SEO report

SEO report for freemius.com

https://freemius.com/ · checked Sun, 01 Nov 2026 15:31 GMT

✓ 33 Passed! 5 Warnings✗ 8 FailedAI readiness 88%Built with WordPress

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  1. Render-blocking resourceshigh

    1 blocking script(s) and 9 stylesheet(s) in <head>.

    Fix: Add defer to scripts, inline critical CSS and load the rest asynchronously.

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  2. HTML sizemedium

    409 kB of HTML – heavy for phones.

    Fix: Remove inline bloat, base64 images and unused markup.

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  3. Scripts & third partiesmedium

    41 script tag(s); files loaded from 0 other domain(s).

    Fix: Remove unused tracking and widget scripts; every third party adds connection time.

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  4. Imagesmedium

    28 image(s).

    Fix: Give every image width and height, lazy-load images below the fold (but not the main image) and serve WebP/AVIF.

    On WordPress: Install a free image optimiser plugin (such as EWWW Image Optimizer or Smush) to shrink images and serve WebP.

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  5. Tap-to-contactmedium

    No tel: or mailto: links.

    Fix: Add a tap-to-call or tap-to-email button so phone visitors can contact you instantly.

    See the details

  6. Broken links (sample)high

    Checked 12 internal link(s).

    Fix: Fix or remove links that return errors, and update links that redirect.

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  7. Heading structuremedium

    31 headings for 674 words – a lot for the amount of text.

    Fix: Use H2s for main sections and H3s inside them, without skipping levels.

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  8. Text-to-code ratiolow

    2% of the HTML is visible text.

    Fix: Trim unused markup, inline scripts and builder bloat.

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Real-world speed Google PageSpeed

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Authority & backlinks

Looking up which websites link to freemius.com…

Indexing & crawling 100%

Can search engines reach, read and index this page?

  • ✓

    Status codecritical

    The page returned HTTP 200.

  • ✓

    Indexablecritical

    No noindex instruction – the page can appear in search.

  • ✓

    robots.txthigh

    robots.txt found.

    Googlebot is allowed to crawl this page.

  • ✓

    XML sitemaphigh

    Sitemap index found at https://freemius.com/sitemap_index.xml listing 6 sitemaps.

    Declared in robots.txt.

    Most recent lastmod: 2026-11-01T08:54:09+00:00.

  • ✓

    Canonical URLhigh

    Canonical: https://freemius.com/

    Points to this page (self-referencing).

  • ✓

    Redirectshigh

    Loads directly with no redirects.

  • ✓

    www / non-wwwmedium

    www.freemius.com redirects to www.freemius.com.

Search snippet & sharing 100%

How the page looks in Google results and when shared.

  • ✓

    Title tagcritical

    “Merchant of Record for Software | Freemius”

    About 389px of Google's ~580px desktop width.

  • ✓

    Meta descriptionhigh

    144 characters, ~918px of ~990px.

    Good length.

    Google sometimes rewrites descriptions to match the search; a good one is still used most often.

  • ✓

    Open Graph & social cardsmedium

    Open Graph title and image set.

    Twitter/X card: summary_large_image.

  • ✓

    Faviconlow

    Favicon linked (Google shows it next to results).

  • ✓

    Languagelow

    lang="en-US"

Content quality 87%

Is there enough clear, useful text that matches what the page targets?

  • ✓

    Word countmedium

    674 words of main content (inside <main>).

    Google has no minimum word count – this is a rough guide to whether the page answers the question in full.

  • ✓

    Readabilitymedium

    Flesch reading ease 50 (fairly easy), about 14 words per sentence.

  • ✓

    Topic focushigh

    3 of 3 title keywords appear in the main content.

  • ✓

    H1 headingcritical

    “Sell your software. We handle payments, subscriptions & taxes”

  • !

    Heading structuremedium

    31 headings for 674 words – a lot for the amount of text.

    1 skipped level(s), e.g. H2 → H4.

    Fix: Use H2s for main sections and H3s inside them, without skipping levels.

  • ✗

    Text-to-code ratiolow

    2% of the HTML is visible text.

    Fix: Trim unused markup, inline scripts and builder bloat.

AI search readiness 88%

Can ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews read, understand and cite this site?

  • ✓

    AI crawler accesshigh

    Search and AI-search crawlers (Googlebot, Bingbot, OAI-SearchBot, Claude-SearchBot, PerplexityBot…) can read this page.

  • ✓

    Snippet controlshigh

    No snippet restrictions – search and AI answers can quote this page.

  • ✓

    llms.txtlow

    /llms.txt found.

  • !

    Question-led contentmedium

    2 heading(s) phrased as questions, e.g. “How Freemius MoR Works?”.

    Fix: Add headings that match real questions ("How much does…?") followed by a direct one- or two-sentence answer – an easy format for search and AI answers to quote.

  • ✓

    Entity clarityhigh

    Identified as: Organization.

    3 official profile link(s) (sameAs).

  • ✓

    Freshness signalsmedium

    The page shows when it was published or last updated.

  • !

    Trust pages (E-E-A-T)medium

    Links found to about and privacy; missing contact.

    Fix: Link to About, Contact and Privacy pages from every page – they help visitors, Google and AI tools see who stands behind the content.

Structured data 100%

Machine-readable facts for rich results and AI.

  • ✓

    JSON-LD present & validhigh

    1 JSON-LD block(s): WebPage, ReadAction, ImageObject, BreadcrumbList, ListItem, WebSite, SearchAction, EntryPoint, PropertyValueSpecification, Organization.

    All blocks parse correctly.

  • ✓

    Required propertiesmedium

    Key types include Google's required properties.

  • i

    Breadcrumbslow

    Home page – breadcrumbs not needed.

Performance 23%

Speed signals from the HTML and server. Real-user Core Web Vitals load below.

  • ✓

    Server response (TTFB)high

    129 ms until the first response from our checker, including connection setup (Google rates TTFB good under 0.8 s, poor over 1.8 s).

  • ✗

    HTML sizemedium

    409 kB of HTML – heavy for phones.

    Fix: Remove inline bloat, base64 images and unused markup.

  • i

    Compressionmedium

    Couldn't be measured from our server (our fetch decodes compressed pages before we see them). Check in your browser's developer tools that HTML is sent with br or gzip.

  • ✗

    Render-blocking resourceshigh

    1 blocking script(s) and 9 stylesheet(s) in <head>.

    Fix: Add defer to scripts, inline critical CSS and load the rest asynchronously.

  • ✗

    Scripts & third partiesmedium

    41 script tag(s); files loaded from 0 other domain(s).

    Fix: Remove unused tracking and widget scripts; every third party adds connection time.

  • ✗

    Imagesmedium

    28 image(s).

    10 without width/height – can cause layout shift (CLS).

    14 image(s) after the first three aren't lazy-loaded.

    12 use WebP/AVIF or responsive srcset.

    Fix: Give every image width and height, lazy-load images below the fold (but not the main image) and serve WebP/AVIF.

    On WordPress: Install a free image optimiser plugin (such as EWWW Image Optimizer or Smush) to shrink images and serve WebP.

  • ✗

    Cachinglow

    No Cache-Control header.

    Fix: Set Cache-Control so browsers and CDNs can reuse the page.

  • i

    HTTP/3low

    Couldn't be confirmed from our server – the alt-svc header that advertises HTTP/3 isn't always visible to it. Your site is on Cloudflare, which offers HTTP/3 under Network settings.

Security 92%

Visitor safety signals that browsers and Google check.

  • ✓

    HTTPScritical

    Secure HTTPS with no mixed content.

  • ✓

    HTTP → HTTPS redirecthigh

    http:// redirects to https://.

  • ✓

    HSTSmedium

    HSTS: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains

  • ✗

    Security headerslow

    Present: none.

    Fix: Add X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy and X-Frame-Options (or a CSP).

  • ✓

    Server fingerprintlow

    No X-Powered-By header (server: cloudflare).

Mobile & accessibility 83%

Usable on phones and by everyone – Google indexes the mobile version.

  • ✓

    Mobile viewportcritical

    viewport: width=device-width, initial-scale=1

  • ✓

    Image alt textmedium

    All 28 images have alt text.

  • ✓

    Form labelsmedium

    All 1 form fields are labelled.

  • ✗

    Tap-to-contactmedium

    No tel: or mailto: links.

    Fix: Add a tap-to-call or tap-to-email button so phone visitors can contact you instantly.

Local SEO not scored

This site doesn't look like a local business, so these checks are shown for information and not scored.

  • i

    LocalBusiness markuphigh

    No LocalBusiness structured data.

  • i

    Contact details on pagemedium

    No phone number found.

    No postcode found (fine for service-area businesses).

  • i

    Map & directionslow

    No map or directions link.

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