SEO errors library

All the SEO errors we can detect on your site

Learn what each error means, why it affects your ranking, and how to fix it step by step.

Content

Issues related to page content.

Technical

Technical issues affecting performance or accessibility.

Different Canonical URL

Warning

The page specifies a different canonical URL

Missing Canonical Tag

Warning

The page has no canonical URL specified

Multiple Canonical URLs

Critical

The page has multiple different canonical URLs specified

Missing Robot Directives

Notice

The page has no robot directives specified

Page Not Followable

Warning

The page is configured to prevent search engines from following its links

Page Not Indexable

Critical

The page is configured to not be indexed by search engines

Client Error (4XX)

Critical

The page returned a client error status code (4XX)

Redirection

Warning

The page is redirecting to another URL

Server Error

Critical

The page returned a server error status code (5xx)

Images Missing Dimensions

Warning

Some images on the page are missing width or height attributes

URL Too Long

Warning

URL exceeds recommended length

Non-ASCII Characters in URL

Warning

URL contains non-ASCII characters

Underscores in URL

Warning

URL contains underscores instead of hyphens

Missing structured data

Critical

The page lacks schema.org structured data

Missing required fields in structured data

Warning

The page is missing required fields in its schema.org structured data.

Missing optional fields in structured data

Notice

The page is missing optional fields in its schema.org structured data.

robots.txt file has syntax errors

Warning

We detected malformed directives or invalid content in your robots.txt

Sitemap file is empty

Notice

Your sitemap file exists but declares zero URLs

Sitemap file has syntax errors

Warning

We detected malformed XML or invalid content in your sitemap

Sitemap lists non-indexable URLs

Warning

Some URLs in your sitemap are marked as noindex

Indexable URLs missing from the sitemap

Notice

We crawled indexable URLs that your sitemap does not declare

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