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How Your Health Score is Computed
Understanding sitemap weight, crawl results, and error severities.
Overview
The CrawlSage Health Score (0–100%) is a unified index indicating your domain's search compliance and technical health. It evaluates crawl response codes, sitemap configuration, meta tag standards, and structured data schemas to pinpoint blockers.
Severity & Score Deductions
Deductions are calculated using the following weights:
| Issue Severity | Deduction Points | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Critical (High) | -5 points per page | Missing Title, Missing Meta Description, Server Error (5xx) |
| Warning (Medium) | -3 points per page | Missing H1, Title too short (<30 chars), Missing alt text |
| Opportunity (Low) | -1 point per page | Missing Open Graph title, Multiple H1s |
| Sitemap Missing | -15 points site-wide | No sitemap.xml found at root or registered settings |
| Robots.txt Missing | -10 points site-wide | No robots.txt found on domain root |
| Schema Missing | -10 points site-wide | No structured schema script blocks found |
Detection Logic
CrawlSage aggregates individual page scores. The total score is computed using the formula:
Score = Max(0, 100 - SitemapDeduction - RobotsDeduction - SchemaDeduction - AveragePageDeduction)Score Aggregation Flow
Crawl Pages
Extract meta tags & schemas
Sum Deductions
Apply weights per severity level
Verify Site Files
Robots and sitemaps checks
Aggregate
Calculate final health score
How to Improve Your Score
- **Fix Sitemap and Robots blockages first:** These represent heavy deductions (-15 and -10 points).
- **Address Critical Page Issues:** Fix missing meta titles and descriptions using the AI recommendation drawer.
- **Resolve Warnings:** Add H1 headers and missing image alt tags.
- Re-crawl your website after applying changes to recalculate the score.
AI Scoring Effect
Frequently Asked Questions
- Why did my score drop after adding pages?
Adding new pages that lack meta tags or schemas increases the total deductions counts, which lowers the aggregated average.
- Can my score go below 0%?
No, the score is capped at 0% minimum.
- Does a 100% score guarantee page-one ranking?
No, the score measures technical crawler readiness. Content relevance and backlinks are external ranking indices.