Audit rules
Deep Page
An indexable page that takes more than three clicks from the start page to reach. In a QuikSEO audit, a failure of this rule has info severity and is left out of the score. Below are the exact condition, its exceptions and the sources behind it, followed by the other rules of the same group.
site.click_depthInfo01 — 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
site.click_depth- Group
- Site (Crawl)
- Severity of a failure
- Info
- Counts in the score
- No, the site rules of a crawl are left out of the score
- Required for a score
- No
Condition and Exceptions
- Condition
- An audited, indexable page is more than three clicks from the start page → fail (info)
- Exceptions
- Pages reached only through the sitemap have no click depth
Sources
- Sources
- No authoritative document covers this check: it is a project decision (see the decision below and the source register).
02 — Site (Crawl)
Other Rules in This Group
The other checks of the same group, each with its own condition and sources.
- Duplicate Titlesite.duplicate_title
- Duplicate Meta Descriptionsite.duplicate_meta_description
- Internal Link to an Error Pagesite.broken_internal_link
- Internal Link Through a Redirectsite.redirect_internal_link
- Invalid Sitemapsite.sitemap_invalid
- Sitemap URL Not Indexablesite.sitemap_url_not_indexable
- Hreflang Without Return Linksite.hreflang_not_reciprocal
- Orphan Pagesite.orphan_page