Question 1

What does the five-score grading engine measure?

Accepted Answer

Each page gets a 1–100 score across five dimensions: SEO (technical + on-page), AIO (LLM-readable structure), AEO (answer-engine readiness), GEO (local and generative-engine signals), and Conversion (CTAs, trust and forms). Findings are prioritized by Severity × Impact so you know what to fix first.

Question 2

How does the score breakdown drilldown work?

Accepted Answer

Every page score is fully traceable. Click any category to see exactly which checks contributed points, then click a check to see the underlying findings. A three-level drilldown — Overall → Category deductions → Individual findings — means no score is ever a black box.

Question 3

What Core Web Vitals data does Profound411 collect?

Accepted Answer

When CWV is enabled on a crawl, Profound411 pulls LCP, INP and CLS from PageSpeed Insights for both mobile and desktop in parallel. Each page shows side-by-side device cards with Passing / Needs Improvement / Failing badges based on web.dev thresholds, plus a 'worst device' rollup so you can sort and filter pages by real-user performance.

Question 4

How is CTA detection different from a normal audit tool?

Accepted Answer

Profound411 detects buttons, ARIA button roles, tel:/mailto: links, and inline calls-to-action, then scores each phrase for quality on a 0–100 scale. CTAs are classified as Primary (checkout, book a demo), Secondary (learn more, see pricing) or Generic (click here). The Conversion Ranking Panel groups every detected CTA by location (Hero vs Body), shows the exact phrase and element, and folds quality into the overall Conversion score.

Question 5

What is the Site Health score?

Accepted Answer

Site Health is a site-level 0–100 score sitting alongside the per-page overall. It rolls up link health (broken pages, redirect chains, mixed content), internal linking (orphans, under-linked, dead-ends), asset caching and weight (missing Cache-Control, oversized JS/CSS), and duplicate content signals (identical titles and metas). It's separate from — not folded into — page scores.

Question 6

What is the AI-SERP simulator and how does it work?

Accepted Answer

The simulator uses an AI engine to answer a query, then checks whether your page is likely to be cited or summarized in the generated response. It returns a snippet-capture probability and specific structural changes that would increase your citation odds.

Question 7

How does the indexability audit catch pages that will not rank?

Accepted Answer

It flags noindex tags, X-Robots-Tag headers, canonical loops, robots.txt blocks, and sitemap orphans. It also probes robots.txt for AI-crawler rules (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended) and checks for /llms.txt so you know whether AI systems are allowed to read you at all.

Question 8

Does Profound411 validate structured data?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Every JSON-LD block on every page is parsed and validated, with invalid or malformed schema counted and surfaced. LocalBusiness, Article, FAQ, HowTo, Product and BreadcrumbList are all recognized, and missing schema for the page type is flagged with severity.

Question 9

Can I track the workflow status of each finding?

Accepted Answer

Every finding on every page can be marked Planned, In Progress or Fixed, with a free-text note attached. The status persists across recrawls so your fix backlog stays intact — one crawl becomes an actionable engineering board, not a static PDF.

Question 10

How does image alt-text auditing work?

Accepted Answer

Up to 150 images per page are scanned for missing, empty or low-quality alt attributes. A one-click 'only missing alt' filter narrows the list so writers can fix accessibility and image-search visibility in a single pass.

Question 11

How do redirect chains, broken links, and freshness checks work?

Accepted Answer

The crawler tracks the full redirect trail per page and flags chains where the final URL differs from the requested one. Internal links with 4xx/5xx status are surfaced as broken. Freshness compares the article's last-modified date against a rolling threshold and warns when content is going stale.

Question 12

What data does the backlink integration pull?

Accepted Answer

Connected to the Semrush API, the backlink integration imports referring domains and authority metrics per page. It is available on the Agency plan and feeds the GEO score.

Question 13

Can I track how my scores change over time?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Every crawl adds a snapshot to the dashboard, and each scoring dimension shows a historical sparkline. You can compare the current crawl to previous runs to see which fixes moved the needle, and mark crawls as Reviewed with notes and timestamps.

Question 14

How does content clustering help my site structure?

Accepted Answer

AI groups your pages into topical clusters and flags intent gaps, missing subtopics, and orphan pages so you can build internal authority and cover the full buyer journey.

Question 15

What do the branded PDF and CSV exports include?

Accepted Answer

They include the overall score, per-category breakdown, prioritized findings with workflow status, Core Web Vitals rollup, Site Health summary, and page-level details. Growth and Agency plans can add a custom logo and accent color for client-ready reports.

Question 16

How do alerts work for regression detection?

Accepted Answer

Smart alerts compare the latest crawl to the previous one and notify you when a score drops beyond a threshold, a new critical issue appears, or a previously fixed page regresses.

Question 17

Is there a limit on how many pages I can crawl?

Accepted Answer

Starter plans crawl up to 20 pages per audit, Growth and Agency plans crawl up to 100 pages per audit. Monthly crawl quotas differ by plan — see the pricing page for exact limits. Admin accounts have no per-crawl page limit.

Everything you need to win across five futures of search.

Five-score grading engine

SEO score

AIO score

AEO score

GEO score

Conversion score

Score breakdown drilldown

Core Web Vitals & performance

Mobile & desktop CWV

Worst-device rollup

Automated + on-demand runs

Site Health & audit foundations

Indexability audit

AI crawler rules

JSON-LD validation

LocalBusiness & NAP

Freshness & redirects

Readability & tone

Hreflang validation

Site Health score

Conversion & accessibility

CTA quality scoring

Image alt review

Form friction checks

Conversion Ranking Panel

Link & duplicate graph

Internal link graph

Duplicate detection

Backlink integration

Trends, alerts & intelligence

Historical trends

Smart alerts

SERP preview & CTR

AI-SERP simulator

Content clustering

Fix workflow & delivery

Planned / In Progress / Fixed

Prioritized fix list

Team sharing & review

Branded exports

Frequently asked questions