-us/how-we-compare/ → no referrer-policy
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/contact-us/ → no referrer-policy
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/what-is-local-seo/ → no referrer-policy
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/small-businesses/ → no referrer-policy
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/agencies/ → no referrer-policy
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/platform/ → no referrer-policy
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/citation-builder/ → no referrer-policy
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/local-seo-services/ → no referrer-policy
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/platform/api-solutions/ → no referrer-policy
  • FoundPermissions policyInfo

    No HTML page sends permissions-policy. A Permissions-Policy header turns off browser features the site does not use (camera, microphone, geolocation), limiting what an injected script could do.

    • https://www.brightlocal.com/ → no permissions-policy
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/local-seo-tools/local-ai-visibility/ → no permissions-policy
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/about-us/ → no permissions-policy
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/about-us/how-we-compare/ → no permissions-policy
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/contact-us/ → no permissions-policy
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/what-is-local-seo/ → no permissions-policy
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/small-businesses/ → no permissions-policy
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/agencies/ → no permissions-policy
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/platform/ → no permissions-policy
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/citation-builder/ → no permissions-policy
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/local-seo-services/ → no permissions-policy
    • https://www.brightlocal.com/platform/api-solutions/ → no permissions-policy
  • FoundCookie flagsMedium

    1231 of 1234 cookies are missing protective flags. Without HttpOnly a script can read the cookie; without Secure it travels over plain HTTP; without SameSite it is sent on cross-site requests.

    • 19 Sep 2026 03:59:22 GMT (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
    • 19 Sep 2026 03:59:23 GMT (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/robots.txt) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
    • unique_id (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/sitemap.xml) lacks SameSite
    • 19 Sep 2026 03:59:24 GMT (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/sitemap.xml) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
    • 19 Sep 2026 03:59:36 GMT (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/local-seo-tools/local-ai-visibility/) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
    • 19 Sep 2026 03:59:37 GMT (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/about-us/) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
    • 19 Sep 2026 03:59:38 GMT (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/contact-us/) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
    • 19 Sep 2026 03:59:39 GMT (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/small-businesses/) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
    • 19 Sep 2026 03:59:40 GMT (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/platform/) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
    • 19 Sep 2026 03:59:41 GMT (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/local-seo-services/) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
    • 19 Sep 2026 03:59:42 GMT (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/case-studies/anthem-self-storage/) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
    • 19 Sep 2026 03:59:43 GMT (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/case-studies/) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
  • NoteThird-party scripts

    Scripts run from 3 other domains without Subresource Integrity, so a compromise of any of them changes what runs on this site. (Tag managers and analytics rarely support SRI; a Content-Security-Policy that names these hosts is the usual control.)

    • consent.cookiebot.com (40 script tags)
    • js.hsforms.net (4 script tags)
    • assets.calendly.com (2 script tags)
  • NoteSensitive paths in robots.txt

    robots.txt lists 1 path that look private. robots.txt is public and does not restrict access, so it doubles as a map for anyone probing the site; those paths need real access control.

    • Disallow: /wp/wp-admin/
9 checks passed
  • OKHTTPS

    All 1054 crawled pages were served over HTTPS.

  • OKHTTP Strict Transport Security

    strict-transport-security is set on all 1054 HTML pages.

  • OKMIME sniffing protection

    x-content-type-options is set on all 1054 HTML pages.

  • OKSoftware version disclosure

    The Server header names a product without a version, and there is no X-Powered-By header.

  • OKMixed content

    No HTTPS page loads a script, stylesheet, font or image over plain HTTP.

  • OKForms over HTTPS

    1 form found, all on HTTPS pages posting to HTTPS addresses.

  • OKVulnerable JavaScript libraries

    1 library version recognised, none with known vulnerabilities.

  • OKKeys and secrets in page code

    No API keys, tokens or private keys were found in the sampled HTML and scripts.

  • OKExposed files and listings

    None of the crawled URLs is a configuration file, backup, dump, repository folder or directory listing.

A passive review of what the crawl recorded: response headers, page and script contents and the URLs it found. It does not probe the site, test TLS settings or look for files that were not linked. Generated automatically; verify each finding against your own site before acting on it.

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