Scanned sites / brightlocal.com / 2026-09-25-0450
brightlocal.com scan from 9/25/2026, 4:50:48 AM
Scan 2026-09-25-0450
Scanned 9/25/2026, 4:50:48 AM, finished 9/25/2026, 5:22:54 AM. Found with 42backlinks.com tool directory
Site: https://brightlocal.com/
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On September 25, 2026 the Site Spider crawled 1462 pages and 221 assets of brightlocal.com, starting from https://brightlocal.com/. It scored 90 out of 100, an excellent result. 12 of 14 checks found something to fix, led by title tags (414), redirects (377), 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
- 221
- Status
- Completed
- Checks with issues
- 12 of 14
- Title tags414 issues414 of 1028 pages have title issues. 26 noindex or canonicalized pages excluded.
- Meta descriptions270 issues270 of 1028 pages have meta description issues. 26 noindex or canonicalized pages excluded.
- Headings2 issues2 of 1028 pages have heading issues. 26 noindex or canonicalized pages excluded.
- Broken links14 issues838 internal links point at 17 broken URLs.
- Redirects377 issues391 redirecting URLs, 11 of them chained.
- Non-200 responses20 issues471 URLs did not return a 2xx response.
- Rate limitedOKThe site did not rate limit the crawler.
- Indexability7 issues7 of 1038 indexable pages have indexability warnings. 16 pages noindex by design.
- Image alt text8 issues8 of 38904 image references have no alt attribute. 4608 use an empty alt (decorative), which is fine.
- Heavy assets1 issue1 asset larger than 500 KB among the 100 heaviest.
- Orphan pages59 issues59 pages have no internal links pointing at them.
- Sitemap coverage185 issues12 sitemaps listing 1154 URLs: 1 crawled page missing, 125 listed URLs broken or redirecting, 59 reachable only via the sitemap.
- Thin contentOK0 of 1028 pages have fewer than 200 words. 26 noindex or canonicalized pages excluded.
- Duplicate content2 issues1 group of pages with identical HTML.
Where this scan sits among all scanned sites
1246 sites, median 82%, average 80%
brightlocal.com scores 90%, higher than 83% of the 1246 scanned sites. See the full ranking.
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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Fix plan
Written by gpt-4o-mini from the scan findingsThe site has some opportunities for improvement, primarily around broken links and redirects. Focus on fixing these issues to enhance user experience and site performance.
- 1
Fix Broken Links
Why: 838 internal links point to broken URLs, harming user experience and SEO.
How: Identify 404 pages and update internal links or remove them.
Checks: broken-links
- 2
Reduce Redirects
Why: 391 redirects increase site loading time, and 11 are chained, affecting performance.
How: Consolidate or remove redundant redirects to direct users to final destinations faster.
Checks: redirects
- 3
Address Non-200 Responses
Why: 471 URLs are returning non-200 status, impacting the site’s usability.
How: Audit these URLs to either fix them or redirect to relevant pages.
Checks: status-codes
- 4
Optimize Title Tags
Why: 414 pages have title issues, which can impact rankings and click-through rates.
How: Ensure all titles are within 60 characters and unique for each page.
Checks: titles
- 5
Improve Meta Descriptions
Why: 270 pages have meta description issues, affecting SEO visibility.
How: Revise meta descriptions to be within 160 characters and relevant.
Checks: meta-descriptions
- 6
Fix Heading Issues
Why: Two pages have heading issues, which can confuse search engines.
How: Ensure each page has one H1 and proper use of H2s.
Checks: headings
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 crawlThe website brightlocal.com has several identified security issues, mainly centered around missing response headers that protect against threats like cross-site scripting and clickjacking. Additionally, over a thousand cookies lack essential security features. These issues need to be addressed promptly to enhance the site's security posture.
- 0 high
- 3 medium
- 1 low
- 1 info
- 1
Missing Content Security PolicyMedium
Why it matters: Without a CSP, there's no control over resources the browser can load, leading to possible script injection.
Fix: Implement a Content-Security-Policy header. Example: `Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self';`
Evidence: Content Security Policy
- 2
Missing X-Frame-OptionsMedium
Why it matters: Lack of this header makes the site vulnerable to clickjacking attacks.
Fix: Add `X-Frame-Options: DENY` header to HTTP responses.
Evidence: Clickjacking protection
- 3
Cookies Missing Security FlagsMedium
Why it matters: Most cookies lack security flags, increasing the risk of session hijacking.
Fix: Set cookies with `Secure; HttpOnly; SameSite=Strict` attributes.
Evidence: Cookie flags
- 4
Missing Referrer PolicyLow
Why it matters: No referrer policy exposes full URLs to external sites, revealing sensitive information.
Fix: Add `Referrer-Policy: no-referrer` header to all pages.
Evidence: Referrer policy
- 5
Missing Permissions PolicyInfo
Why it matters: Without this policy, unnecessary features like camera access may be enabled, increasing risk.
Fix: Include a header like `Permissions-Policy: geolocation=(self)`.
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
1230 of 1233 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.
- 25 Sep 2026 05:21:19 GMT (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
- unique_id (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/sitemap.xml) lacks SameSite
- 25 Sep 2026 05:21:20 GMT (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/sitemap.xml) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
- 25 Sep 2026 05:21:33 GMT (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/local-seo-tools/local-ai-visibility/) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
- 25 Sep 2026 05:21:34 GMT (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/about-us/how-we-compare/) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
- 25 Sep 2026 05:21:35 GMT (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/contact-us/) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
- 25 Sep 2026 05:21:36 GMT (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/small-businesses/) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
- 25 Sep 2026 05:21:37 GMT (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/platform/) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
- 25 Sep 2026 05:21:38 GMT (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/local-seo-services/) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
- 25 Sep 2026 05:21:39 GMT (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/platform/api-solutions/) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
- 25 Sep 2026 05:21:40 GMT (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/case-studies/staylisted/) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
- 25 Sep 2026 05:21:41 GMT (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/case-studies/luca-tagliaferro-consultancy/) 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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