Scanned sites / yoast.com / 2026-09-16-1257
yoast.com scan from 9/16/2026, 12:57:01 PM
Scan 2026-09-16-1257
Scanned 9/16/2026, 12:57:01 PM, finished 9/16/2026, 2:50:33 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 2546 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.
On September 16, 2026 the Site Spider crawled 1378 pages and 8 assets of yoast.com, starting from https://yoast.com/. It scored 92 out of 100, an excellent result. 11 of 14 checks found something to fix, led by sitemap coverage (597), title tags (357), redirects (166); 3 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, 2 low and 1 info findings. See the security findings ↓
- Pages crawled
- 1378
- Assets fetched
- 8
- Status
- Completed
- Checks with issues
- 11 of 14
- Title tags357 issues357 of 1068 pages have title issues. 125 noindex or canonicalized pages excluded.
- Meta descriptions162 issues162 of 1068 pages have meta description issues. 125 noindex or canonicalized pages excluded.
- Headings12 issues12 of 1068 pages have heading issues. 125 noindex or canonicalized pages excluded.
- Broken links1 issue3 internal links point at 1 broken URL.
- Redirects166 issues161 redirecting URLs, 6 of them chained.
- Non-200 responses1 issue162 URLs did not return a 2xx response.
- Rate limited24 issues24 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.
- Indexability59 issues59 of 1126 indexable pages have indexability warnings. 67 pages noindex by design.
- Image alt text1 issue1 of 51490 image references have no alt attribute. 41810 use an empty alt (decorative), which is fine.
- Heavy assetsOK3 assets larger than 500 KB among the 8 heaviest.
- Orphan pages19 issues19 pages have no internal links pointing at them.
- Sitemap coverage597 issuesNo sitemap found. Tried: https://yoast.com/sitemap.xml (301), https://yoast.com/sitemap_index.xml (skipped). Add one at /sitemap.xml or list it in robots.txt.
- Thin contentOK0 of 1068 pages have fewer than 200 words. 125 noindex or canonicalized pages excluded.
- Duplicate contentOK0 groups of pages with identical HTML.
Where this scan sits among all scanned sites
1077 sites, median 82%, average 80%
yoast.com scores 92%, higher than 91% of the 1077 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).
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Fix plan
Written by gpt-4o-mini from the scan findingsThe site has some technical issues to address, including broken links, redirect chains, and missing meta tags. Focusing on these will enhance user experience and SEO.
- 1
Fix Broken Links
Why: Broken links can frustrate users and hurt SEO rankings.
How: Update or remove links to the broken URL from the specified pages.
Checks: broken-links
- 2
Resolve Redirect Chains
Why: Chained redirects can slow down page loading and confuse crawlers.
How: Simplify redirects to point directly to the final destination URL.
Checks: redirects
- 3
Address Non-200 Responses
Why: Non-200 responses can discourage search engines from crawling your pages.
How: Identify and fix the issues causing URLs to return non-200 responses.
Checks: status-codes
- 4
Correct Title Tag Issues
Why: Title tags significantly influence SEO and click-through rates.
How: Update short title tags to be more descriptive and within recommended length (50-60 characters).
Checks: titles
- 5
Add Meta Descriptions
Why: Meta descriptions improve click-through rates from search results.
How: Create unique, compelling meta descriptions for the identified pages.
Checks: meta-descriptions
- 6
Create a Sitemap
Why: Sitemaps help search engines discover and index your pages more effectively.
How: Generate a sitemap and ensure it's accessible at /sitemap.xml.
Checks: sitemap-coverage
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 yoast.com has several security issues that need addressing, including a lack of protections against clickjacking, inadequate cookie security, and exposed API keys. Implementing proper response headers and securing sensitive data will significantly enhance security.
- 0 high
- 3 medium
- 2 low
- 1 info
- 1
Missing X-Frame-Options HeaderMedium
Why it matters: Without this header, pages can be embedded in frames, leading to clickjacking attacks.
Fix: Add 'X-Frame-Options: DENY' to your HTTP headers.
Evidence: Clickjacking protection
- 2
Insecure Cookie FlagsMedium
Why it matters: Cookies without Secure and HttpOnly flags are vulnerable to theft and manipulation.
Fix: Update the cookie settings to include 'Secure; HttpOnly; SameSite=Lax' for the specified cookies.
Evidence: Cookie flags
- 3
Exposed Google API KeyMedium
Why it matters: The API key could be misused if not restricted properly.
Fix: Restrict the Google API key by referrer in the Google Cloud console.
Evidence: Keys and secrets in page code
- 4
Missing Referrer-Policy HeaderLow
Why it matters: Without this policy, sensitive information in the URL is sent to other sites.
Fix: Add 'Referrer-Policy: no-referrer' to your HTTP headers.
Evidence: Referrer policy
- 5
Third-Party Scripts Without SRILow
Why it matters: Lack of Subresource Integrity allows compromised scripts to affect site security.
Fix: Consider implementing a Content-Security-Policy that specifies trusted domains.
Evidence: Third-party scripts
- 6
Missing Permissions-Policy HeaderInfo
Why it matters: This header can limit the capabilities of injected scripts.
Fix: Include a 'Permissions-Policy: interest-cohort=()' header to disable unnecessary features.
Evidence: Permissions policy
What the checks found
- FoundClickjacking protectionMedium
1 of 1193 HTML pages send 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://yoast.com/ → no x-frame-options
- https://yoast.com/shop/ → no x-frame-options
- https://yoast.com/product/yoast-seo-wordpress/ → no x-frame-options
- https://yoast.com/product/yoast-woocommerce-seo/ → no x-frame-options
- https://yoast.com/product/yoast-seo-ai-plus/ → no x-frame-options
- https://yoast.com/product/yoast-seo-shopify/ → no x-frame-options
- https://yoast.com/product/google-docs-addon/ → no x-frame-options
- https://yoast.com/yoast-partners/resellers/ → no x-frame-options
- https://yoast.com/product/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress/ → no x-frame-options
- https://yoast.com/academy/ → no x-frame-options
- https://yoast.com/academy/free-seo-training-seo-for-beginners/ → no x-frame-options
- https://yoast.com/tag/seo-basics/ → 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://yoast.com/ → no referrer-policy
- https://yoast.com/shop/ → no referrer-policy
- https://yoast.com/product/yoast-seo-wordpress/ → no referrer-policy
- https://yoast.com/product/yoast-woocommerce-seo/ → no referrer-policy
- https://yoast.com/product/yoast-seo-ai-plus/ → no referrer-policy
- https://yoast.com/product/yoast-seo-shopify/ → no referrer-policy
- https://yoast.com/product/google-docs-addon/ → no referrer-policy
- https://yoast.com/yoast-partners/resellers/ → no referrer-policy
- https://yoast.com/product/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress/ → no referrer-policy
- https://yoast.com/academy/ → no referrer-policy
- https://yoast.com/academy/free-seo-training-seo-for-beginners/ → no referrer-policy
- https://yoast.com/tag/seo-basics/ → 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://yoast.com/ → no permissions-policy
- https://yoast.com/shop/ → no permissions-policy
- https://yoast.com/product/yoast-seo-wordpress/ → no permissions-policy
- https://yoast.com/product/yoast-woocommerce-seo/ → no permissions-policy
- https://yoast.com/product/yoast-seo-ai-plus/ → no permissions-policy
- https://yoast.com/product/yoast-seo-shopify/ → no permissions-policy
- https://yoast.com/product/google-docs-addon/ → no permissions-policy
- https://yoast.com/yoast-partners/resellers/ → no permissions-policy
- https://yoast.com/product/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress/ → no permissions-policy
- https://yoast.com/academy/ → no permissions-policy
- https://yoast.com/academy/free-seo-training-seo-for-beginners/ → no permissions-policy
- https://yoast.com/tag/seo-basics/ → no permissions-policy
- FoundCookie flagsMedium
5 of 6 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.
- yith_wcmcs_currency (set by https://yoast.com/checkout/) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
- wp_woocommerce_session_4b6b2654624af0555bb41be2bef184bb (set by https://yoast.com/checkout/) lacks SameSite
- shop_cart_count (set by https://yoast.com/cart/?add-to-cart=4113952) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
- woocommerce_items_in_cart (set by https://yoast.com/cart/?add-to-cart=4113952) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
- woocommerce_cart_hash (set by https://yoast.com/cart/?add-to-cart=4113952) lacks Secure, HttpOnly, SameSite
- FoundKeys and secrets in page codeMedium
1 credential-like value found in code served to every visitor: Google API key.
- Google API key AIzaSy…vQ (39 chars) in https://yoast.com/checkout/: browser keys are expected in pages, but must be restricted by HTTP referrer and API in the Google Cloud console
- NoteThird-party scripts
Scripts run from 5 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.)
- cdn-4.convertexperiments.com (40 script tags)
- widget.trustpilot.com (6 script tags)
- mbyoastbv.activehosted.com (17 script tags)
- fast.wistia.net (1 script tag)
- maps.googleapis.com (1 script tag)
10 checks passed
- OKHTTPS
All 1193 crawled pages were served over HTTPS.
- OKHTTP Strict Transport Security
strict-transport-security is set on all 1193 HTML pages.
- OKContent Security Policy
A Content-Security-Policy is set on 1 of 1193 pages.
- OKMIME sniffing protection
x-content-type-options is set on all 1193 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
87 forms found, all on HTTPS pages posting to HTTPS addresses.
- OKVulnerable JavaScript libraries
1 library version recognised, none with known vulnerabilities.
- OKExposed files and listings
None of the crawled URLs is a configuration file, backup, dump, repository folder or directory listing.
- OKSensitive paths in robots.txt
robots.txt does not point at admin, backup or private paths.
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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