Audit rules
Duplicate Meta Description
The page declares more than one <meta name="description">. In a QuikSEO audit, a failure of this rule has warning severity and counts against the score. Below are the exact condition, its exceptions and the sources behind it, followed by the other rules of the same group.
meta_description.duplicateWarning01 — Definition
How This Rule Is Checked
The rule is a pure function of the fetched page: no extra requests, no account settings. The same input always gives the same result.
Rule Severity and Score
- Rule id
meta_description.duplicate- Group
- Meta Description
- Severity of a failure
- Warning
- Counts in the score
- Yes, whenever it applies to the page
- Required for a score
- No
Condition and Exceptions
- Condition
- More than one description meta → fail
- Exceptions
- —
Sources and Project Decision
- Sources
- HTML Standard (4.2.5.1 Standard metadata names: description) (WHATWG, Q56)
- Project decision
- Severity is a project decision [D]; the plan gives none.
02 — Meta Description
Other Rules in This Group
The other checks of the same group, each with its own condition and sources.
- Meta Description Lengthmeta_description.length
- Meta Description Missingmeta_description.missing