Content quality, headings, meta descriptions, and duplicate content.
27 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.
When multiple pages on your site target the same search intent or keyword, they compete against each other in search results. This internal competition, known a
Near-duplicate content clusters occur when multiple pages on a website have highly similar or almost identical content, differing only in minor details. This ca
Some pages have fewer than 250 words, which can harm SEO by being classified as thin content.
Pages with thin content are those that contain very little meaningful text, typically fewer than 300 characters. These pages offer minimal value to users and ca
Content scores below 40 on the Flesch-Kincaid scale, indicating very difficult readability for users and search engines.
Pages use <meta http-equiv="refresh"> with a delay under 5 seconds, causing accessibility and SEO problems.
ARIA attributes reference IDs that do not exist, breaking accessibility for assistive technologies.
Non-interactive elements like <div> with onclick handlers are inaccessible to keyboard and assistive tech users.
Anchors with empty, missing, or `href="#"` attributes appear as links but do not function, harming usability and accessibility.
Duplicate meta descriptions occur when multiple pages on a website use the same meta description tag. This reduces the uniqueness of each page's appearance in s
Duplicate Primary H1 Headings Detected means that multiple pages on your website use the same H1 text, which can confuse search engines about which page should
Form controls without a `name` attribute won't submit user data, causing silent data loss in forms.
Form controls without accessible labels hinder usability for assistive tech and autofill tools, failing WCAG requirements.
Forms without an `action` attribute may fail if JavaScript is unavailable, causing user data loss and poor UX.
Pages are missing an <h1> heading tag, which is essential for conveying the main topic of the page to users and search engines. Without an <h1>, the page lacks
Duplicate id attributes found on the same page violate HTML spec and break accessibility, JavaScript, and anchor links.
Paginated pages have thin content or lack canonical tags, risking duplicate content and crawl budget waste.
Multiple pages on your site have identical or nearly identical title tags, indicating possible duplicate content. This can confuse search engines and dilute you
Pages with question H2s lack FAQPage schema, missing eligibility for FAQ rich results in Google Search.
Resources with empty src or href attributes cause broken images, failed scripts, and missing styles on your pages.
Pages with over 600 words lack H2 subheadings, creating hard-to-read walls of text.
Buttons without a type attribute default to 'submit', which can cause accidental form submissions.
Elements with role="button" or role="link" lack tabindex and keyboard handler, making them inaccessible to keyboard users.
Deprecated HTML elements like <center> found; these are obsolete and should be replaced with modern HTML/CSS.
Sections exceed 500 words per H2, making content hard to scan and navigate for users and search engines.
Inline SVGs lack accessible names, making them unreadable by screen readers and harming accessibility.
Pages containing more than one <h1> tag can confuse search engines and assistive technologies about the main topic of the page. This issue often arises from tem