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SEO report for yoast.com

The latest Site Spider scan of yoast.com, with 1 scan on record. Each scan is at its own address, for example /domain/yoast-com/2026-09-13-0348.

Latest scan

Scanned 9/13/2026, 3:48:25 AM, finished 9/13/2026, 12:31:37 PM. Found with 42backlinks.com tool directory

Not a full crawl. The site rate-limited the crawler (25 requests answered 429), so the scan finished early with 1290 URLs left unfetched. Results cover what was crawled.

Site: https://yoast.com/

Download SQLite databaseEvery page and asset from this scan, with the crawl events, in one file.

90/ 100ExcellentNot a full crawl

On September 13, 2026 the Site Spider crawled 3759 pages and 71 assets of yoast.com, starting from https://yoast.com/. It scored 90 out of 100, an excellent result. 11 of 14 checks found something to fix, led by redirects (538), title tags (500), meta descriptions (500); 3 checks passed. The list below shows each check's result, and the fix plan, when present, explains what to do first.

Pages crawled
3759
Assets fetched
71
Status
Completed
Checks with issues
11 of 14
  • Title tags500 issues
    899 of 2435 pages have title issues. 658 noindex or canonicalized pages excluded.
  • Meta descriptions500 issues
    538 of 2435 pages have meta description issues. 658 noindex or canonicalized pages excluded.
  • Headings18 issues
    18 of 2435 pages have heading issues. 658 noindex or canonicalized pages excluded.
  • Broken links27 issues
    132 internal links point at 27 broken URLs.
  • Redirects538 issues
    615 redirecting URLs, 43 of them chained.
  • Non-200 responsesOK
    643 URLs did not return a 2xx response.
  • Rate limited24 issues
    24 URLs (24 pages) answered HTTP 429 on every try, so the crawler backed off and moved on without analysing them. A site that throttles crawlers this hard can throttle search engines too.
  • Indexability114 issues
    114 of 2550 indexable pages have indexability warnings. 543 pages noindex by design.
  • Image alt text1 issue
    1 of 128429 image references have no alt attribute. 106221 use an empty alt (decorative), which is fine.
  • Heavy assets8 issues
    19 assets larger than 500 KB among the 71 heaviest.
  • Orphan pages35 issues
    35 pages have no internal links pointing at them.
  • Sitemap coverage499 issues
    1 sitemap listing 129 URLs: 2329 crawled pages missing, 16 listed URLs broken or redirecting, 0 reachable only via the sitemap. 1 listed URL not crawled within the 5000-page budget.
  • Thin contentOK
    0 of 2435 pages have fewer than 200 words. 658 noindex or canonicalized pages excluded.
  • Duplicate contentOK
    0 groups of pages with identical HTML.

Where this site sits among all scanned sites

694 sites, median 82%, average 81%

yoast.com scores 90%, higher than 81% of the 694 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 site has a great health score of 90 but requires some critical fixes on broken links, redirects, and title/meta issues. Addressing these will enhance user experience and SEO.

  1. 1

    Fix Broken Links

    Why: 132 internal links point to broken URLs, which harms user experience.

    How: Identify broken links in the report and update or remove them.

    Checks: broken-links

  2. 2

    Reduce Redirects

    Why: 615 redirects, especially 43 chained, can slow down site performance.

    How: Minimize redirect chains by linking directly to the final URL where possible.

    Checks: redirects

  3. 3

    Address Non-200 Responses

    Why: 643 URLs do not return a successful response, negatively impacting SEO.

    How: Review the URLs in the report and ensure they return a 200 status, fixing any resulting errors.

    Checks: status-codes

  4. 4

    Resolve Rate Limit Issues

    Why: 24 pages are consistently rate-limited, reducing crawl efficiency.

    How: Adjust server settings to allow more requests or examine those pages for traffic spike issues.

    Checks: rate-limited

  5. 5

    Optimize Title Tags

    Why: 899 pages have title issues, affecting visibility in search results.

    How: Audit titles and ensure they are under 60 characters for best practices.

    Checks: titles

  6. 6

    Improve Meta Descriptions

    Why: 538 pages with meta description issues can lead to lower click-through rates.

    How: Enhance the meta descriptions to be compelling and under 160 characters.

    Checks: meta-descriptions

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Earlier scans of yoast.com

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