Per-check failure index
Missing or Misconfigured robots.txt
A wrong robots.txt can block search engines from your entire site without you knowing.
Audited
50
Failing
5
Passing
45
What this check looks for
robots.txt lives at /robots.txt and tells crawlers which paths they can fetch. The common own-goal: a `Disallow: /` left over from staging that blocks the whole site. The other common miss: no Sitemap directive, so Google has to discover the sitemap on its own. At a minimum: allow what you want indexed, disallow admin/api paths, and add `Sitemap: https://yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml` at the bottom.
Failing (5)
sorted by overall audit score (worst first)
| Brand | Overall score | Audit |
|---|---|---|
|
Buffer.com buffer.com |
36 | View audit → |
|
Zendesk.com zendesk.com |
36 | View audit → |
|
Box.com box.com |
71 | View audit → |
|
Netlify.com netlify.com |
75 | View audit → |
|
Zoom.us zoom.us |
81 | View audit → |
Passing (45)
sorted by overall audit score (best first)
Other SEO checks in the gallery audit
- Missing Meta Description
- Missing or Weak Title Tag
- Slow Page Speed
- Not Mobile Friendly
- No HTTPS / Missing SSL
- Missing Open Graph Tags
- Missing Canonical URL
- Missing XML Sitemap
- Missing Structured Data
- No H1 or Multiple H1s
- Missing Image Alt Tags
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