Scanned sites / brightlocal.com / 2026-09-28-0523
brightlocal.com scan from 9/28/2026, 5:23:32 AM
Scan 2026-09-28-0523
Scanned 9/28/2026, 5:23:32 AM, finished 9/28/2026, 5:59:24 AM. Found with 42backlinks.com tool directory
Site: https://brightlocal.com/
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On September 28, 2026 the Site Spider crawled 1464 pages and 219 assets of brightlocal.com, starting from https://brightlocal.com/. It scored 89 out of 100, a good result. 13 of 16 checks found something to fix, led by title tags (418), meta descriptions (427), redirects (376); 2 checks passed. Most of the points went to title tags (−4), meta descriptions (−3.2), redirects (−1.4). 1 check found something the score does not count, listed as noted. 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
- 1464
- Assets fetched
- 219
- Status
- Completed
- Checks with issues
- 13 of 16
1,683 of 1,683 discovered URLs were fetched. The crawl reached everything it found. HTML only: nothing here ran JavaScript. 300 link destinations on other sites were checked, 6603 left unchecked.
- Title tags418 issues418 of 1030 pages have title issues. 26 noindex or canonicalized pages excluded.−4 points
- Meta descriptions427 issues427 of 1030 pages have meta description issues. 26 noindex or canonicalized pages excluded.−3.2 points
- Headings2 issues2 of 1030 pages have heading issues. 26 noindex or canonicalized pages excluded.
- Broken links17 issues840 internal links point at 17 broken URLs.−0.3 points
- Links to other sites25 issues25 destinations answered with an error, 70 could not be determined (timeouts, rate limits or refusals), 6603 were left unchecked by the per-scan cap, of 300 destinations checked.−0.9 points
- Redirects376 issues391 redirecting URLs, 11 of them chained.−1.4 points
- Non-200 responses20 issues471 URLs did not return a 2xx response. 408 of them are pages, 20 with an error status; the rest are assets or redirects.−0.2 points
- Rate limitedOKThe site did not rate limit the crawler.
- Indexability7 issues7 of 1040 indexable pages have indexability warnings. 16 pages noindex by design.−0.1 points
- Image alt text8 issues8 of 38981 image references have no alt attribute. 4616 use an empty alt (decorative), which is fine.
- Heavy assets1 issue1 asset larger than 500 KB among 219 fetched assets.−0.6 points
- Orphan pages58 issues58 pages have no internal links pointing at them.−0.2 points
- Sitemap coverage184 issues12 sitemaps listing 1154 URLs: 1 crawled page missing, 125 listed URLs broken or redirecting, 58 reachable only via the sitemap.−1 points
- Internal link countsOKInternal link counts for 500 pages.
- Thin contentOK0 of 1030 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
1349 sites, median 80%, average 79%
brightlocal.com scores 89%, higher than 85% of the 1349 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 website has several broken links, redirect chains, and issues with title tags and meta descriptions. Addressing these problems will enhance user experience and improve SEO performance.
- 1
Fix Broken Links
Why: 840 internal links lead to broken URLs, harming user experience.
How: Identify and update these links to point to valid pages.
Checks: broken-links
- 2
Break Redirect Chains
Why: 391 URLs redirect, with 11 chains, slowing down site access.
How: Update links to directly point to final URLs to remove redirects.
Checks: redirects
- 3
Optimize Title Tags
Why: 418 pages have title issues, which affects CTR and rankings.
How: Revise titles to be under 60 characters and include primary keywords.
Checks: titles
- 4
Improve Meta Descriptions
Why: 427 pages have meta description problems, leading to potential loss of clicks.
How: Write concise, keyword-rich meta descriptions under 160 characters for affected pages.
Checks: meta-descriptions
- 5
Address Heading Issues
Why: 2 pages have heading issues, which can confuse search engines.
How: Ensure each page has one H1 and structure subheadings correctly.
Checks: headings
- 6
Shrink Heavy Assets
Why: Large assets slow down page load times, affecting user experience.
How: Optimize or compress large assets like CSS, scripts, and images.
Checks: heavy-assets
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 crawlBrightLocal's website lacks important security headers that can protect against various attacks. Key issues include missing Content Security Policy, clickjacking defenses, and secure cookie settings. Implementing these measures will enhance overall security.
- 0 high
- 3 medium
- 1 low
- 1 info
- 1
Missing Content Security PolicyMedium
Why it matters: Without a CSP, there are no restrictions on where scripts and styles can be loaded from, increasing risk of cross-site scripting attacks.
Fix: Implement a Content-Security-Policy header, e.g., `Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self';`
Evidence: Content Security Policy
- 2
Missing X-Frame-Options HeaderMedium
Why it matters: Lack of clickjacking protection allows the site's pages to be embedded and potentially manipulated in frames by malicious sites.
Fix: Add `X-Frame-Options: DENY` or use `Content-Security-Policy: frame-ancestors 'none';`.
Evidence: Clickjacking protection
- 3
Missing Secure Cookie FlagsMedium
Why it matters: Cookies without Secure, HttpOnly, and SameSite flags are vulnerable to theft and cross-site request forgery.
Fix: Set cookie flags: `Set-Cookie: <cookie name>=<cookie value>; Secure; HttpOnly; SameSite=Lax`.
Evidence: Cookie flags
- 4
Missing Referrer PolicyLow
Why it matters: No referrer policy exposes full URL, including sensitive query strings, to external sites when users click links.
Fix: Add a Referrer-Policy header, e.g., `Referrer-Policy: no-referrer`.
Evidence: Referrer policy
- 5
Missing Permissions PolicyInfo
Why it matters: Without a Permissions-Policy header, unnecessary browser features remain active, increasing risk if a script is injected.
Fix: Implement a Permissions-Policy header, e.g., `Permissions-Policy: accelerometer=(), camera=(), microphone=()`.
Evidence: Permissions policy
What the checks found
- FoundContent Security PolicyMedium
None of the 1056 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
1180 of 1183 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.
- 28 Sep 2026 05:53:55 GMT (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
- unique_id (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/sitemap.xml) lacks SameSite
- 28 Sep 2026 05:53:56 GMT (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/sitemap.xml) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
- 28 Sep 2026 05:54:05 GMT (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/local-seo-tools/local-ai-visibility/) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
- 28 Sep 2026 05:54:06 GMT (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/about-us/how-we-compare/) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
- 28 Sep 2026 05:54:07 GMT (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/what-is-local-seo/) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
- 28 Sep 2026 05:54:09 GMT (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/agencies/) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
- 28 Sep 2026 05:54:10 GMT (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/citation-builder/) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
- 28 Sep 2026 05:54:11 GMT (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/platform/api-solutions/) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
- 28 Sep 2026 05:54:13 GMT (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/case-studies/staylisted/) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
- 28 Sep 2026 05:54:14 GMT (set by https://www.brightlocal.com/case-studies/luca-tagliaferro-consultancy/) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
- 28 Sep 2026 05:54:20 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 1056 crawled pages were served over HTTPS.
- OKHTTP Strict Transport Security
strict-transport-security is set on all 1056 HTML pages.
- OKMIME sniffing protection
x-content-type-options is set on all 1056 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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