IETFRFC 9309
Robots Exclusion Protocol
Identifies the robots.txt directives captured from the site's root file.
Read the specificationFree technical SEO tool
Free Website SEO Checker
The Novaverb website SEO checker fetches a site's live homepage, robots.txt and sitemap.xml, then reports the status, indexability directives, title, meta description, headings, links and structured data found in that response.
Also known as: Site audit, SEO audit, website analyzer
No account requiredOne live scanNo estimated metrics
Definition
What is a website SEO checker?
A website SEO checker is a tool that fetches a site and reports the technical and on-page signals a search crawler would read. The Novaverb version runs one live scan of the homepage, the root robots.txt file and the conventional sitemap location, then lists each captured signal without rolling them into a composite score.
Scope
What does the website SEO checker check?
The website SEO checker checks the homepage status code, response time, noindex directives, canonical tag, title and meta description length, heading counts, word count, image alt text, internal and external links, Open Graph tags, mobile viewport, language, HTTPS, compression, mixed content and JSON-LD types. Robots.txt and sitemap.xml presence are checked as separate rows.
Who it is for
Who is the website SEO checker for?
The website SEO checker is for site owners who want a first technical baseline before a launch, marketers who inherited a site and need to know whether the homepage can be indexed, developers confirming a deploy did not ship a noindex tag, and agencies preparing a short evidence-based note they can explain to a client.
Why it matters
Why use a website SEO checker?
A website SEO checker catches homepage problems that stay invisible in a browser, such as a leftover noindex directive, a robots.txt file that blocks every path, a missing title or a canonical tag pointing at another address. Each of these can be confirmed in one scan, before a redesign or a migration goes live.
Method
How does the website SEO checker work?
The website SEO checker works in a fixed order. The submitted address is fetched through a public-IP safety check, and every redirect destination is checked again. The returned HTML is parsed for title, metadata, headings, canonical and indexability directives. The root robots.txt and the conventional sitemap are then reported as separate captured evidence.
- We fetch the submitted public address through a pinned-IP safety check and re-check every redirect destination.
- We parse the returned HTML for title, meta, headings, canonical and indexability directives (noindex / robots).
- We report the root robots.txt and conventional sitemap checks as separate captured evidence.
- We keep technical eligibility separate from indexing or ranking, which this check cannot observe.
Input
What do you enter into the website SEO checker?
Enter one public website address into the website SEO checker, such as a bare domain or a full URL with www and a path. The input is normalized to the site hostname and the homepage is scanned. A search phrase is not an address, and private hosts such as localhost or a 192.168 address are refused by design.
Use it like this
example.comA bare domain works. http or https, with or without www, a bare domain or a full path - we normalize it for you.https://www.example.com/pricingA full URL with www and a path works too - the checker keeps the host and scans its homepage.Avoid this
how to improve seoThat is a keyword, not an address. Use the Keyword tool for search terms.localhost / 192.168.1.10Private and internal hosts are refused by design - the checker only runs against public addresses.Result
What does the website SEO checker report contain?
A website SEO checker report contains a search result preview built from the captured title and description, headline figures for response time, indexability, words and links, and grouped rows for indexability and crawl, content and structure, meta and social, and technical and security. The most frequent words on the page are listed below the groups.
Reading it
How do you read a website SEO checker result?
Read a website SEO checker result starting with the indexability and crawl group. Each row carries a colored dot. Green means the signal was found in the expected state, amber marks something to review such as a missing canonical, and red marks a noindex directive, a missing title or mixed content. Indexable means eligible, not indexed.
Source
Where does the website SEO checker get its data?
The website SEO checker gets its data from live requests made at the moment you submit: a fetch of the homepage, of the root robots.txt file and of the conventional sitemap.xml location on the same host. Every figure is measured from those responses. No traffic estimate is involved, and an unreachable site returns an unavailable state.
Limits
What does the website SEO checker not tell you?
The website SEO checker does not tell you whether a page is indexed, where it ranks, how much organic traffic it receives, which backlinks it has or how it scores on Core Web Vitals. The free scan reads the homepage only, so the behavior of pages it did not fetch is outside the result.
Evidence
What does a website SEO checker result prove?
A website SEO checker result proves what one live homepage response contained at the time of the scan: its HTTP status, final address, title, meta description, headings, canonical and indexability directives. From that you can conclude the page is technically eligible or blocked. You cannot conclude that a search engine indexed it or ranks it.
Standards
Which standards does the website SEO checker apply?
The website SEO checker applies published specifications instead of an opaque score. RFC 9309, the Robots Exclusion Protocol, identifies the directives captured from the robots.txt file. The sitemaps.org protocol recognizes a sitemap as a URL set or a sitemap index. The WHATWG HTML Standard defines the title, metadata, heading, canonical and robots elements read from the page.
sitemaps.orgSitemaps 0.9
Sitemap Protocol
Recognizes a captured conventional sitemap as a URL set or sitemap index.
Read the specificationWHATWGHTML
HTML Standard
Reads title, metadata, headings, canonical and robots directives from the captured HTML.
Read the specificationVerification
How can you verify a website SEO checker result yourself?
Verify a website SEO checker result by opening the homepage source in a browser and searching for the title, the meta description, the canonical link and any robots meta tag. Then load /robots.txt and /sitemap.xml on the same host directly. The status code and any X-Robots-Tag header are visible in the network panel of the browser developer tools.
Example
What does a typical website SEO checker finding look like?
A typical website SEO checker finding is a homepage that returns a successful status and has a title, yet shows the canonical row as none and the sitemap.xml row as missing. Nothing is broken for visitors, so the gap went unnoticed. The report marks both rows as items to review while the indexable row still reads yes.
Cost
Is the website SEO checker free?
The website SEO checker is free to run and needs no account. A free account is needed only to save the site to a workspace, start a full page-by-page crawl, inspect individual URLs, download the report and monitor changes over time. The public scan shows its result on the page as soon as the fetch completes.
In a workspace
What does a Novaverb workspace add to the website SEO checker?
A Novaverb workspace adds a crawl of the whole site to the website SEO checker, so the same signals are measured on every page instead of the homepage alone. Site Health Audit is the product that continues the job: a source-aware technical checklist that prioritizes supported findings and records fresh rechecks.
When to go further
When is a free website SEO check not enough?
A free website SEO check is not enough when the question is about the whole site or about change over time. Missing titles, thin pages, noindex pages, redirects and error responses on deeper URLs only appear when every page is crawled, and a regression after a release only shows when the same measurement is repeated and compared.
Next step
What should you do after running the website SEO checker?
After running the website SEO checker, fix anything that blocks indexing first: a noindex directive, a robots.txt rule that blocks every path or a failing status code. Next, repair a missing title, description or canonical. Then run the check again to confirm the change is live, and save the site to a workspace to crawl the remaining pages.
Related tools
Which free tools pair with the website SEO checker?
Focused free tools pair with the website SEO checker when one row needs a closer look. The Meta Tag Checker reads the title, description, headings and schema of any single page. The Robots.txt Checker lists the user-agent groups and counts the Allow and Disallow rules. The Sitemap Checker follows a sitemap index into its child sitemaps.
Questions
What do people ask about the website SEO checker?
People ask what the website SEO checker tests, whether it is free, whether an indexable page definitely appears in search results, why a site returns no result and whether the tool estimates traffic, keywords or domain authority. In short: it tests captured signals, it is free, indexable is not indexed, and nothing is estimated.
What does the Website SEO Checker test?
It runs one live scan of the submitted site's homepage and reports what that response contained: status code, title and meta description, headings, canonical, indexability directives, links, images and structured data. The root robots.txt file and the conventional sitemap location are checked as separate rows.
Is the Website SEO Checker free?
Yes. The public checker requires no account, within a daily limit on free scans. A free Novaverb account is needed only to crawl the whole site, keep the evidence, inspect individual URLs and monitor changes over time.
Does an indexable page definitely appear in Google?
No. Indexable means the captured page returned 200 OK as HTML and did not expose a noindex directive. Google can still exclude it, select another canonical, or delay indexing. Confirm actual index status in Google Search Console.
Why does my website have no result?
The checker returns an unavailable state when the site could not be fetched from a public address, and a refusal when the domain falls outside the acceptable-use policy. It does not estimate a result for a site it could not fetch.
Does this tool estimate traffic, keywords, or domain authority?
No. Those metrics require Search Console, a rank database, or a backlink index. This checker limits its claims to what the live scan captured, so every figure can be checked against the page.