
Important: Fix highest-severity template-level issues first. They usually unlock the fastest site-wide improvement.
Questions this page should answer
- Is technical health improving from audit to audit?
- Which issue groups are causing the biggest risk right now?
- Which exact URLs should be fixed first this sprint?
Before you analyze
- Keep the same date range used in your weekly reporting cadence.
- Start with the summary cards, then open the newest completed run.
- Compare at least two runs before assigning root cause.
What this page gives you
- Top-level technical health snapshot (
Site health,Errors,Warnings,Notices). - Run-level diagnosis with issue grouping and crawl behavior.
- URL-level issue detail to create precise execution tasks.
- A complete triage path in one document.
How to read the top cards
Site health: overall technical quality score for the crawl.Errors: highest-priority issues that can block crawling/indexing quality.Warnings: medium-priority issues that can create risk if ignored.Notices: lower-priority issues to batch and resolve over time.
- Rising
Errorsmeans immediate action. - Flat but high
Warningsmeans hidden debt that can become future blockers. - Stable
Site healthwith concentrated issues still requires focused fixes.
Key signal: If errors rise and pages crawled stay stable, the issue is usually real quality degradation, not sampling noise.
How these metrics are calculated (simple)
Site health
Errors / Warnings / Notices
Severity counts are direct totals of findings grouped by severity (Error, Warning, Notice).
How to use audit history
UseAudit history to choose the run to investigate first:
- Open the newest completed run first.
- Compare with the previous run for issue-trend confirmation.
- Watch
Pages crawledandDurationto detect crawl volatility.
Run detail: All issues view
This is where you prioritize issue categories by impact before touching individual URLs.
- Identify issue groups affecting the most pages.
- Prioritize error classes on key templates first.
- Choose one high-impact issue class and close it end-to-end.
- Whether risk is concentrated in one technical area.
- Whether the issue is likely template-wide or page-specific.
Run detail: Crawl log view
Use crawl log when you need evidence about how URLs were crawled and where failures happened.
- Repeated HTTP errors, timeouts, or blocked responses.
- Failure clusters by folder/template.
- Crawl behavior changes after deployments.
- Issue counts changed sharply.
- Developers need URL-level crawl proof.
Issue detail: affected URLs view
After selecting an issue class, use issue detail to assign exact fixes.
- Group URLs by template/folder.
- Prioritize commercial and high-visibility pages.
- Assign owner and deadline per URL group.
- Validate fixes in the next audit run.
- Many URLs in one path usually means a shared template defect.
- Mixed status behavior can indicate rendering/routing inconsistency.
Quick weekly checklist
- Check summary cards for direction change.
- Open latest run and triage top issue groups.
- Use crawl log to confirm root cause.
- Move to issue-detail URL lists and assign work.
- Validate reduction in the next completed run.
What to fix first
| Pattern in SEO audit flow | What it usually means | Recommended action |
|---|---|---|
| Errors up sharply in summary | New release or template issue introduced risk | Open latest run and prioritize critical issue class |
| One issue group affects many URLs | Template-level defect | Patch shared template/component first |
| Crawl log shows repeated failures | Crawl access/infrastructure instability | Fix technical crawl blockers before content tweaks |
| Same issue persists across runs | QA/deployment process gap | Add pre-release technical checks and owner accountability |
| High-value URLs affected in issue detail | Direct business impact | Fix those URLs first in current sprint |
Team routine
- Weekly: run full triage from summary to issue-detail assignments.
- Bi-weekly: verify fix closure and rerun checks.
- Monthly: report resolved issue classes and repeated root causes.
Keep in mind
- One clean run does not prove long-term stability.
- Crawl-size shifts can change totals without real quality movement.
- Never mark fixes complete before the next successful audit confirmation.

