How to Run Website Audit on SE Ranking

Navigate to Website Audit in SE Ranking using one of two methods: Click Projects in the left side menu and select Website Audit in the submenu, or find your desired project and select Website Audit from within that project. If you created a new project, you can launch Website Audit automatically during setup, or run it manually at any time by disabling the automatic option.

Before running your audit, specify which pages to scan. You have three options: scan all pages of your website starting from the homepage (the crawler will follow every internal link but exclude subdomains by default), enable the Subdomains slider to include subdomains and their pages, or scan every page specified in your XML sitemap. You can also manually add a link to your XML sitemap using the add site map button, or provide a custom list of pages in TXT or CSV format.

If your website loads main content dynamically using JavaScript, enable the JavaScript Rendering option in the parser settings. When enabled, the tool will recognize and check dynamically loaded content. If disabled, the crawler will ignore this content and your audit will be incomplete. This setting is critical for single-page applications and modern JavaScript-heavy sites.

Customize how the crawler interacts with your site by enabling the option to have the tool crawl according to valid instructions in your robots.txt file. If certain pages are restricted or password-protected, enter login credentials in the appropriate fields to give the SE Ranking bot access. You can also add additional rules to include or exclude specific website directories or folders from the audit, and instruct the bot to ignore URL parameters to prevent crawling duplicate pages.

Choose which Website Audit version to use: Version 1.0 is the basic version checking 100+ parameters of technical SEO health, while Version 2.0 is the upgraded version with updated checks, improved Issue Report structure, and reevaluated category weights for a more realistic health score. SE Ranking recommends using the latest version. You can enable or disable entire categories or individual issues within them; disabled issues won't be detected, reported, or included in your health score calculation.

Specify the maximum scanning depth and maximum number of requests that can be sent to your server to prevent overloading. Configure how often you want to audit your website using the scheduling options available in the settings block. You can also choose to receive reports via email by specifying the email address where reports should be sent. After customizing all settings, click the Apply Changes button to save your configuration.

Click the audit button to launch your Website Audit scan. Once initiated, you can see the audit's progress in real time on your dashboard. The system will crawl your site according to all configured settings and analyze it against 110+ SEO parameters organized into different categories including site structure, page performance, links, resources, Core Web Vitals, technical SEO issues, website speed, and security.

Watch the audit progress dashboard as your scan runs. You will receive an inbox notification as soon as the in-depth audit is complete. The notification will alert you that your report is ready for review, allowing you to immediately begin analyzing identified issues and planning your SEO improvements.

Navigate to your completed audit and access the Issues Report section, which provides a detailed report on all issues affecting your website's performance in search. The report analyzes over 110 parameters organized into different categories. Use the quick filters to view current issues (affecting your site right now and needing immediate attention), fixed issues (already resolved), or new issues (newly identified). You can also choose to view all issues or focus on errors, warnings, and notices separately.

Review the Crawled Pages section to see a list of every found page with a detailed breakdown of detected issues. Examine the Found Resources section to analyze the site's images, CSS, and JavaScript files, and check which pages use each resource. In the links section, review both internal and external links with key parameters including server status codes, link types (hyperlinks, image links, canonical, hreflang, meta refresh, CSS, JavaScript), link sources, anchor text, alt text for image links, and Dofollow/Nofollow attributes.

Once you have run two or more audit reports for a single project, use the Crawl Comparison section to compare their results and see the dynamics for every parameter. This allows you to track improvements over time and measure the impact of your SEO fixes. Generate professional reports to share with stakeholders or clients, and use the comparison data to demonstrate progress and justify continued SEO investment.