Issues by Type

All issues found during a crawl will be categorized by type in the Site Auditor. The Issues by Type chart can help identify which types of issues are most common on your site by showing the number of URLs affected by each category.

There are 7 types of issues in the Site Auditor:

Content

Issues regarding content visible on the page to site visitors

• Body Text Too Short

• Rel=Canonical Empty / Missing

• Duplicate Page Content

• H1 Too Short

• H1 Empty / Missing

• Multiple H1s

Redirects

Issues regarding redirected content

• 302 Redirect

• 3xx Redirect

• Infinite / Looped Redirects

• Mixed Redirects

• Redirect Chain

Meta Data

Issues with meta tags, such as Title, Meta Description or Meta Keywords

• Title Too Short

• Title Too Long

• Title Empty / Missing

• Multiple Page Titles

• Duplicate Titles

• Meta Description Too Long

• Meta Description Empty / Missing

• Multiple Meta Descriptions

• Duplicate Meta Descriptions

• Meta Keywords Too Long

• Meta Keywords Empty / Missing

• Duplicate Meta Keywords

Optimization

URLs that have been assigned targeted keywords, but the keywords were not found in the main content areas of the page.

• No Keywords in URL

• No Keywords in Title

• No Keywords in Meta Description

• No Keywords in Meta Keywords

• No Keywords in Headings

• No Keywords in Body Text

Visibility

Issues associated with content being accessible to search engines

• Blocked by robots.txt

• Meta Robots NoFollow

• Blocked by Meta Robots

• Blocked by X-Robots Tag

• Multiple Rel=Canonical Tags

Errors

Issues where content is not available due to errors

• 4xx Error

• 5xx Error

Other

All other issues that don't fit into one of the above categories

• URL Too Long

• Too Many URL Parameters

• Invalid Characters in URL

• No Links on Page

• Too Many Links on Page

• Meta Refresh Tag