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Audit methodology

What we check, how we measure it, and how the score is calculated. Scoring version 1.

Website accessibility & HTTPS

  • https.reachableweight 10
  • https.enabledweight 10
  • https.redirectweight 4
  • https.mixed_contentweight 2

Mobile layout

  • mobile.viewportweight 8
  • mobile.horizontal_scrollweight 6
  • mobile.text_sizeweight 3
  • mobile.tap_targetsweight 3

Page speed & Core Web Vitals

  • performance.lab_scoreweight 6
  • performance.field_cwvweight 6
  • performance.page_weightweight 3
  • performance.server_responseweight 3

Contact links

  • contact.click_to_callweight 5
  • contact.email_linksweight 1
  • contact.contact_pageweight 4

Calls to action

  • cta.phone_visibleweight 8
  • cta.phone_above_foldweight 6
  • cta.booking_ctaweight 8
  • cta.booking_above_foldweight 6
  • cta.shop_ctaweight 8
  • cta.shop_above_foldweight 6
  • cta.visit_infoweight 8

Page titles & meta descriptions

  • meta.titleweight 6
  • meta.title_uniqueweight 3
  • meta.descriptionweight 5
  • meta.description_uniqueweight 2

Structured data

  • schema.local_businessweight 5
  • schema.nap_completeweight 3
  • schema.productweight 4
  • schema.valid_jsonweight 2

Heading structure

  • headings.h1weight 5
  • headings.h1_descriptiveweight 3
  • headings.hierarchyweight 1

Broken internal links

  • links.broken_internalweight 6

Conversion opportunities

  • conversion.lead_formweight 5
  • conversion.form_lengthweight 2
  • conversion.pricing_infoweight 3
  • conversion.tracking_tagweight 3
  • ecom.cartweight 4

Service landing pages

  • services.dedicated_pagesweight 6

Geographic relevance

  • local.city_in_title_h1weight 5
  • local.city_in_contentweight 3
  • local.address_or_areaweight 4
  • local.map_directionsweight 2
  • local.hoursweight 4

Search visibility basics

  • seo.indexableweight 10
  • seo.robots_txtweight 5
  • seo.sitemapweight 2
  • seo.canonicalweight 2
  • seo.image_altweight 2
  • seo.social_previewweight 1
  • seo.languageweight 1

Credibility & trust signals

  • trust.reviewsweight 5
  • trust.galleryweight 4
  • trust.privacy_policyweight 2
  • trust.social_profilesweight 1
  • trust.copyright_currentweight 1
  • ecom.shipping_returnsweight 4

Industry-specific recommendations

  • industry.packagesweight 3
  • auto.warranty_infoweight 2
  • auto.vehicle_typesweight 1
  • auto.aftercareweight 1
  • auto.brand_mentionsinformational (not scored)