| Site is available for indexing by well-behaved agents. | Allows AI bots to find and index your pages, helping your content appear in search results and reach more people. | |
| Page main content is available in initial document. | Ensures search engines can read and index the content within a document, making it discoverable and improving visibility online. | |
| Homepage has Schema.org government organization type tags. | Identifies websites as official government agencies for AI systems and search engines to recognize automatically. | |
| Common accessibility best practices. | Follows guidelines that make websites usable for everyone, including people with disabilities, improving user experience and reach. | |
| Accessibility properties for screen readers. | Provides extra information for screen readers, helping visually impaired users understand content and navigate websites more easily. | |
| Alternative text, captions, and transcripts. | Supports accessibility by adding captions and transcripts, helping users with hearing impairments understand audio and video content. | |
| Difference between text and background colors. | Improves readability by ensuring text stands out from the background, helping users with visual impairments see content clearly. | |
| Ensure hidden elements are accessible. | Prevents search engines and users from accessing unnecessary content, improving page performance and ensuring only relevant information is displayed. | |
| Use correct language attributes for accessibility. | Specifies the language of content, helping screen readers and browsers display text correctly for users in different languages. | |
| Descriptive identifiers for elements. | Clarifies content by providing clear names and labels, helping users understand and navigate forms or buttons easily. | |
| Application keyboard navigation. | Enables users with motor disabilities to navigate apps efficiently using only the keyboard, improving accessibility and speed. | |
| Ensure tables and lists are accessible. | Improves access by making tables and lists easier to navigate for users with disabilities. | |
| Describes webpage content in a few words. | Identifies the page's content, helping users and search engines understand it quickly. | |
| Describes webpage content in a few words. | Describes page content briefly, helping users understand what to expect and improving search engine results. | |
| How easy text is to read. | Improves communication by helping readers quickly understand messages without confusion or frustration. | |
| Makes websites fit all screen sizes. | Optimizes page display for various devices, ensuring content looks good on all screen sizes and enhances user experience. | |
| Ratio of image width to height. | Ensures images display correctly without distortion on different screens and devices. | |
| Correct code to identify language. | Ensures websites display text in the correct language, making content easier to understand for users. | |
| Making images bigger or smaller. | Allows users to adjust size for better readability, improving accessibility and making content easier to view on all devices. | |
| Tells browser how to read code. | Helps browsers display web pages correctly by telling them what kind of HTML code the page is using. | |
| Character set for text encoding. | Helps computers show words and symbols correctly in different languages and on different devices. | |
| Privacy and integrity protection. | Secures data by encrypting communication, protecting user privacy and preventing unauthorized access to sensitive information during online interactions. | |
| One domain works with www and non-www. | Ensures consistent site display whether users type with or without 'www,' preventing errors and improving overall accessibility. | |
| Sponsored top-level domain (.gov / .edu / .mil). | Defines trusted website categories, helping users identify official sites and improving credibility and security for specific organizations. | |
| Measures unexpected webpage content shifts. | Minimizes unexpected page movements, improving user experience by keeping content stable while it loads. | |
| The page begins to display within 1.8 seconds. | Measures how quickly important content appears, improving user experience by reducing wait time when loading a page. | |
| Page responds in under 0.2 seconds. | A fast response time increases interactivity and user satisfaction, leading to a more engaging experience. | |
| Major content loads in 2.5 seconds. | Measures when the main content fully loads, improving user experience by showing the most important part of a page quickly. | |
| Code received in 0.8 seconds. | Measures how quickly a server responds, impacting page load speed and user experience by reducing wait times. | |
| The HTTP status of /sitemap.xml is OK. | Confirms the sitemap is accessible, ensuring search engines can easily find and index all pages on the site. | |
| The sitemap file type is XML. | Stores site structure in a readable format, helping search engines efficiently crawl and index all website pages. | |
| The site has a valid robots policy. | Guides search engines on which pages to crawl or avoid, ensuring important content is indexed and irrelevant pages aren't. | |
| The robots policy allows access to browsers and scrapers. | Permits search engines and web tools to access content, helping improve search visibility and gather relevant data. | |
| The robots.txt file points to a sitemap file. | Helps search engines find the sitemap quickly, improving how they discover and index website pages. | |
| Use preferred page URLs to avoid duplication. | Prevents duplicate content issues by telling search engines which version of a page is the main one. | |
| Links have descriptive text. | Describes the link’s purpose clearly, helping users know where it leads and improving navigation for everyone. | |
| Specifies language and region for webpages. | Indicates page language and region, helping users see the right version and improving search results in different countries. | |
| The site restricts what can be loaded. | Helps stop hackers by blocking harmful code from running on your website. | |
| Site upgrades to a secure connection. | Forces secure connections, protecting user data by making websites always load with encryption. | |
| The site has a security.txt file. | Provides contact info for reporting security issues, helping site owners fix problems quickly and keep users safe. | |
| The site prevents mime type sniffing. | Stops browsers from guessing file types, helping prevent security risks by enforcing correct content handling. | |
| Tracks mistakes in code for debugging. | Signals problems in website code, helping developers fix issues that could affect how the site works or displays. | |
| Stops fake clicks on hidden content. | Prevents malicious websites from tricking users into clicking hidden elements, enhancing site security and protecting user actions. | |
| Page doesn't allow copy-paste into inputs. | Negatively impacts user experience and weakens security by blocking password managers. | |
| Website title for social sharing. | Sets the website's title for social media sharing, ensuring consistent branding and better previews when content is shared. | |
| Content category for social media. | Specifies content type for social media, improving how links are displayed and enhancing engagement when shared online. | |
| Page title for social sharing. | Sets a clear title for shared content, ensuring accurate and engaging previews on social media platforms. | |
| Short description of your webpage content. | Provides a brief summary of content, helping users understand what the link is about when shared on social media. | |
| Canonical link for social sharing. | Defines the URL of the shared content, ensuring correct linking and improving how the page is displayed on social media. | |
| Preview image for social sharing. | Sets an image for social media previews, improving engagement by displaying relevant visuals when content is shared. | |
| Image description for accessibility | Provides a description for the image, improving accessibility and helping search engines understand the image content. | |