What MetricSpot checks
80+ rules across ten score modules. Scored, weighted, explained.
Technical SEO
- ✓HTTPS enforcement and HSTS
- ✓Canonical URL correctness across the site
- ✓robots.txt validity, conflict detection, AI-crawler allow/deny
- ✓sitemap.xml: index + child sitemaps, lastmod accuracy, submission
- ✓404 page presence and behavior
- ✓Mobile-friendly viewport, touch targets, font sizing
- ✓Hreflang tag completeness for multilingual sites
- ✓Structured data (JSON-LD): coverage and validity
On-page
- ✓Title tag length, keyword presence, brand suffix
- ✓Meta description length and CTA quality
- ✓H1 uniqueness and presence
- ✓Heading hierarchy (no skipped levels)
- ✓Image alt-text completeness
- ✓Internal vs external link ratio
- ✓Word count vs intent type
- ✓Page language declaration
- ✓Open Graph + Twitter Card tags
Performance
- ✓LCP (Largest Contentful Paint) - target < 2.5s
- ✓INP (Interaction to Next Paint) - target < 200ms
- ✓CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift) - target < 0.1
- ✓Mobile vs desktop scoring
- ✓TTFB and server response time
- ✓Render-blocking resource detection
AI-readability
- ✓JSON-LD schema coverage (Article, Product, FAQ, HowTo)
- ✓FAQ schema for question-format headings
- ✓llms.txt presence and completeness
- ✓agents.txt for autonomous AI agents
- ✓Quotable answer-first content blocks
- ✓Citation density (links to primary sources)
- ✓Semantic HTML usage (article, section, header, nav)
- ✓Last-updated dates on content
Modern SEO (2026)
- ✓E-E-A-T signals: author bios, credentials, experience evidence
- ✓Search intent classification per page
- ✓Content depth vs top-ranking competitors
- ✓Internal linking topology and orphan detection
- ✓Anchor text variety
- ✓Comparison/listicle/guide formats per intent
- ✓Trust pages: about, contact, privacy, terms
FAQ
- What does MetricSpot check?
- 80+ rules across five modules: technical SEO, on-page, performance (Core Web Vitals via Google PageSpeed), AI-readability, and modern SEO 2026 (E-E-A-T, intent matching, content depth).
- How is the score calculated?
- A weighted blend: Technical 25%, On-page 20%, Performance 20%, AI-readability 20%, Modern SEO 15%. Each module is severity-weighted internally (info/minor/major/critical = 1/2/4/8).
- Can I run a full audit on the free plan?
- Yes. The free plan includes 3 full audits per month with all five modules. PDF reports on the free plan carry MetricSpot branding.
- Does MetricSpot work for non-English sites?
- Yes. The audit engine is language-agnostic; PDF reports render in English or Spanish from the same audit.
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