UX quality website checks
Website UX checks inspect observable signs of clarity, recovery and trust. Useful navigation, error pages, contact information and understandable links help visitors find their next step. These signals are not a complete usability study. A page can contain every expected element and still confuse its audience. Investigate each finding against the intended user task and the affected journey.
Walk through discovery, evaluation and recovery before adding another section. Follow ordinary links, request an unknown address and check what happens when a request fails. Changelog and support links should lead to useful information. Verify that headings describe their sections and main actions make sense without decoration. Use task completion and feedback to judge the wider experience.
The check pages below describe the exact observable condition, why it matters, practical fixes and the limits of the detector. Open the affected URL and inspect its evidence before making a change. After correction, repeat the scan and verify the result in a browser. The related guide connects these individual checks into a review workflow. Keep deliberate exceptions documented so that a passing automated result is never mistaken for a complete manual assessment.
Checks and fixes
404 Page Without Navigation: Offer Useful Recovery Paths
Improve a 404 page without navigation. Offer useful onward links, preserve the actual error status, and test section-specific pages beyond the link-count rule.
Broken sign-up or buy link
Repair a broken sign-up or purchase link. Review the recorded status, update its source, test the authorised journey, and recognise external-host scan limits.
Login or sign-in link missing from the website
Review a missing login-link warning. Make account access discoverable, keep sign-up separate, and test translated or external links the heuristic may miss.
No Changelog Page: Make Real Product Changes Discoverable
Review a missing changelog warning. Publish truthful dated updates, link existing release notes, and distinguish a matching link from maintenance evidence.
No Documentation Link on Website: Make Reliable Help Discoverable
Review missing documentation-link detection. Link useful setup and help resources, preserve proper access restrictions, and verify actual support routes.
No Status Page Link: Give Users a Reliable Incident Route
Review missing status-page links. Publish useful incident information, keep the route reachable during failures, and test hosted pages beyond the heuristic.
No Trust Signals on Website: Publish Truthful Relevant Evidence
Review missing trust-signal detection. Publish real relevant evidence, respect permissions and scope, and separate a matching link from verified credibility.
Page Without Navigation Links: Provide Meaningful Onward Routes
Review pages with few same-host links. Add useful onward navigation, respect focused flows, and test real menus beyond the link-count heuristic.
Placeholder used instead of a label in forms
Review fields relying on placeholders. Provide persistent questions and accessible names, and distinguish a source heuristic from actual form usability.
Pricing Page Missing: Explain the Actual Cost Model
Review a missing pricing-page warning. Explain real plans, limits or quote-based costs, and distinguish link wording from clear commercial information.
Soft 404 - missing pages return 200
Fix missing pages that return success. Verify route, status and rendered content, preserve useful recovery, and distinguish the probe from Google soft 404s.
Thin Content Page: Assess Task Completion Before Adding Words
Review low-text pages without padding. Check task value, content delivery and boilerplate, and distinguish the 200-character rule from Google guidance.
Title and H1 Do Not Match: Align the Topic, Not Every Word
Review title and H1 alignment without forcing identical text. Keep the topic clear, account for language and synonyms, and recognise the one-word heuristic.
Website Search Missing: Review Findability Before Adding a Search Box
Review missing site-search detection. Match search to real content and user needs, label it clearly, and test results beyond the crawl-size heuristic.