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The whole journey

From a hidden issue
to a reviewed change.

Follow the work in order. We explain what each tool does, what you can act on and where the evidence stops.

THE PAGE / TWO READINGS Illustration
What you see

A page that
looks finished.

What a crawler may be told <meta name="robots"
content="noindex">
What that instruction means

Do not include this page in the index.

01

Live

Crawlers read your site differently than you do.

A page can look complete while a robots rule blocks a crawler, a noindex instruction prevents indexing, or a canonical points elsewhere. Search bots and training bots also serve different purposes.

THE PAGE / TWO READINGS Illustration
What you see

A page that
looks finished.

What a crawler may be told <meta name="robots"
content="noindex">
What that instruction means

Do not include this page in the index.

Category scores and selected findings. No email required.

What this does not tell youCrawler access rules do not establish visits or citations. Read our original crawler policy study.

02

Live

Scan your site. See what was inspected.

Start with one public URL. We inspect up to 150 pages and distinguish inspected pages from discovered URLs. Free views show category scores and selected findings; other details are sealed. Anonymous visitors get 1 fresh scan per site per month; a free account gets 2.

01 Fetch

Read public pages and supporting files.

02 Evaluate

Apply checks where inputs are available.

03 Report

Show evidence, coverage and limits.

Category scores and selected findings. No email required.

What this does not tell youUninspected pages are not passes. Unavailable inputs do not become successful checks.

03

Live

Know what the score does and does not say.

Findings are grouped Gate, Core, Amplifier and Hygiene, worst first. The current score is an equal-weight fraction of measured conditions. AEO, GEO, Local and privacy observations receive no numeric grade.

187 registered detectors The full catalog
25 scoring-eligible evaluators 14 distinct conditions
Varies conditions measured per scan Applicability + captured inputs

Of the scoring-eligible evaluators, 18 cover SEO, 4 accessibility and 3 security. The title condition is counted once. The other 162 detectors produce unscored observations.

Our own site · Saved report #670 · 17 September 2026 · Legacy method evidence-v2004

01 / Read the scope first

Discovered is not inspected.

1 page inspected
249 URLs discovered
#670 17 Sep 2026

Uninspected pages are not passes. This saved report cannot certify the other 248 URLs.

02 / Identify the method

A historical policy score.

79

Saved policy score, legacy method evidence-v2004, not a rescan, not a ranking.

The original report recorded 69 passes, 5 warnings and 65 informational rows. Today’s measured-conditions method is different.

03 / Inspect the visible warnings

Two warnings are visible.

The excerpts below use the saved report’s own words. The historical sample must stay scoped to pages actually inspected; it does not establish the structure of the full site.

corpus.site_structure · saved wording, excerpt This saved scan inspected 1 page and discovered 249 URLs.
core.trust_pages · saved wording, excerpt 1 of the 3 trust basics are missing.
04 / Respect the free view

Sealed means not displayed.

72 rows are sealed: 3 warnings and 69 passes. Their totals are visible, but the findings and evidence are not disclosed in this free view.

◇ 1 sealed warn rows · Core
◇ 1 sealed warn rows · Amplifier
◇ 1 sealed warn rows · Hygiene
◇ 8 sealed pass rows · Gate
◇ 12 sealed pass rows · Core
◇ 11 sealed pass rows · Amplifier
◇ 38 sealed pass rows · Hygiene
05 / Read what is missing

The report’s own “not measured” list.

  • Whether you actually rank
  • Authority & backlinks
  • Content depth & topical coverage
  • The competition above you
  • Indexation reality
  • Real Core Web Vitals & brand corroboration

These are historical dimension labels, not a claim that those connections are available in this sample.

Saved snapshot included for offline reading.

Open saved report #670

What this does not tell youThe score does not measure rankings or AI citations. This legacy sample is not a v2006 rescan.

04

Live

One repair. Then the next.

The guide brings forward a repair with plain explanation, generic steps, copy buttons and a developer handoff. “I did this” is a session-local acknowledgement, not verified or durable history.

Illustration with example.com data, not a customer result.

01 / Found

Missing canonical

The example page has no canonical tag. First decide which URL should represent this content. A canonical is a preference signal, not a command to Google.

02 / Choose platform

Generic guidance

Choose how you edit the page. These are generic steps, not WordPress, Shopify, Wix, Squarespace or Webflow tutorials.

03 / Make the change

One step you can review

1. Confirm that https://example.com/ is the preferred URL.
2. Add this tag inside the page’s <head>.
3. Save and publish the change.

<link rel="canonical" href="https://example.com/">

04 / Acknowledge

“I did this” is your note

An acknowledgement records that you followed a step in this session. It is not evidence that the condition passes, and it is not durable repair history.

05 / Recheck

Read the page again

The actual guide fetches fresh evidence for one supported condition on one page. This illustration makes no scan request. Choose an outcome to see both paths.

Illustrated outcome: pass

This condition passes on the page we rechecked

Only the named condition and page are confirmed. Other affected pages still need their own evidence.

Illustrated outcome: not confirmed

Not confirmed: the page still fails or could not be inspected

Review the current evidence. A failed fetch or an unknown result never becomes a pass.

What this does not tell youPlatform choice still leads to generic steps. Platform-specific tutorials and automatic site edits are not built.

05

Live

Check the change, not the hope.

Recheck one of 11 supported page conditions with fresh evidence: title, H1, meta description, canonical, canonical conflicts, noindex, HTML language, viewport, mixed content, HTTPS or multiple titles. The limit is 3 attempts per 5 minutes per account and site. Rechecks do not update the saved report.

Live

Compare dated scans

Use /diff for changes to scores, checks, pages, readable content, raw HTML and captured screenshots. The homepage overlay is free; other pages are paid.

Open before / after
Partial

60-day receipts

A baseline, weekly snapshots and a receipt from stored scans and real Search Console rows. The workflow has connection and delivery limits.

Read the data requirements

What this does not tell youFailure or unknown evidence never confirms a repair. Use a full rescan for other conditions. Google’s response is not integrated.

06

Needs connection

Readiness is not results. Here is where results come from.

When connected, read-only Search Console supplies actual search observations. Authority is a graph snapshot; Core Web Vitals need available data; paid competitor context depends on a third-party feed.

Needs connection

Search Console

When connected, Google’s read-only data supplies clicks, impressions and average positions. A valid property connection is required. Illustration: Not measured

Read scope and limits
Live

Authority snapshot

Domain-level authority and linking-domain count from our Common Crawl graph index. This is a dated snapshot, not individual backlinks. Illustration: Not measured

Read scope and limits
Needs connection

Core Web Vitals

CrUX field observations and PageSpeed lab results appear only when the feed returns data for the domain. Illustration: Not measured

Read scope and limits
Needs connection

Competitor context

The paid panel depends on a third-party SERP feed and monthly caps. Missing feed data is not evidence of no competition. Illustration: Not measured

Read scope and limits

This is a connection map, not your account status. No search metrics have been loaded into these tiles.

What this does not tell youNot measured does not mean zero. Missing connection data does not support a performance claim.

07

Partial

Keep watching one site.

Monitor costs $29/mo for one site. The Monday 13:00 UTC scheduler is designed to scan weekly, with emails on a score drop of 3+ points or a new gate failure. Review history and fresh exports when you return.

MONITOR / WEEKLY CADENCE Illustration
  1. Scheduled site scan

    Capture a new report for the monitored site.

  2. Compare with the prior report

    Look for a score drop of 3+ points or a new gate failure.

  3. Return to the evidence

    Review changes, report history and export files.

Example dates show the intended cadence. They are not completed scans or delivery receipts.

What this does not tell youThe intended monitoring cadence is not a reliability promise or a measure of search outcomes.

08

Live

Hand off one repair, or the whole report.

Copy, download or print one repair brief. Paid exports provide the PDF, action plan, JSON fix file and manifest. The report prompt uses findings visible to your account; share links expose the free view. Agency covers five sites for $99/mo.

For a person PDF

Read the report

A saved report in a document you can review and share.

For the work MD

Follow the action plan

Prioritized findings with context, affected pages and suggested next steps.

For your tools JSON

Keep the evidence attached

Fields include report_id, scanned_at, issues, evidence and suggested_fix.

Format illustrations based on the export contract, not screenshots of a generated export. The pack also includes a manifest.

What this does not tell youGenerated files and model drafts need review before publishing. These tools never write to your website.

09

Live

Choose the scope you need.

Start free, buy one report or keep monitoring the site. All plans use the same scoring method.

Free

$0 one public site scan

Category scores and selected findings.

Explore Free

Full Report

$10 once · one site

Detailed findings, affected pages and export files.

Explore Full Report

Monitor

$29 /mo · one site

Full reporting and scheduled weekly monitoring.

Explore Monitor

Agency

$99 /mo · five sites

Separate client reports and monitoring per site.

Explore Agency

Monitor and Agency stop at limits, no overage. You can cancel a monthly plan from your dashboard. Full Report has no monthly renewal.

What this does not tell youA paid plan opens report detail and the listed workflow. It does not establish better rankings, traffic or AI citations.

10

Live

Useful before and after buying.

Use a focused tool to inspect a condition, prepare a change or compare evidence. The Learn hub links the fix library, glossary, engine guides and research.

Read the research

Robots.txt policy across 653 reachable domains from the Tranco top 1,000, for 15 named crawlers. Measured 5 July 2026.

Read the original study

What this does not tell youAccess rules do not establish visits or citations. A generated snippet is a proposal you must review.

Before you start

A few honest answers.

Can a score change when the method changes?

Yes. Saved report #670 uses legacy evidence-v2004. New reports use measured-condition scoring from v2006. Compare scoring versions and dated evidence before treating score movement as a site change. Read the details.

Does AuditLamp predict rankings or AI citations?

No. The scan does not measure rankings or AI citations. A pass is evidence about a condition, not an outcome. Connected Search Console can show observed performance when available. Read the details.

Does AuditLamp fix my website for me?

No. You or your developer make the change. Generic repair steps, generated files and AI-written drafts all require review before publishing. Read the details.

How does a recheck decide whether a repair passes?

It fetches one page again and evaluates one supported condition. Fresh passing evidence can confirm that scope. Failure or unknown evidence never confirms a repair. It does not update the saved report. Read the details.

Read all questions

Choose by the task

You may need a different tool.

For keyword research, backlink prospecting or rank tracking, choose a tool built for that job. Evaluate our evidence and handoff on a site you know before buying.

Read the comparison

Begin with the evidence

What is your site telling crawlers?

Category scores and selected findings. No email required.