yoast.com scan from 2026-10-20 15:19:15 UTC DR 91

On October 20, 2026 the Site Spider crawled 929 pages and 6 assets of yoast.com, starting from https://yoast.com/. It scored 91 out of 100, an excellent result. 10 of 33 checks found something to fix, led by sitemap coverage (387), title tags (221), meta descriptions (163); 8 checks passed. Most of the points went to sitemap coverage (−3), title tags (−2.9), meta descriptions (−1.7). 15 checks found something the score does not count, listed as noted. 4 checks were not run because the crawl fetched nothing for them. 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

929

Assets fetched

6

Status

Completed

Checks with issues

10 of 33

• Title tags221 issues
  221 of 717 pages have title issues. 56 noindex or canonicalized pages excluded.
  −2.9 points
• Meta descriptions163 issues
  163 of 717 pages have meta description issues. 56 noindex or canonicalized pages excluded.
  −1.7 points
• Headings11 issues
  11 of 717 pages have heading issues. 56 noindex or canonicalized pages excluded.
  −0.1 points
• Broken linksOK
  0 internal links point at 0 broken URLs.
• Links to other sites10 issues
  10 destinations answered with an error, 110 could not be determined (timeouts, rate limits or refusals), 3211 were left unchecked by the per-scan cap, of 300 destinations checked.
  −0.5 points
• Redirects134 issues
  133 redirecting URLs, 2 of them chained.
  −0.7 points
• Non-200 responses133 noted
  133 URLs did not return a 2xx response. 132 of them are pages, 0 with an error status; the rest are assets or redirects.
• 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.
  −0.1 points
• Indexability2 issues
  2 of 718 indexable pages have indexability warnings. 55 pages noindex by design.
• Image alt text1 issue
  1 of 32191 image references have no alt attribute. 27233 use an empty alt (decorative), which is fine.
• Heavy assetsOK
  0 assets larger than 500 KB among 6 fetched assets. 1 document over that size is listed but not counted: downloads are not page weight.
• Orphan pages18 issues
  18 pages have no internal links pointing at them.
  −0.1 points
• Sitemap coverage387 issues
  No 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.
  −3 points
• Internal link counts34 noted
  Internal link counts for 500 pages; 34 worth a look.
• Thin contentOK
  0 of 717 pages have fewer than 200 words. 56 noindex or canonicalized pages excluded.
• Duplicate contentOK
  0 groups of pages with identical HTML.
• URL format21 noted
  21 of 929 page URLs are harder to read, share or cache than they need to be.
• Canonicals56 noted
  56 of 773 pages have a canonical worth checking.
• Robots directives773 noted
  773 pages carry a robots directive; 0 carry none.
• Anchor text630 noted
  630 destinations are linked without useful anchor text, or with nofollow.
• Title and heading structure141 noted
  141 of 717 pages could use the title, heading and snippet space better. 56 noindex or canonicalized pages excluded.
• Image weight and alt length52 noted
  0 images over 100 KB; 52 with alt text over 100 characters.
• Response anomalies31 noted
  31 URLs answered in a way worth looking at.
• HTML and head validationOK
  All 773 pages keep their head tags in <head>, once each, under Googlebot's 2 MB.
• hreflangOK
  No page declares hreflang.
• Structured dataOK
  773 of 717 indexable pages carry structured data: WebSite (773), Organization (773), Brand (773), BreadcrumbList (772), ListItem (772). 0 pages with errors a rich result would fail on.
• Near duplicates2 noted
  2 pages in 1 group read almost the same as another page (95% alike or more).
• Soft 404s2 noted
  2 pages answer 200 but say they are not there.
• AccessibilityNot checked
  Not checked: the accessibility audit runs in the browser. Tick "Include JavaScript rendering checks" when you request a scan to run it.
• Link positions29 noted
  29 of 699 linked pages are linked only from the template, never from another page's content.
• Pagination20 noted
  96 pages in pagination sequences; 20 with problems.
• Headers and cookies5 noted
  6 cookies set by the site, 5 missing a protective flag; 17 response headers recorded across 935 URLs.
• Orphans in searchNot checked
  Not checked: import a Search Console Pages export on the scan page to find pages Google shows that the site does not link to.
• Link ScoreOK
  Link Score (internal PageRank, 0-100) for 773 pages; 673 hold almost none (10 or less).
• JavaScript renderingNot checked
  Not checked: this scan did not render pages. Tick "Include JavaScript rendering checks" when you request a scan to compare the served HTML with what a browser builds.
• PageSpeed InsightsNot checked
  Not checked yet: PageSpeed Insights runs on the top pages once the crawl has finished.
• Spelling848 noted
  848 words an English dictionary does not know, on 562 pages. Product names and jargon will appear here too.

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