How do I get the HTML to audit?

Open the live page and use your browser's View page source option, or copy the on-page copy from your CMS editor. You need the actual markup, including the head, not a visual screenshot.

What does PASS / WARN / FAIL mean in an audit?

PASS means the element meets the rule; WARN means it is present but weak (such as a too-long title); FAIL means it is missing or broken and should be fixed before you rely on the page.

How long does an on-page audit take?

For a single pasted page, a deterministic scan typically returns results in well under a minute. The slower part is reading the findings and deciding what to fix first.

Do I need to know how to code to run one?

No. You paste HTML or on-page copy; the tool reads the tags for you. Knowing what each tag does helps you prioritize, but you don't need to write code.

Should I audit every page or just the important ones?

Start with high-traffic and money pages (homepage, pricing, top blog posts), then expand. A lightweight single-page scanner makes it practical to re-check pages on a schedule without auditing the whole site at once.

How to run an on-page SEO audit (step by step)

Step 1 — Get the page HTML

Open the published page and view its source (right-click → "View page source" in most browsers), or copy the on-page copy from your CMS. You need the actual rendered and body markup, not a screenshot. A tool like SEOAudit accepts pasted HTML or on-page copy and runs the scan there.

Step 2 — Check the 10 core elements

Work through the elements that most affect crawlability, accessibility, and sharing:

Title tag — present, unique, roughly 30–60 characters.
Meta description — present and descriptive.
H1 — exactly one clear page heading.
Image alt text — every meaningful image has alt.
Internal links — the page links to related content.
Canonical tag — set so duplicates don't split signals.
Viewport — present for mobile rendering.
Open Graph — og:title, og:description, og:image for social cards.
Structured data — valid schema where relevant.

SEOAudit encodes these as 10 named rules and tags each PASS / WARN / FAIL.

Step 3 — Read PASS / WARN / FAIL

PASS — the element meets the rule; no action needed.
WARN — present but weak (e.g. a title that is too long or too short); fix when you can.
FAIL — missing or broken; fix before relying on the page.

A named-rule report is reproducible: the same HTML produces the same verdicts, so you can compare runs over time.

Step 4 — Rank the fixes

Not every flag is equal. Rank by impact: a missing title or broken canonical usually matters more than a slightly long meta description. SEOAudit produces a ranked top-fixes report so you ship the highest-leverage changes first.

Fixing on-page issues can help a page earn the snippet and ranking it deserves, but it is one input among many — content quality and relevance still decide the outcome.

Step 5 — Re-audit after shipping

After you edit the HTML, paste the new version back in and re-run. Confirm the FAIL became PASS and that nothing else regressed. A short re-audit loop is how small sites stay clean without a standing SEO team.

Authoritative references

Google Search Central — on-page SEO: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/on-page-seo
Google Search Central — meta description snippets: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/snippets
web.dev — title best practices: https://web.dev/articles/title-best-practices