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Broken pages, redirects, sitemaps, and internal linking structure.

23 issuesbelow — sorted by severity, with the critical and high-severity ones first because they're what you should fix this week. Each entry links to a single page with the symptom, the root cause, the actual code or config change to ship, and a free scan that checks if the issue applies to your site right now.

high7 issues
Broken Pages (4xx Errors)

Broken pages occur when URLs return 4xx HTTP status codes (such as 404 Not Found or 410 Gone). These errors indicate that the requested content is unavailable,

#broken-links#404#crawl-errors
Orphaned Pages with No Internal Links

Orphaned pages are web pages that exist on your site but are not linked to from any other internal page. This makes them difficult for both users and search eng

#orphan-pages#internal-links#crawl-budget
Pages with Timeout Errors

Pages timed out during crawling — the server either took too long to respond or returned HTTP 408. Crawlers and users experience these as broken pages.

#timeout#server-errors#performance
Redirect Loops Detected

Redirect loops occur when two or more URLs redirect to each other in a cycle, preventing users and search engines from ever reaching the intended destination pa

#redirects#redirect-loops
Server Error Pages (5xx)

Server error pages (5xx) occur when a web server fails to fulfill a request due to internal problems. These errors prevent users and search engines from accessi

#5xx#server-errors#crawl-errors
Sitemap URLs Blocked by robots.txt

This issue occurs when URLs included in your XML sitemap are also blocked by your site's robots.txt file. This creates conflicting instructions for search engin

#robots-txt#sitemap#consistency
Sitemap XML Is Malformed or Has Wrong Root Element

Sitemap XML is invalid or has an incorrect root element, preventing search engines from parsing it.

#sitemap#xml#crawl-discovery#malformed
medium9 issues
Icon Buttons Without Accessible Labels

Icon-only buttons without accessible labels are invisible to screen readers and fail WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards.

#accessibility#wcag#aria-label#buttons
Important Pages Buried Too Deep in Site Structure

When important pages are more than four clicks away from the homepage, they become less accessible to both users and search engines. This deep nesting reduces c

#site-depth#crawl-budget#architecture
Indexable Pages Missing from Sitemap

Crawled indexable pages are missing from your XML sitemap, meaning search engines may not discover them as quickly as possible. This issue occurs when some page

#sitemap#crawl-discovery
Internal Links Point to Broken (4xx/5xx) Pages

Some internal links point to pages returning 4xx or 5xx errors, leading users and crawlers to broken destinations.

#internal-links#broken-links#404#link-equity
Internal Links Point to Redirected Pages

Internal links point to URLs that redirect instead of linking directly to the final destination.

#internal-links#redirects#link-equity
JavaScript-Based Redirects Detected

JavaScript-based redirects were detected on 3 pages using inline scripts like window.location.href or window.location.replace.

#js-redirect#redirects#crawl-signals#javascript
Pages with Too Many Outgoing External Links

This page contains over 100 outgoing external links, which can harm SEO and user experience.

#external-links#link-equity#page-quality
Pages with Weak Internal Link Support

Pages with weak internal link support are those that receive only a single internal link from other pages within the site. This limits their ability to accumula

#internal-links#weak-pages#link-equity
Redirect Chains Detected

Redirect chains occur when a URL redirects through one or more intermediate URLs before reaching its final destination. This process increases page load times a

#redirects#redirect-chains#crawl-efficiency