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Website audit glossary

More than thirty terms used throughout Alytixx, defined in the context of evidence-based competitive website audits.

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Website Snapshot

A one-time competitive website audit that inventories the site, reviews selected pages deeply and returns evidence-linked priorities.

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URL inventory

A structured list of discoverable public URLs used to understand site size, page types and analysis coverage.

03

Deep-page review

A detailed review of a selected page across content, UX, conversion, SEO, technical and trust signals.

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Competitor set

The two or three relevant websites used as a comparison context for the Snapshot.

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Evidence

A captured, attributable signal that supports a finding, such as visible copy, markup or a measured response.

06

Finding

An evidence-supported observation that identifies a page-level strength, weakness, risk or opportunity.

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Action plan

A ranked list of recommended changes connected to findings, expected value, effort and an accountable role.

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Priority

The relative order in which a supported change should be considered, not a guarantee of outcome.

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Confidence

An indication of how strongly the available evidence supports a finding or interpretation.

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Limitation

A stated boundary explaining what the evidence or method cannot establish reliably.

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Content quality

How clearly, specifically and completely a page answers its intended visitor question.

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User experience

The clarity, accessibility and usability of the path a visitor follows to complete a task.

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Conversion

A meaningful visitor action aligned with the page goal, such as starting an analysis or contacting the business.

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SEO

Practices that help search systems discover, understand and select a public page for relevant queries.

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Technical quality

The implementation signals that affect reliable loading, rendering, crawling, accessibility and interaction.

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Trust signal

Visible information that helps a visitor assess identity, credibility, proof, risk and accountability.

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AI readiness

How clearly public content exposes entities, facts, structure and limitations for AI-assisted retrieval and interpretation.

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Search visibility

The observable presence of public pages in relevant search results; it is not identical to traffic.

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Reputation

Public signals about how an organization is described, rated or discussed across attributable sources.

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Canonical URL

The preferred public URL declared for a page when duplicate or alternate addresses may exist.

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Hreflang

Reciprocal markup that connects equivalent language or regional versions of the same page.

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Sitemap

A machine-readable list of canonical public URLs that a site wants search systems to discover.

23

Robots policy

Instructions that express which site paths automated crawlers may request; they are not access control.

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JSON-LD

Structured data embedded in a page to express entities and relationships using a shared vocabulary.

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Server-rendered HTML

Meaningful page content present in the initial HTML response without requiring client-side execution.

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Accessibility

The ability for people with different devices and capabilities to perceive, navigate and use a page.

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Core Web Vitals

A set of user-experience metrics for loading, interaction responsiveness and visual stability.

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Crawlability

Whether an automated crawler can request and follow the public resources needed to understand a page.

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Indexability

Whether a public page is eligible for search indexing after access, canonical and robots signals are considered.

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One-time audit

A fixed-scope analysis purchased once, without a recurring subscription or mandatory implementation engagement.

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Comparison baseline

The consistent page type, scope and evidence rules used before comparing a site with competitors.

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Evidence provenance

Information about where a signal came from, when it was captured and how it was interpreted.

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Deterministic check

A repeatable rule that produces the same result from the same observable input.

Website audit glossary · Alytixx