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Site audit

What it is for: a site audit checks many pages of one website at once and shows which findings repeat and on which pages. You start it on the same Check screen as a single page. More detail on choosing pages: Site audits.

Check screen with a sitemap: number of pages, which pages, groups of pages and the price for the website

Start an audit

  1. Click Check and type the domain (for example northwind.example) or the sitemap address. A list of addresses (one per line) also works. A sitemap that is not public can be pasted under Other source: page text, sitemap contents or a file, or uploaded as a TXT, CSV or ZIP file.
  2. Ani reads the sitemap and tells you how many pages she found.
  3. Number of pages - how many pages to check at most.
  4. Which pages:
    • Changed in the last days, by the dates in the sitemap - good for regular checks of new content.
    • A random sample from every section - a fair picture of the whole site.
    • All pages, up to the number above.
  5. Groups of pages in the sitemap - untick a group (for example /shop/<slug>) to leave its pages out. Narrow the pages filters by address; See N selected pages lets you skip single pages.
  6. Pick the audit types, + How to fix it and the Project, as for one page. E-mail me when the check is done is on by default.
  7. Check the Summary: pages, cost of checking and fetching, estimated time, balance after. Click Check the website - up to $…. "Up to" because pages Ani cannot open are not charged.

Progress

The audit page shows how many pages are done, the pace and the expected end. You can close the browser; the audit runs in the background. Pause stops it for a while, Resume continues, Stop ends it and returns the money for unchecked pages.

The site report

Site report: findings with the number of pages, signal strength and the side panel with PDF and sharing

  • Findings - kinds of issues and on how many checked pages they appear. Each finding shows its signal strength (0-100), example pages and Based on with links to the Google documents.
  • N pages without findings - pages where Ani found nothing.
  • All pages - every page with its risk level and number of findings, with search and Only with findings. Open report opens the page report.
  • Add "How to fix" (top banner) prepares a list of changes for the pages with findings.

Exports and sharing

  • Download PDF in the side panel; Download CSV, Markdown (ZIP) and JSON above the page list.
  • Share creates a link that opens without signing in, optionally with a password and an expiry date. Details: Share links.

Common questions

The sitemap has no dates. Then "Changed in the last days" is not available; choose a random sample.

Can I add audit types later? Yes, run the audit again with the other types, or check single pages again from the page list.

Where do I find a finished audit? In Checks, tab Audits. Ani also e-mails you if you left E-mail me when the check is done on.

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