SEO Audit Report
Report № REPORT
Tier: AI Visibility

Kitty Essentials

kittyessentials.co.uk
Health score
77/100
Grade B · Average
Critical issues
10
Across 200 pages crawled
Quick wins
10
Identified for immediate action
AI Visibility
67%
4 of 6 checks
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Section 01 · About This Report

What you’re looking at — and what to do with it

This report is a comprehensive SEO audit of kittyessentials.co.uk. We crawled 200 pages, ran 91 rules across 16 categories, and scored your site 77/100 (B).

Start with the dashboard on the next page for the headline numbers, then read the quick wins for changes you can make this week. The rest of the report goes deeper — critical issues, page-by-page analysis, AI visibility, and a 90-day roadmap.

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Section 01 · Dashboard

Executive Summary

How kittyessentials.co.uk performs across 16 categories — at a glance, then in detail.

Site Health
77 out of 100
Grade B
Issues Found 55 total
Critical 3
Warning 0
Notice 52
36 rules passed 60% failure rate
Pages Crawled 200 total
200
Healthy 0
With issues 199
Errors 1
AI Search Health Beta
67%

Partially ready. AI crawlers reach you, but weak signals limit citation.

GPTBot ✓ ClaudeBot ✓ PerplexityBot ✓ Google-Extended ✓ llms.txt missing
Quick Wins
10
identified

Highest-leverage tasks. Most under a working day.

Patterns Detected System
9
systemic
issues
Trust Deficit Content Quality Crisis Technical Debt
Your top 3 quick wins
1
Ensure all links have descriptive text visible to screen readers
Effort: Half a day · Impact: High
Medium
2
Replace generic anchor text ('click here', 'read more') with descriptive phrases that tell users and search engines what the linked page is about (e.g., 'view our SEO audit services' instead of 'click here')
Effort: Half a day · Impact: High
Medium
3
Add descriptive alt text to every image
Effort: Under 2 hours · Impact: Medium
Low
Kitty Essentials has laid strong foundations for AI visibility, content is answer-first and well-structured for extraction by ChatGPT and Google's AI Overviews. However, technical debt is holding the site back: 134 pages have title tag issues that reduce click-through rates from search results, and 198 pages link to redirects, wasting crawl budget and diluting link equity. These technical fixes would allow the site's content strengths to translate into higher rankings and traffic.
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Audit Report · Contents Kitty Essentials · https://kittyessentials.co.uk
Contents

What’s inside

01Executive Summary Dashboard
02AI Citation Index
03AI Readiness
04Brand Knowledge Map
05Critical Issues
06Page Inventory
07Topical Authority Map
08On-Page Analysis Table
09Page Quality Ratings
10Schema Coverage
11Quick Wins
12Roadmap
13Glossary
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45/100
AI-Latent

Foundations are strong but the brand sits below the recognition threshold across major AI engines.

How the score breaks down

AI Knowledge weight 50%
28.4/100 contributes 14.2 points
AI Readiness weight 30%
77.3/100 contributes 23.2 points
Live Search Visibility weight 20%
37.6/100 contributes 7.5 points

Reading the score

AI Readiness is the strongest pillar today; AI Knowledge is where the biggest score improvement is available.

Methodology vv1 · Generated 2026-06-15 16:48· Full doc: brightiq-manager/directives/seo/ai-citation-scoring.md
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Section 04

AI
Visibility

Whether ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Google AI can find, parse and cite the site, and the gaps blocking citation.

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AI Visibility · How AI Sees Your Brand

AI Readiness — 67% ready for AI-driven search

A blended score across crawl access, structured data, content shape and entity clarity.

Readiness gauge
67% READINESS

Your site is partially ready for AI search.

AI crawlers reach you, but weak signals limit citation.

6 AI-specific checks
Answer-first content format Pass
Content structure for AI extraction Pass
Entity clarity (Organization schema) Partial
Schema for AI readability Pass
AI bot access (robots.txt) Pass
llms.txt presence and quality Fail
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AI Visibility · AI Readiness · Deep Dive

How each AI access signal looks up close

A line-by-line view of the three signals AI engines look at first when they decide whether to crawl, parse, and cite a site: which crawlers you let in via robots.txt, whether you publish a llms.txt manifest, and whether your homepage carries the entity record (Organization schema with sameAs links) that lets a model match your site to a verified business. Each of the three blocks below shows the raw status plus the specific gaps a developer can action.

AI crawler access · robots.txt
Bot Vendor & use Rule Status
GPTBot OpenAI (ChatGPT web browsing, training) Wildcard Allowed
ChatGPT-User OpenAI (ChatGPT live browsing) Wildcard Allowed
OAI-SearchBot OpenAI (ChatGPT Search index) Wildcard Allowed
ClaudeBot Anthropic (Claude training data) Wildcard Allowed
anthropic-ai Anthropic (Claude, legacy UA) Wildcard Allowed
Claude-Web Anthropic (Claude live browsing) Wildcard Allowed
PerplexityBot Perplexity AI search Wildcard Allowed
Perplexity-User Perplexity (live answer fetches) Wildcard Allowed
Google-Extended Google Gemini / AI Overviews training Wildcard Allowed
GoogleOther Google (broad AI research / Bard) Wildcard Allowed
Applebot-Extended Apple Intelligence training (controls AI use) Wildcard Allowed
Meta-ExternalAgent Meta (Llama training / AI products) Wildcard Allowed
FacebookBot Meta (Facebook AI features) Wildcard Allowed
Bytespider ByteDance (TikTok AI / Doubao) Wildcard Allowed
CCBot Common Crawl (used by many AI labs) Wildcard Allowed
cohere-ai Cohere AI training Wildcard Allowed
Diffbot Diffbot (knowledge-graph used by many AI tools) Wildcard Allowed
DuckAssistBot DuckDuckGo (DuckAssist AI answer) Wildcard Allowed
Amazonbot Amazon (Alexa+ AI assistant) Wildcard Allowed
ChatGPT-Atlas OpenAI ChatGPT Atlas (agentic browser, 2026) Wildcard Allowed
Atlas-User OpenAI Atlas (agent live fetch) Wildcard Allowed

“Explicit” means robots.txt names this crawler directly with its own User-agent block; “Wildcard” means the bot inherits whatever the catch-all User-agent: * directive says. Explicit rules are stronger signals, they confirm the policy was deliberate rather than a side effect of the wildcard. Blocking training-only crawlers (CCBot, Bytespider) while allowing browsing crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended) is the balanced default: AI assistants can still cite the site, but it is not silently swept into training corpora.

llms.txt
Present, malformed

4403 characters · 5 links · H1 title ✓ · summary missing

  • Missing blockquote summary (should start with '> ')
Entity clarity
Partial

Organization schema is on the homepage with 0 sameAs links to verified profiles. AI models use these links to connect your site to a single business identity.

  • Organization schema missing recommended fields: description, logo
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AI Visibility · Brand Knowledge Map

What AI Engines Know About Kitty Essentials

A side-by-side read of what ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity already know about Kitty Essentials, visibility (does the model surface the brand at all), accuracy (are the facts right), depth (how detailed is the answer), sentiment, sourcing, and the composite Brand Knowledge Index.

Engine Visibility Accuracy Depth Sentiment Sourcing BKI
Perplexity 77 0 0.0 60 62 38 low data
Gemini 77 0 0.0 65 0 29 low data
ChatGPT 77 0 0.0 60 0 28
Claude 77 0 0.0 60 0 28 low data
40
Brand mentions
1
Hallucinations
20
Content gaps

How often AI engines recommend Kitty Essentials

When asked buyer-intent questions, does the engine actively recommend the brand, mention it neutrally, or skip it entirely?

Engine Strong Conditional Neutral Negative Recommend %
Chatgpt 1 0 11 0 8%
Claude 1 0 11 0 8%
Gemini 1 0 11 0 8%
Perplexity 0 1 10 1 8%

Hallucination rate

How often each AI engine produces factually incorrect statements about Kitty Essentials. Lower is better.

Chatgpt
8.3%
Low risk
Claude
0.0%
Clean
Gemini
0.0%
Clean
Perplexity
0.0%
Clean

Where AI engines source their information

When AI engines cite sources for their claims about Kitty Essentials, what types of sites do they reference?

OWN
2.0%
REVIEWS
3.9%
NEWS
1.3%
WIKIPEDIA
0.7%
REDDIT
3.9%
SOCIAL
7.2%
GOV EDU
0.7%
OTHER
80.4%
Own domain cited: kittyessentials.co.uk

Top hallucinations to fix

ChatGPT · “location”
based in the United States…
Truth signal: location

Content gaps the AIs flagged

ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini · “12 prompts”
silent
ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity · “8 prompts”
unprompted_miss
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Findings
10
3 critical · 7 warnings
Section 02

Critical
Findings

The issues blocking rankings, what's broken, why it matters for the business, and the specific fix each one needs.

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Section 05 · Critical Findings

10 issues blocking rankings

Each finding shows the affected scope, impact and the exact fix.

67%affected
Critical
Title tag present and appropriate length

: 134 of 200 pages have title issues

Affected: 134 pages · 67% of site | Effort: High · 1-3 days | Owner: Content
Title tags are the first thing users Google search results. Poor titles reduce click-through rates, meaning less traffic from the same rankings.
How to fix
Rewrite affected title tags to 50-60 characters. Include your primary keyword near the beginning. Make each title unique across the site.
7%affected
Critical
H1 tag present and unique

: 14 of 200 pages have H1 issues

Affected: 14 pages · 7% of site | Effort: Medium · Half a day | Owner: Content
The H1 is the strongest on-page signal for search engines. Missing or duplicate H1s weaken topical relevance and can confuse crawlers.
How to fix
Add a single, unique H1 tag to every page. The H1 should clearly describe the page topic and include your target keyword.
1%affected
Critical
Viewport meta tag present

: 1/200 pages missing viewport meta tag

Affected: 1 page · 1% of site | Effort: Low · Under 2 hours | Owner: Seo
Without a viewport meta tag, pages render incorrectly on mobile devices and may be penalised in mobile-first indexing. AI bots that render pages also need this tag for correct layout interpretation.
How to fix
Add <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> to the <head> of every page. This is essential for mobile usability and AI bot rendering.
100%affected
Warning
Cache headers configured

: 200 of 200 pages have missing or misconfigured cache headers.

Affected: 200 pages · 100% of site | Effort: High · 1-3 days | Owner: Dev
Proper caching reduces server load and improves repeat visit speed. Without any cache directives, browsers must re-download resources on every page view, increasing load time for returning visitors.
How to fix
Configure Cache-Control headers on your server. For static sites, use Cache-Control: public, max-age=3600 (1 hour). For SPAs and dynamic sites, Cache-Control: no-cache (revalidate each visit) is acceptable. For static assets (CSS, JS, images), use max-age=31536000 (1 year) with content-hashed filenames.
99%affected
Warning
Internal links pointing to redirects

: 198 internal links point to redirecting URLs on 198 pages

Affected: 198 pages · 99% of site | Effort: High · 1-3 days | Owner: Seo
Internal links to redirecting URLs force search engines to make extra requests, wasting crawl budget. Each hop also loses a small percentage of link equity, meaning less ranking power reaches the destination page.
How to fix
Update internal links to point directly to the final destination URL. Each redirect hop wastes crawl budget and loses a small amount of link equity. Use search-and-replace or a redirect mapping to fix these in bulk.
99%affected
Warning
DOM size within limits

: 198 of 200 pages exceed 1,500 DOM elements.

Affected: 198 pages · 99% of site | Effort: High · 1-3 days | Owner: Dev
Google recommends keeping DOM size under 1,500 elements. Excessive DOM nodes slow rendering, increase memory usage, and degrade Interaction to Next Paint (INP). Pages with 3,000+ elements can cause visible jank on mobile devices.
How to fix
Reduce source DOM size to under 1,500 elements. Common causes: mega-menus with hundreds of links (consider lazy-loading the menu or using a flyout), CMS page builders (Elementor, Divi) that generate excessive wrapper divs, and unoptimised JavaScript frameworks. Note: WordPress themes with large mega-menus are a common cause, the fix may be a theme change, not content removal. Audit with Chrome DevTools Elements panel.
99%affected
Warning
Duplicate JavaScript loaded

: 198 pages load duplicate JavaScript libraries.

Affected: 198 pages · 99% of site | Effort: High · 1-3 days | Owner: Dev
Duplicate JS doubles the download and parse cost for no benefit. jQuery loaded twice adds ~180KB of unnecessary transfers, directly impacting page speed scores.
How to fix
Remove duplicate JavaScript libraries. Loading the same library twice wastes bandwidth, increases parse time, and can cause conflicts. This commonly happens on WordPress sites with multiple plugins that each bundle their own copy of jQuery.
99%affected
Warning
Render-Blocking Resources

: 198 pages have more than 5 render-blocking resources in <head>.

Affected: 198 pages · 99% of site | Effort: High · 1-3 days | Owner: Dev
Render-blocking resources delay the first paint, increasing perceived load time. Reducing them can improve FCP by 1-3 seconds on typical sites.
How to fix
Add 'async' or 'defer' to non-critical scripts, inline critical CSS, and use 'media' attributes on non-essential stylesheets to prevent render blocking.
95%affected
Warning
Images use modern formats

: 3370 of 3777 images use legacy formats (jpg/png/gif) across 190 pages

Affected: 190 pages · 95% of site | Effort: High · 1-3 days | Owner: Content
Modern image formats reduce page weight by 25-50% per image (Google's own benchmark data). For image-heavy pages, this can save hundreds of KB, directly improving Core Web Vitals scores and page load speed.
How to fix
Convert images to WebP or AVIF format for 25-50% smaller file sizes with equivalent quality (e.g., product-hero.jpg → product-hero.webp). Most CDNs and CMSes support automatic format conversion. Note: PNGs used for logos, icons, or images requiring transparency are exempt.
84%affected
Warning
Link equity flow analysis

: 1 authority hoarders, 167 starved pages detected

Affected: 168 pages · 84% of site | Effort: High · 1-3 days | Owner: Seo
Authority hoarders waste link equity by absorbing it without passing it on. Starved pages struggle to rank because they receive too little internal authority.
How to fix
Add outbound links from authority-hoarding pages to distribute equity. Add more inbound links to starved pages from high-authority hub pages.
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Section 06 · Page Inventory

Every page we crawled — top by inbound links

The pages with the most internal links are usually the most commercially important. The full inventory is in pages.json.

Total pages
200
Status
199 200 · 1 404
Schema coverage
99%
Avg words
2263
106products56collections33blogs3other2pagesHOME200 pages · 5 sections

Full page-by-page inventory with words, schema, links, and issues is in the XLSX workbook.

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Section 07 · Topical Authority

14 content clusters mapped

Where Kitty Essentials has content depth, where it's thin, and where the strongest competitors own clusters that haven't been touched yet. The top 8 clusters are shown below; the full ranked list follows overleaf.

Cat Trees & Towers
29.9%
60 pages
Cat Beds & Sleeping Solutions
16.4%
33 pages
Scratching Posts & Scratchers
10.4%
21 pages
Cat Perches & Wall Furniture
9%
18 pages
Site Utilities & Information
5.5%
11 pages
Cat Tree Buying Guides & Education
4.5%
9 pages
Cat Bed Guides & Selection
4.5%
9 pages
Cat Carriers & Travel
4%
8 pages
Commercial question

Does the volume of content match where the revenue comes from?

30% of content covers Cat Trees & Towers (60 pages) — does that match its share of revenue?
16% of content covers Cat Beds & Sleeping Solutions (33 pages) — does that match its share of revenue?
10% of content covers Scratching Posts & Scratchers (21 pages) — does that match its share of revenue?
Connect Search Console to see which clusters drive real traffic vs which are content dead weight.
Strongest cluster
Cat Trees & Towers
60 pages

Comprehensive collection of cat trees, towers, and climbing structures of all sizes - from compact 65cm models to tall 260cm towers, including general collections, specific models, brand-specific options, and size-segmented products

Weakest cluster
Wall Furniture Installation Guides
1 pages

Safety guides and instructions for installing wall-mounted cat furniture and perches

Untapped cluster
Cat Toys & Interactive Play
0 pages

Essential product category completely missing. Toys complement furniture purchases and keep cats engaged with their environment. Competitors typically have extensive toy sections, and this represents significant revenue opportunity. Interactive toys, puzzle feeders, wands, balls, and electronic toys would complete the product ecosystem.

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Section 07 · Topical Authority · Full cluster list

All 14 clusters ranked by depth

Sorted biggest first. Bar width is each cluster's share of the largest cluster, so the visual range stays readable for the long tail. Percentages are share of total site content.

01
Cat Trees & Towers
Comprehensive collection of cat trees, towers, and climbing structures of all sizes - from compact 65cm models to tall 260cm towers, including general collections, specific models, brand-specific options, and size-segmented products
60pages
29.9%
02
Cat Beds & Sleeping Solutions
Comprehensive cat bed collection including orthopedic, luxury designer beds, specialty beds (igloos, caves, wicker), radiator beds, and all sleeping solutions
33pages
16.4%
03
Scratching Posts & Scratchers
Complete scratching solutions including standalone posts, towers, cardboard pads, and scratcher boards for healthy claw maintenance
21pages
10.4%
04
Cat Perches & Wall Furniture
Wall-mounted perches, shelves, elevated platforms, and multi-level perch systems for cats
18pages
9%
05
Site Utilities & Information
Technical pages, policies, contact information, news hub, and general site pages
11pages
5.5%
06
Cat Tree Buying Guides & Education
Educational content about selecting, using, maintaining, and understanding cat trees including styles, space considerations, and installation guides
9pages
4.5%
07
Cat Bed Guides & Selection
Educational content comparing cat bed types, multi-functional products, and guidance on choosing the right bed
9pages
4.5%
08
Cat Carriers & Travel
Pet carriers, transport boxes, and travel accessories for safe and comfortable cat transportation
8pages
4%
09
Scratching Behavior & Solutions
Educational guides on preventing unwanted scratching, encouraging proper scratching habits, and understanding scratching behavior
8pages
4%
10
Site Navigation & Collections
Homepage, main category pages, promotional collections, featured products, hot picks, and seasonal sales
8pages
4%
11
Premium Cat Furniture & Decor
Designer and luxury cat furniture including houses, igloos, sofas, ottomans, and natural wicker/rattan pieces
5pages
2.5%
12
Cat Gifts & Personalized Items
Gift items for cat lovers including personalized mugs and specialty gifts
5pages
2.5%
13
Cat Behavior & Health Education
Educational content explaining cat behaviors, emotions, health topics, and dental care
5pages
2.5%
14
Wall Furniture Installation Guides
Safety guides and instructions for installing wall-mounted cat furniture and perches
1pages
0.5%
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Section 03

Page-Level
Detail

On-page scores, quality ratings, schema coverage and the full crawl inventory, the per-URL view your team works from.

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Section 08 · On-Page Analysis

10 pages analysed · avg score 95

Deep on-page assessment of the most commercially significant URLs — score, top issues, and the priority action for each.

95/100
A 7 issues
/products/143-cm-cat-tree-premium-tower-for-happy…

Jump from H2 to H4. Jump from H2 to H5. Jump from H2 to H5.

Score
95/100
Issues
7
Grade
A
Issues found
warningsJump from H2 to H4
warningsJump from H2 to H5
warningsJump from H2 to H5
warningsJump from H3 to H5
warningsTitle may truncate in SERPs (75 chars)
warningsDescription may truncate (161 chars)
warningsCustomer reviews/ratings not detected
Priority action
Jump from H2 to H4
95/100
A 7 issues
/products/146mm-h-cat-tree-elevate-your-cats-happ…

Jump from H2 to H4. Jump from H2 to H5. Jump from H2 to H5.

Score
95/100
Issues
7
Grade
A
Issues found
warningsJump from H2 to H4
warningsJump from H2 to H5
warningsJump from H2 to H5
warningsJump from H3 to H5
warningsTitle may truncate in SERPs (62 chars)
warningsConsider adding call-to-action
warningsCustomer reviews/ratings not detected
Priority action
Jump from H2 to H4
98/100
A 2 issues
/collections/cat-bedding

Jump from H2 to H5. Jump from H3 to H5.

Score
98/100
Issues
2
Grade
A
Issues found
warningsJump from H2 to H5
warningsJump from H3 to H5
Priority action
Jump from H2 to H5
97/100
A 3 issues
/collections/cat-perches

Jump from H2 to H5. Jump from H3 to H5. No trust badges or security signals detected.

Score
97/100
Issues
3
Grade
A
Issues found
warningsJump from H2 to H5
warningsJump from H3 to H5
warningsNo trust badges or security signals detected
Priority action
Jump from H2 to H5
96/100
A 4 issues
/collections/cat-scratchers-scratching-posts

Jump from H2 to H5. Jump from H3 to H5. Description may truncate (162 chars).

Score
96/100
Issues
4
Grade
A
Issues found
warningsJump from H2 to H5
warningsJump from H3 to H5
warningsDescription may truncate (162 chars)
warningsCustomer reviews/ratings not detected
Priority action
Jump from H2 to H5
96/100
A 4 issues
/collections/cat-trees-for-large-cats

Jump from H2 to H5. Jump from H3 to H5. Consider adding call-to-action.

Score
96/100
Issues
4
Grade
A
Issues found
warningsJump from H2 to H5
warningsJump from H3 to H5
warningsConsider adding call-to-action
warningsCustomer reviews/ratings not detected
Priority action
Jump from H2 to H5
96/100
A 4 issues
/collections/cat-trees

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Score
96/100
Issues
4
Grade
A
Issues found
warningsJump from H1 to H3
warningsJump from H2 to H5
warningsJump from H3 to H5
warningsCustomer reviews/ratings not detected
Priority action
Jump from H1 to H3
95/100
A 7 issues
/products/cat-tree-exclusive-esparza-59mm-h-tower…

Jump from H2 to H4. Jump from H2 to H5. Jump from H2 to H5.

Score
95/100
Issues
7
Grade
A
Issues found
warningsJump from H2 to H4
warningsJump from H2 to H5
warningsJump from H2 to H5
warningsJump from H3 to H5
warningsTitle may truncate in SERPs (62 chars)
warningsConsider adding call-to-action
warningsCustomer reviews/ratings not detected
Priority action
Jump from H2 to H4
90/100
B 9 issues
/products/grady-104cm-h-cat-tree-exclusive-multi-…

Multiple H1s found: 2. Expected exactly 1 H1, found 2. Jump from H2 to H4.

Score
90/100
Issues
9
Grade
B
Issues found
criticalMultiple H1s found: 2
criticalExpected exactly 1 H1, found 2
warningsJump from H2 to H4
warningsJump from H2 to H5
warningsJump from H2 to H5
warningsJump from H3 to H5
warningsTitle may truncate in SERPs (80 chars)
warningsConsider adding call-to-action
warningsCustomer reviews/ratings not detected
Priority action
Multiple H1s found: 2
94/100
A 8 issues
/products/trixie-cat-tower-gabriel-118-cm-grey-ex…

Jump from H2 to H4. Jump from H3 to H5. Jump from H2 to H5.

Score
94/100
Issues
8
Grade
A
Issues found
warningsJump from H2 to H4
warningsJump from H3 to H5
warningsJump from H2 to H5
warningsJump from H3 to H5
warningsTitle may truncate in SERPs (90 chars)
warningsDescription may truncate (320 chars)
warningsConsider adding call-to-action
warningsCustomer reviews/ratings not detected
Priority action
Jump from H2 to H4
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Section 09 · Page Quality (E-E-A-T)

10 pages rated against Google's Quality Rater Guidelines

Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness — the dimensions Google's human raters use to calibrate search ranking. Higher ratings correlate with stronger rankings in YMYL and competitive verticals.

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10 pages
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/products/143-cm-cat-tree-premium-tower-for-happy…
Experience
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Expertise
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Authority
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Trust
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/products/146mm-h-cat-tree-elevate-your-cats-happ…
Experience
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Expertise
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Authority
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Trust
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/collections/cat-bedding
Experience
-
Expertise
-
Authority
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Trust
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/collections/cat-perches
Experience
-
Expertise
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Authority
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Trust
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/collections/cat-scratchers-scratching-posts
Experience
-
Expertise
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Authority
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Trust
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/collections/cat-trees-for-large-cats
Experience
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Expertise
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Authority
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Trust
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/collections/cat-trees
Experience
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Expertise
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Authority
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Trust
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/products/cat-tree-exclusive-esparza-59mm-h-tower…
Experience
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Expertise
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Authority
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Trust
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/products/grady-104cm-h-cat-tree-exclusive-multi-…
Experience
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Expertise
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Authority
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Trust
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/products/trixie-cat-tower-gabriel-118-cm-grey-ex…
Experience
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Expertise
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Authority
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Trust
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Section 10 · Schema Coverage

Schema.org type usage across 200 pages

Coverage % shows what fraction of crawled pages declare each Schema.org type. Higher coverage means better discoverability in rich results and AI engines.

Pages with schema
198 / 200
Types in use
5
Organization schema
Present
Schema type Pages Coverage %
Organization 198 99%
BreadcrumbList 192 96%
Product 22 11%
CollectionPage 15 8%
WebSite 1 0%
Organization schema deployed

Your homepage declares an Organization schema block — the entity baseline AI engines rely on for citation. Validate it periodically with Google's Rich Results Test as the business evolves.

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Quick Wins
10
Highest leverage actions
Section 05

Your
Action Plan

The fixes that compound. Quick wins to ship this week, and the 90-day sequence that builds on each one.

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Section 11 · Quick Wins

Highest-leverage actions

1
Ensure all links have descriptive text visible to screen readers
Affects 43 pages
Effort
Half a day
Medium High impact
2
Replace generic anchor text ('click here', 'read more') with descriptive phrases that tell users and search engines what the linked page is about (e.g., 'view our SEO audit services' instead of 'click here')
Affects 43 pages
Effort
Half a day
Medium High impact
3
Add descriptive alt text to every image
Affects 9 pages
Effort
Under 2 hours
Low Medium impact
4
Choose either trailing slash (/page/) or no trailing slash (/page) and apply it consistently across your site
Affects 33 pages
Effort
Half a day
Medium High impact
5
Add Article or BlogPosting schema to all blog posts and news articles
Affects 32 pages
Effort
Half a day
Medium High impact
6
Add og:title, og:description, og:image, and og:url meta tags to every page
Affects 48 pages
Effort
Half a day
Medium High impact
7
Add a single, unique H1 tag to every page
Affects 14 pages
Effort
Half a day
Medium High impact
8
Add internal links from related pages to strengthen weak pages
Affects 20 pages
Effort
Half a day
Medium High impact
9
Clean up sitemap 404s immediately, these waste crawl budget on every crawl cycle
Affects 20 pages
Effort
Half a day
Medium High impact
10
Investigate slow pages for server-side bottlenecks, unoptimised database queries, large uncompressed assets, or missing CDN coverage
Affects 4 pages
Effort
Under 2 hours
Low Low impact
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Section 12 · Roadmap

90 days, three phases

Sequenced so each phase compounds on the last. Don't skip ahead — the quick wins set up the structural work.

Timeline overview
Day 1 Day 30 Day 60 Day 90
Stop the bleeding
2 tasks · ~8h
30 days · Quick Wins
Build the foundation
12 tasks · ~69h
60 days · Structural
Grow the surface
12 tasks · ~252h
90 days · Strategic
30 days · Quick Wins
Stop the bleeding
~8h

Highest-impact-to-effort actions. Ship one per working day.

Add a single, unique H1 tag to every page 5h
Add <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> to the <head> of every page 2h
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Section 12 · Roadmap · Phase 2 of 3
60 days · Structural
Build the foundation
~69h

Address the system-level issues surfaced by the audit.

Rewrite affected title tags to 50-60 characters 1-3 days
Ensure all links have descriptive text visible to screen readers 5h
Replace generic anchor text ('click here', 'read more') with descriptive phrases that tell users and search engines what... 5h
Choose either trailing slash (/page/) or no trailing slash (/page) and apply it consistently across your site 5h
Add Article or BlogPosting schema to all blog posts and news articles 5h
Add internal links from related pages to strengthen weak pages 5h
Clean up sitemap 404s immediately, these waste crawl budget on every crawl cycle 5h
Add descriptive alt text to every image 2h
Investigate slow pages for server-side bottlenecks, unoptimised database queries, large uncompressed assets, or missing ... 2h
Remove rel='nofollow' from internal links 2h
Add a self-referencing canonical tag to every page 2h
Improve Core Web Vitals by optimising images (WebP, lazy loading), minimising render-blocking resources, and reducing se... 2h
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Section 12 · Roadmap · Phase 3 of 3
90 days · Strategic
Grow the surface
~252h

Once the foundation is solid, invest in the work that compounds.

Configure Cache-Control headers on your server 1-3 days
Update internal links to point directly to the final destination URL 1-3 days
Reduce source DOM size to under 1,500 elements 1-3 days
Remove duplicate JavaScript libraries 1-3 days
Add 'async' or 'defer' to non-critical scripts, inline critical CSS, and use 'media' attributes on non-essential stylesh... 1-3 days
Convert images to WebP or AVIF format for 25-50% smaller file sizes with equivalent quality (e.g., product-hero.jpg → pr... 1-3 days
Add outbound links from authority-hoarding pages to distribute equity 1-3 days
Add internal links pointing to orphan pages from relevant content or navigation 1-3 days
Add explicit width and height attributes to all <img> tags, matching the image's actual dimensions (e.g., <img width="80... 1-3 days
Add Product schema (JSON-LD) to all product pages with: name, description, image, price (via Offer), availability, brand... 1-3 days
For internal HTTP links, update URLs to HTTPS, this indicates incomplete HTTPS migration and is always fixable 1-3 days
Write unique meta descriptions of 120-155 characters for each page 1-3 days
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Reference

Glossary

Key terms used throughout this report.

AI Citation Index (ACI)
Composite 0–100 score measuring how visible and cited a brand is across AI search engines. Weighted: 50% AI Knowledge + 30% AI Readiness + 20% Live Search Visibility.
AI-Latent
ACI band (40–59): AI engines can reach your site but don’t yet know your brand well.
AI Readiness
How technically accessible your site is to AI crawlers — bots, schema, llms.txt, entity clarity. Scored 0–100%.
Brand Knowledge Index (BKI)
Per-engine score (0–100) measuring how accurately an AI engine describes your brand.
Brand Knowledge Map
What ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini currently “know” about your brand — including hallucinations, gaps, and citation sources.
E-E-A-T
Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness — Google’s quality framework for evaluating page quality and ranking potential.
GEO
Generative Engine Optimisation — optimising a brand to be cited and recommended by AI-powered search engines.
Hallucination
When an AI engine produces factually incorrect statements about a brand or topic with apparent confidence.
llms.txt
A proposed standard file (like robots.txt) that tells AI crawlers how to index your site for LLM training.
Schema markup
Structured data (JSON-LD) embedded in page HTML that helps search engines and AI tools understand your content.
Share of Model (SoM)
What percentage of all AI mentions of your category go to your brand vs competitors.
SQEG
Search Quality Evaluator Guidelines — Google’s internal rating system used to assess page quality.
Topical Authority
How comprehensively a site covers a topic area. Measured by content cluster size, depth, and internal link weight.
Recommendation Rate
How often AI engines actively recommend a brand when asked buyer-intent questions. Classified as strong, conditional, neutral, or negative per response.
Crawl depth
How many clicks from the homepage a page sits. Pages deeper than 3 clicks are harder for search engines and AI bots to discover.
Orphan page
A page with zero internal links pointing to it. Invisible to crawlers that follow links, and often invisible to search engines.
Internal link equity
The ranking authority passed between pages on the same site via internal links. Pages with more inbound internal links tend to rank higher.
Core Web Vitals
Google’s performance metrics: Largest Contentful Paint (loading), Interaction to Next Paint (interactivity), and Cumulative Layout Shift (visual stability).
Meta description
The snippet Google shows under a page title in search results. Missing or duplicate descriptions mean Google generates its own, often badly.
robots.txt
A file at the site root that tells search engine and AI crawlers which pages they can and cannot access.
JSON-LD
JavaScript Object Notation for Linked Data — the preferred format for embedding structured data (schema markup) in web pages.
Canonical URL
The preferred version of a page when multiple URLs serve similar content. Tells search engines which version to index and rank.
Topical cluster
A group of pages on a site that cover the same topic area. Strong clusters signal deep expertise to both Google and AI engines.