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Content Checks

Auditoro checks your content quality to ensure visitors and search engines can access all your resources without errors.

Severity: Critical

Links on your pages point to other pages on your site that don't exist (return 404 or other errors).

Why it matters:

  • User experience - Visitors hit dead ends
  • SEO impact - Search engines may reduce trust in your site
  • Wasted link equity - Internal links pass ranking signals that are lost on 404s

Common causes:

  • Deleted or moved pages without redirects
  • Typos in URLs
  • Incorrect relative paths
  • Case sensitivity issues (some servers)

How to fix:

  1. Update the link to point to the correct URL
  2. Create a redirect from the old URL to the new location
  3. Remove the link if the content no longer exists
  4. Restore the page if it was accidentally deleted

Example fix:

<!-- Before: broken -->
<a href="/old-page">Read more</a>

<!-- After: fixed -->
<a href="/new-page">Read more</a>

Severity: Caution

Links pointing to external websites are returning errors. While you don't control external sites, broken outbound links affect user experience.

Common causes:

  • External sites moved or shut down
  • Temporary server issues on external sites
  • URL structure changes on external sites

How to fix:

  1. Find a working alternative - Link to a different resource
  2. Remove the link if no alternative exists
  3. Link to archived version - Use archive.org for important references
  4. Monitor and wait - Sometimes external sites have temporary issues

Tip: For important external links, consider periodically checking if they're still valid.

Broken Images​

Severity: Caution

Image URLs on your pages return errors. Visitors see broken image icons instead of your content.

Common causes:

  • Images deleted from your server
  • Incorrect file paths
  • Hotlinking to external images that were removed
  • Case sensitivity in filenames

How to fix:

  1. Upload the missing image to the correct location
  2. Correct the path if the file exists elsewhere
  3. Replace with a working image if original is lost
  4. Remove the image element if no longer needed

Spelling Errors​

Severity: Advisory

Misspelled words were detected on your pages. While the impact is minor for SEO, spelling errors affect credibility and user trust.

How Auditoro detects spelling:

  • Uses dictionary-based checking (Hunspell)
  • Filters technical terms and code
  • AI-powered false positive reduction

How to fix:

  1. Correct the spelling in your content
  2. Add to custom dictionary if it's a valid term (brand names, technical words)
  3. Mark as false positive if incorrectly flagged

Custom dictionary: For brand names, product names, or technical terms that aren't in standard dictionaries, add them to your custom dictionary.

Common false positives:

  • Company/product names
  • Technical terminology
  • Proper nouns
  • Abbreviations
  • Non-English words

Redirect Chains​

Severity: Caution

A link goes through multiple redirects before reaching the final destination. Redirect chains slow down page loads and dilute link equity.

Example of a redirect chain:

/old-page → /renamed-page → /final-page

Why it matters:

  • Each redirect adds latency
  • Search engines may not follow long chains
  • Link equity is reduced with each hop
  • Increases server load

How to fix:

Update redirects to point directly to the final destination:

# Before: chain
/old-page → /renamed-page → /final-page

# After: direct
/old-page → /final-page
/renamed-page → /final-page

In your server config:

# Instead of multiple redirects, go directly to final URL
location = /old-page {
  return 301 /final-page;
}

JavaScript Console Errors​

Severity: Caution

JavaScript errors were detected when loading the page. These errors may break functionality and indicate code problems.

Common causes:

  • Syntax errors in JavaScript
  • References to undefined variables
  • Failed network requests
  • Compatibility issues with browsers

How to fix:

  1. Open browser DevTools (F12) and check the Console tab
  2. Identify the error source - Note the file and line number
  3. Debug and fix the JavaScript code
  4. Test across browsers - Ensure fixes work everywhere

Impact:

  • Broken interactive features
  • Poor user experience
  • Potential data loss
  • Analytics tracking failures

Content Quality Best Practices​

Beyond these automated checks, consider:

  • Freshness - Keep content updated
  • Accuracy - Verify facts and statistics
  • Readability - Use clear, simple language
  • Uniqueness - Avoid duplicate content
  • Value - Ensure content serves user needs