Fix guides for every check
Every check in a ratemysite.ai report links to a short guide that explains what the check looks at, why it affects search and AI visibility, and the exact steps to fix it. A fix guide is a page that covers one check from start to finish. The guides are grouped by category below, are written for site owners rather than specialists, and take minutes to apply.
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Which technical SEO checks can fail?
- How to add a self-referencing canonical tag
- How to add at least three internal links per page
- How to add Open Graph and Twitter card meta tags
- How to add the viewport meta tag for mobile pages
- How to create a robots.txt that does not block crawlers
- How to create an XML sitemap with lastmod dates
- How to find and remove an accidental noindex tag
- How to fix heading hierarchy so levels never skip
- How to force HTTPS and redirect HTTP with a 301
- How to set the lang attribute on your HTML element
- How to use exactly one H1 heading on every page
- How to write a 70 to 160 character meta description
- How to write a title tag between 30 and 60 characters
- How to write image alt text for every meaningful image
Which content and E-E-A-T checks can fail?
- How to add a named author and bio to your pages
- How to add linked contact and about pages
- How to differentiate your title tag and H1 heading
- How to link to at least two authoritative sources
- How to publish and link a privacy policy
- How to reach a Flesch reading ease score of 50 or higher
- How to show a visible published or updated date
- How to write pages with at least 300 words of content
Which answer engine checks can fail?
- How to add breadcrumbs with BreadcrumbList markup
- How to add concrete numbers and dates to your content
- How to add FAQ sections with FAQPage structured data
- How to add HowTo structured data to step-by-step pages
- How to add Organization and WebSite structured data
- How to rewrite H2 headings as questions
- How to use lists and tables so engines can extract content
- How to write a 40 to 60 word direct answer paragraph
- How to write a one-sentence definition of your main term
Which AI readiness checks can fail?
- How to add an llms.txt file to your website
- How to add sameAs links to your Organization schema
- How to allow AI crawlers like GPTBot in robots.txt
- How to avoid paywalls and pop-ups hiding your content
- How to keep your brand name consistent across your site
- How to keep your HTML under 1 MB for crawlers
- How to make main content available without JavaScript
- How to publish an ai.txt policy file for AI usage
- How to publish an llms-full.txt companion file
- How to remove noai and noindex X-Robots-Tag headers
- How to serve a Markdown version of your pages
- How to set Cache-Control and ETag headers for HTML
Which speed checks can fail?
Frequently asked questions
- How many checks are there?
- ratemysite.ai runs 49 checks across five categories: technical SEO, content and E-E-A-T, answer engines, AI readiness and speed. Each check has its own fix guide.
- Do I need an account?
- No. Paste a URL, read the report and open the fix guides. There are no accounts. The only thing you can sign up for is an optional email alert when a report's score drops.
Where do the guides come from?
The guides follow public documentation such as Google Search Central and the llms.txt specification.