SEO audit – choosealicense.com

Acme Digital · Example client · 2026-10-17 17:01 UTC

We analysed 25 page(s) of choosealicense.com for Example client. The health score is the share of indexable pages with no critical or high-severity issue.

Health score

100

25/25 indexable pages without critical/high issues

Pages analysed

25 indexable · 0 other URL(s) checked

Issues found

Critical 0 High 0 Medium 32 Low 69

25 informational note(s)

Changes

–

critical change(s) since last audit

The page limit (25 per site) was reached; 140 more URL(s) were found but not analysed.

Changes since the last audit

Change tracking is turned off for this run.

What to fix first

Ranked by severity, number of affected pages and whether important pages (home, main sections) are affected. Fixing a template usually fixes all affected pages at once.

1. Same meta description on several pages Medium

Duplicate descriptions make snippets look identical and are often ignored.

How to fix: Write unique descriptions, or leave them empty on low-value pages instead of copying.

Affects 17 page(s) · effort M · check desc-duplicate

https://choosealicense.com/ – Same meta description as 12 other page(s).
https://choosealicense.com/fr/ – Same meta description as 12 other page(s).
https://choosealicense.com/es/ – Same meta description as 12 other page(s).

2. Same title on several pages Medium

Identical titles make pages hard to tell apart in search results and in analytics.

How to fix: Give every indexable page its own title; check templates that set a fixed title.

Affects 11 page(s) · effort M · check title-duplicate

https://choosealicense.com/ – Same title as 6 other page(s): "Choose an open source license | Choose a License"
https://choosealicense.com/fr/ – Same title as 6 other page(s): "Choose an open source license | Choose a License"
https://choosealicense.com/es/ – Same title as 6 other page(s): "Choose an open source license | Choose a License"

3. Open Graph tags missing Low

Without og:title/description/image/url, link previews on social and chat apps look poor.

How to fix: Enable Open Graph output in the SEO plugin or theme.

Affects 25 page(s) · effort S · check og-missing

https://choosealicense.com/ – Missing Open Graph: og:image.
https://choosealicense.com/fr/ – Missing Open Graph: og:image.
https://choosealicense.com/es/ – Missing Open Graph: og:image.

4. Little text content Medium heuristic

Pages with very little unique text often struggle to rank (heuristic; navigation, header and footer are not counted).

How to fix: Add useful content, merge with a related page, or noindex low-value pages.

Affects 4 page(s) · effort L · check thin-content

https://choosealicense.com/ – About 191 words of main text (heuristic threshold 200; nav/header/footer excluded; CJK counted as 1 word per 2 characters).
https://choosealicense.com/zh/ – About 159 words of main text (heuristic threshold 200; nav/header/footer excluded; CJK counted as 1 word per 2 characters).
https://choosealicense.com/ko/ – About 158 words of main text (heuristic threshold 200; nav/header/footer excluded; CJK counted as 1 word per 2 characters).

5. Indexable page missing from the sitemap Low

The sitemap is incomplete; new pages may be discovered later.

How to fix: Make sure the sitemap generator includes this page type.

Affects 19 page(s) · effort S · check indexable-not-in-sitemap

https://choosealicense.com/fr/ – Indexable page that is not listed in the sitemap.
https://choosealicense.com/es/ – Indexable page that is not listed in the sitemap.
https://choosealicense.com/pt/ – Indexable page that is not listed in the sitemap.

6. Heading levels are skipped Low

Jumping e.g. from H2 to H4 makes the outline harder to follow for screen readers.

How to fix: Use heading levels in order; style them with CSS instead of picking a level for its size.

Affects 13 page(s) · effort S · check heading-skip

https://choosealicense.com/fr/licenses/mit/ – Heading jumps from H1 to H3 ("Suggérer cette licence").
https://choosealicense.com/fr/licenses/gpl-3.0/ – Heading jumps from H1 to H3 ("Suggérer cette licence").
https://choosealicense.com/fr/non-software/ – Heading jumps from H1 to H3 ("Données, médias, etc.").

7. Meta description may be cut off Low heuristic

Long descriptions are usually truncated in results (heuristic, no official limit).

How to fix: Keep the key message in the first ~150 characters.

Affects 11 page(s) · effort S · check desc-long

https://choosealicense.com/fr/no-permission/ – Meta description is 229 characters (heuristic: >160).
https://choosealicense.com/fr/licenses/mit/ – Meta description is 229 characters (heuristic: >160).
https://choosealicense.com/fr/licenses/gpl-3.0/ – Meta description is 316 characters (heuristic: >160).

8. Very short meta description Low heuristic

Short descriptions are often replaced by the search engine (heuristic).

How to fix: Write a fuller summary of the page (roughly 70–160 characters).

Affects 1 page(s) · effort S · check desc-short

https://choosealicense.com/fr/terms-of-service/ – Meta description is 46 characters (heuristic: <50).

Site-wide checks

robots.txt	found, lists 1 sitemap(s)
XML sitemap	55 URL(s) in 1 file(s) (robots.txt) · 6 analysed · 0 broken · 0 redirecting · 0 non-canonical · 0 noindex · 0 blocked by robots.txt · 19 indexable page(s) missing from it · 0 possible orphan(s)
http → https	http:// not reachable (UND_ERR_CONNECT_TIMEOUT)
Click depth	depth 0: 1 · depth 1: 6 · depth 2: 13 · not linked from start: 5

Duplicate titles

Title	Pages	Examples
Choose an open source license \| Choose a License	7	https://choosealicense.com/ https://choosealicense.com/fr/ https://choosealicense.com/es/
MIT License \| Choose a License	2	https://choosealicense.com/fr/licenses/mit/ https://choosealicense.com/es/licenses/mit/
GNU General Public License v3.0 \| Choose a License	2	https://choosealicense.com/fr/licenses/gpl-3.0/ https://choosealicense.com/es/licenses/gpl-3.0/

All URLs checked

Issue counts: critical/high/medium/low.

URL	Status	Depth	Title	C/H/M/L
https://choosealicense.com/	Analysed	0	Choose an open source license \| Choose a License	0/0/3/1
https://choosealicense.com/fr/	Analysed	1	Choose an open source license \| Choose a License	0/0/2/2
https://choosealicense.com/es/	Analysed	1	Choose an open source license \| Choose a License	0/0/2/2
https://choosealicense.com/pt/	Analysed	1	Choose an open source license \| Choose a License	0/0/2/2
https://choosealicense.com/zh/	Analysed	1	Choose an open source license \| Choose a License	0/0/3/2
https://choosealicense.com/ko/	Analysed	1	Choose an open source license \| Choose a License	0/0/3/2
https://choosealicense.com/ar/	Analysed	1	Choose an open source license \| Choose a License	0/0/3/2
https://choosealicense.com/fr/community/	Analysed	2	Projets et communautés existants \| Choose a License	0/0/1/2
https://choosealicense.com/fr/no-permission/	Analysed	2	Aucune licence \| Choose a License	0/0/0/3
https://choosealicense.com/fr/licenses/mit/	Analysed	2	MIT License \| Choose a License	0/0/2/4
https://choosealicense.com/fr/licenses/gpl-3.0/	Analysed	2	GNU General Public License v3.0 \| Choose a License	0/0/2/4
https://choosealicense.com/fr/non-software/	Analysed	2	Licences pour œuvres non logicielles \| Choose a License	0/0/1/3
https://choosealicense.com/fr/licenses/	Analysed	2	Licenses \| Choose a License	0/0/1/3
https://choosealicense.com/fr/about/	Analysed	2	C’est quoi, au juste ? \| Choose a License	0/0/1/2
https://choosealicense.com/fr/terms-of-service/	Analysed	2	Terms of Service \| Choose a License	0/0/0/4
https://choosealicense.com/es/community/	Analysed	2	Proyectos y comunidades existentes \| Choose a License	0/0/1/2
https://choosealicense.com/es/no-permission/	Analysed	2	Sin licencia \| Choose a License	0/0/0/3
https://choosealicense.com/es/licenses/mit/	Analysed	2	MIT License \| Choose a License	0/0/2/4
https://choosealicense.com/es/licenses/gpl-3.0/	Analysed	2	GNU General Public License v3.0 \| Choose a License	0/0/2/4
https://choosealicense.com/es/non-software/	Analysed	2	Licencias para obras no informáticas \| Choose a License	0/0/1/3
https://choosealicense.com/licenses/0bsd/	Analysed	–	BSD Zero Clause License \| Choose a License	0/0/0/3
https://choosealicense.com/licenses/afl-3.0/	Analysed	–	Academic Free License v3.0 \| Choose a License	0/0/0/3
https://choosealicense.com/licenses/agpl-3.0/	Analysed	–	GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 \| Choose a License	0/0/0/3
https://choosealicense.com/licenses/apache-2.0/	Analysed	–	Apache License 2.0 \| Choose a License	0/0/0/3
https://choosealicense.com/licenses/artistic-2.0/	Analysed	–	Artistic License 2.0 \| Choose a License	0/0/0/3

About this audit

Pages were fetched with a plain HTTP client identifying itself as AgencySEOAudit, at most one request per 1s per host (longer if robots.txt asks), following robots.txt. JavaScript was not executed, so content added by scripts is not seen; pages that look JavaScript-dependent are flagged. Title/description lengths, thin content, page weight and response time are heuristics, not search-engine rules. Structured-data checks are basic and do not claim rich-result eligibility. Click depth is measured from the start URL(s) over the crawled pages.