Search Engine Optimization Assessment1.0support@websrvcs.comAs you open new tabs in your browser to perform the tasks for each question, leave them up since future questions may use the same tabFor the majority of questions you will need to check the home page and the main-level secondary pages though some questions will only ask you to check the home pageFor the questions that require you to check multiple pages, be sure to reference in the notes area which pages (using page titles) have problemsWhen adding your own notes, be sure to use plural personal pronouns such as "we" and "our" and not the singular "I" or "my"Be sure to answer each question honestly and fairly, don't try to be nice and not hurt the customer's feelings, as that won't help them do better with SEOBe concise and truthful but tactful when you are writing the notesKeep notes area as brief as possible since most questions have their own recommendations shown below each question
This test measures your site's search engine optimization on the home page and top-level secondary pages in six important areas: domain, content, links, navigation, code standards and robots control. The test is designed to identify specific actions you can take to enhance your site's search engine optimization which will usually enhance your site visitors' experience as well.
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This section measures your domain name's effectiveness, reports real-world search results for keywords related to your industry and location and gives you recommendations for improving your site's page rank. Ranking high in search engines' results is important because that is how most people who don't know about your organization will initially find your site on the Web.The site's domain is easy to remember, easy to enter and compliments the site's content.
Choosing a memorable and easy to spell domain name is one of the most important decisions you'll make. Unlike the rest of SEO, it is the only criterion that influences the human ability to recall. In addition to being memorable and easy to type, your domain name should say something about your organization, your purpose or your objectives.
Start with purchasing the name of your organization. If your name is longer than 9 characters, consider purchasing an acronym or abbreviated version. Also consider common alternative spellings and misspellings.
If your first choice is taken, consider a name related to what makes your organization different from others like it.
Enter site:domain_name in Google and Bing search engines.Does the site appear in the Google and Bing indexes?Google and Bing account for 95% of searches on the web. Currently, one of the best free tools available for helping with search engine indexing and optimization is Google Webmaster Tools (google.com/webmasters).Submit your site to Bing at bing.com/webmaster/SubmitSitePage.aspx.Your site isn't indexed by Google, which means over 80% of people using search engines can't find your site. Submit your site to Google at google.com/addurl/?continue=/addurl.Submit your site to Google at google.com/addurl/?continue=/addurl and Bing at bing.com/webmaster/SubmitSitePage.aspx.Conduct a Google search, using industry, city, and state. Click "places" in the left column to search within local results specifically.When searching by industry, city and state, the organization appears in Google's local search results.If your organization serves people in a specific geographic area (city, county, state), be sure to publish your street address on your web site so that search engines can add your site to the local search results. Site content relevance to search (page and title keywords), site traffic and age, visitor reviews or ratings, links from other local sites, and proximity to searched location all influence your site's rank in local search results. Local search results are a great place to appear when you have a physical location for people to visit.Go to google.com/local/add/businesscenter to claim your listing in the local search results if you haven't done so already.Go to google.com/local/add/businesscenter to claim your listing in the local search results if you haven't done so already.Go to google.com/places to manually add or claim your listing in the local search results.Conduct a Google search using industry-related keywords and the city only (no state) for organizations with a physical location.When searching by industry-related keywords, the site is easy to find in Google's unpaid (organic) search results.If your organization doesn't have a physical location serving a local audience, your site needs to show up high in Google's organic search results. Even if your organization does have a physical location, showing up in a prominent place in the organic search results means that searchers are more likely to find your site when using key words in their search rather than physical location. Some studies suggest that as much as 95% of website traffic from search engines originates from the first page of Google's organic search results. These results are heavily influenced by page search titles, search summaries (descriptions), and actual page contents.Consider pay-per-click advertising from Google (google.com/ads/adwords2) and Bing (advertising.microsoft.com/advertise-your-business-on-bing) to introduce your organization to a broader audience in a shorter amount of time than it would take to rise through the ranks of organic search results.Consider pay-per-click advertising from Google (google.com/ads/adwords2) and Bing (advertising.microsoft.com/advertise-your-business-on-bing) to introduce your organization to a broader audience in a shorter amount of time than it would take to rise through the ranks of organic search results.Use Firebug tool in Firefox to view the HTTP header output while viewing the site. Check for any 302 responses, this indicates temporary redirecting. E-zekiel ASP designs will show a 302 response, mark "correctly pointed"; they are addressed in the last section of the test. Also, watch the address bar of the browser as you navigate through the site, if the URL stays the same, the domain is likely fowarded and masked. View the source code of the page to check for an iframe which indicates masking.Domain name is:Your main domain name should be correctly pointed to the server which hosts your site in order for search engines to index the site. Secondary domains should be correctly redirected or pointed to the main domain. Using any type of domain forwarding or masking will prevent the search engines from indexing all of the pages of your site.Log into the account where you registered your domain (GoDaddy, Network Solutions, etc.) and remove any forwarding or masking and then point the domain directly to the nameservers for your website host.Log into the account where you registered your domain (GoDaddy, Network Solutions, etc.) and remove any forwarding or masking and then point the domain directly to the nameservers for your website host.Enter site:domain_name in Google search. If site is not indexed with Google, deduce what you can from their home and main-level page URLs.URLs are not truncated (i.e. they are less than 100 characters) in search results.Long URLs are often truncated in the search engines and are generally harder to remember, so the shorter the better. Using page shortcuts (i.e. yourdomain.com/pageshortcut) to link within your site can help with this as well as registering a shorter version of your domain name as previously mentioned in the "Marketable Domain Name" section of this report.You may have little control over page URL lengths, but entering and linking to page shortcuts (if provided within your CMS) as much as possible will help.This section measures your site content's effectiveness and gives you recommendations for improving search engine optimization through the contents of the site. More than anything else, content is the the criterion visitors use to determine if they want to get to know your organization better and if they will continue coming back.
View the home page of the site and evaluate.The site home page contains meaningful content.Search engines put higher value on the links and content found on a site's home page (the first page that comes up when your domain is entered). Aside from alienating first-time site visitors and frustrating return visitors, portal pages which link to only a few pages in the site can make the search engines think there isn't much substance to the site and lower the page rank for other pages. We suggest not using portal pages at all. Your home page should be an overview of the whole site, stating its purpose and the message you're trying to get across. The content should be concise, so site visitors can quickly see that this is the place that will best serve their needs. Use the home page to tell site visitors "what's in it for them" and why they shouldn't look anywhere else.
Replace portal page with content meaningful to all site visitors with a link to alternative guest- or member-specific content.Add meaningful content to home page to tell visitors "what's in it for them" and why they shouldn't look elsewhere.Enter site:domain_name in Google search. If site is not indexed on Google, deduce what you can from home and main-level pages by looking at the page source code and checking the <TITLE> tag toward the top.The site provides unique titles that are useful and compliment the page's content.Be sure to provide descriptive, keyword-rich search titles for all pages in your site. Search engines use the contents of the page title tag to determine relevant page ranking.
Ensure that page titles, descriptions and contents compliment one another and avoid stuffing them with irrelevant keywords. Keywords in the title should include location information when applicable. When writing search titles, think in terms of what site visitors might be looking for and incorporate as many of those words as possible using human-readable sentence style.
Add useful, unique search titles that compliment the page's content to all pages.Add useful, unique search titles that compliment the page's content to all pages.Add useful, unique search titles that compliment the page's content to all pages.Enter site:domain_name in Google search. If site is not indexed on Google, deduce what you can from their home and main-level pages by looking at the page source code and checking the <TITLE> tag toward the top.The site provides page titles that are just right in length.Ideal page titles are 50 to 70 characters long. Shorter page titles may not include important keywords that will improve your ranking, but longer page titles could be cut off in search results.
Check search title length for all pages (should be 50-70 characters).Check search title length for all pages (should be 50-70 characters).Check search title length for all pages (should be 50-70 characters).Enter site:domain_name in Google search. If site is not indexed on Google, deduce what you can from their home and main-level pages by looking at the page source code and checking the <META> description tag toward the top.The site provides unique descriptions that are useful and compliment the page's content.Be sure to provide detailed, keyword-rich search descriptions for all pages in your site. Search engines use the contents of the description tag to help potential visitors decide if they want to click through to your site. Because of this, page descriptions should be inviting and engaging, calling the reader to action.
Ensure that page titles, descriptions and contents compliment one another and avoid stuffing them with irrelevant keywords. Keywords in the description should include location information when applicable. When writing descriptions, think in terms of what site visitors might be looking for and incorporate as many of those words as possible using human-readable paragraph style.
Add useful, unique search descriptions that compliment the page's content to all pages.Add useful, unique search descriptions that compliment the page's content to all pages.Add useful, unique search descriptions that compliment the page's content to all pages.Enter site:domain_name in Google search. If site is not indexed on Google, deduce what you can from their home and main-level pages by looking at the page source code and checking the <META> description tag toward the top.The site provides page descriptions that are just right in length.Ideal page descriptions are 150 to 160 characters. Shorter page descriptions may not include important keywords that will improve your ranking, but longer page descriptions could be cut off in search results.
Check length of page description for all pages (should be 150 to 160 characters).Check length of page description for all pages (should be 150 to 160 characters).Check length of page description for all pages (should be 150 to 160 characters).Look through the contents of the page.Keywords and phrases are found within site contents.The keyword or keyphrase for each page should appear in the page title, the page description, the main heading on the page, the body of the text content (at least once), and use some form of emphasis (bold, italic).
Incorporate meaningful keywords and phrases throughout site content.Look through the contents of the page.Pages read naturally without unnecessary repetition or frequency of keywords.Overusing keywords and phrases can result in keyword stuffing which means the page reads unnaturally to a normal reader and search engines may penalize page rank.
Remove keywords and phrases from pages which read unnaturally to normal readers.View a random page URL on the site (site.com/1234) to generate 404 error.404 Error page:A 404 (Page Not Found) error is a common occurrence in web browsing; however, every site should have a 404 error page in place with adequate instructions for getting past the error so the viewer can continue browsing the site without frustration. The E-zekiel system automatically creates a useful 404 error page for every site, but also provides the ability to create a custom 404 page if desired.
Edit the 404 error page on your site to add useful information such as a link to the home page and a link to the site search page at minimum.Create a 404 error page on your site with useful information such as a link to the home page and a link to the site search page at minimum.Check for pages that look like images are used to display text for the page's contents. The proper use of alt text is not being evaluated here as it is covered in the last section of this review.Site does not appear to use images for displaying page content.Search engines (and visually impaired site visitors) can't see what's inside an image so the use of text-based graphics should be avoided, especially for important content; and, alternative text values should be entered for every image on the site (see "Images - Alternate Text Attributes" question in the "Code Standards" section of this review for more info).
Replace images used to display page content with actual text.For E-zekiel site: search for "iframe". For non-E-zekiel site: View page source code and search for , Site does not appear to use frames to display important content.A page that uses frames is essentially a web page within another web page. There is no actual connection between the two pages that a search engine can determine. Content inside frames generally cannot be seen by the search engines which creates a problem if the content in the frame is important.
Replace frames containing important content with actual contents.For E-zekiel site: search for ".swf". For non-E-zekiel site: Look through page contents to identify potential flash elements. Right-click on any element that appears to be Flash to see if Flash context menu appears, if not, it is probably really fancy JavaScript, which is generally ok here.Site does not use Flash to display important content.Search engines (and most mobile devices) can't see the contents of a Flash file. It's important when using Flash that an alternative is provided such as a CSS background image or <noflash> HTML tag which tells the browser what to do when a Flash player is not detected.
Replace Flash files displaying important content with JavaScript or provide a non-Flash option for cases where Flash is unavailable or disabled.This section measures your site's use of links and gives you recommendations based on search engine guidelines for internal and external linking.
Go to siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com and enter domain name in top search box. Choose to show inlinks except from this domain to entire site and evaluate the results. Listings for link-farms and yellow-page-type sites are of no value and should be ignored. Generally, high quality links will be from high-profile websites and sites with similar content to the site in questions. Suggested guidelines: Excellent - 100 or more high-quality backlinks; Good - 40-100 high-quality backlinks; Fair - 10-40 high-quality backlinks; Poor - 0-10 high-quality backlinks.Evaluate the quality and quantity of links from external sites.Links to your site from other sites are one of the ways search engines rank your pages. Be aware that all links are not equal. Search engines consider the quality, popularity, and similarity of sites linking to your site. If your organization is a member of any associations or clubs, ask them to link to your site from theirs. Be sure to request links from your city and county web sites as well. Consider joining reputable associations or other sites that appear in the top search results for your industry and location as well as contributing to reputable online discussion forums for your industry which allow you to publish your site link. Also, consider using social networks such as Facebook and Twitter to expand your overall web presence. Of course, if you're providing engaging and informative content on your site, people will naturally link to it. These natural links are the golden dust of SEO.Use our suggestions to improve backlink quality and quantity. Re-check at siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com.Use our suggestions to improve backlink quality and quantity. Re-check at siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com.Use our suggestions to improve backlink quality and quantity. Re-check at siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com.Look through page contents for link anchor text and evaluate the usefulness of the text used for links.Site uses link text that clearly indicates the subject of the target page.The more consistent internal links are, the better they will perform in terms of search engine optimization and page rank. Proper usage of keywords in the link text (the words you are using to create the link) instead of meaningless text like "click here" or the URL of the link itself, will help cement the links in the index.
Many links have text that clearly indicates the subject of the target page, however some do not. Edit link text such as "click here" or "read more" and convert links using the link URL to something human-readable that more accurately describes the target page.Some links have text that clearly indicates the subject of the target page, however some do not. Edit link text such as "click here" or "read more" and convert links using the link URL to something human-readable that more accurately describes the target page.No links have text that clearly indicates the subject of the target page. Edit link text such as "click here" or "read more" and convert links using the link URL to something human-readable that more accurately describes the target page.View the source code of any page containing a list of links such as resources pages, footers, etc.Lists of links are in HTML list format.Listing links is a common practice, but link lists should be marked up as bulleted (unordered) or numbered (ordered) lists, otherwise they may appear to search engines as a blob of links without any structure, and run the risk of being discounted or ignored.
Add the bulleted or numbered list format to all lists of links on your site. If you are an E-zekiel user, you can highlight the list of links and click the Bulleted or Numbered List button on the editor toolbar to do this quickly.Add the bulleted or numbered list format to all lists of links on your site. If you are an E-zekiel user, you can highlight the list of links and click the Bulleted or Numbered List button on the editor toolbar to do this quickly.Use Web Developer to set Information>View Link Information and scroll to bottom of list to see total link count (last number in list).Site does not contain pages with more than 100 links.The more links a page has, the lesser share of page rank those links will distribute throughout your site. It's important that the number of links on any page, especially to or from important ones, are kept to a sensible number. Less than 100 is recommended.
Your site has pages containing more than 100 links. There are two possible causes for this: 1) A dynamic site menu with slide-outs or drop-downs which contain many page links or 2) A reasonable site menu size, but page contents containing a large number of links. Consider reducing the size of your site menu and condensing or splitting up large lists of links.This section measures how easy it is for search engines to find the content they're looking for on your site and gives you recommendations for improving navigation structure and content organization.
The site does not use Flash navigation without a backup method. The answer will be True for the vast majority of E-zekiel sites.Search engines can't see content inside Flash, even basic text information. Flash should never be used for navigation unless it's supported by a non-Flash fallback.
Replace Flash-based navigation with a non-Flash alternative or add a non-Flash backup method.The site does not use JavaScript navigation without a backup method. The answer will be True for the vast majority of E-zekiel sites.While most search engines can identify links within JavaScript, they can't all understand more complex JavaScript, and the links they do find are often not associated with any real page.
Replace JavaScript-based navigation with an HTML alternative or add a non-JavaScript backup method.This is very rare and should be fairly obvious at first glance. The answer will be True for the vast majority of E-zekiel sites.The site does not contain form-based navigation.Search engines can't complete and submit forms (yet) and site visitors will easily become frustrated with a navigation system that requires them to submit a form before continuing to the next page. Thus, form-based navigation should be avoided entirely or a secondary navigation system should be used alongside it.
Replace form-based navigation with an HTML alternative or add a secondary navigation system as a backup.The site includes an index of links to site content and it is readily accessible.A site map is a page with links to the other pages on your site. While thin on content, if linked to from the footer or some consistent area of each page, they can provide your visitors with a quick way to find all of your site's public content, and allow search engines to do the same.
Create a site map page and link to it from all pages. The E-zekiel system creates a site map for every site. It is not a physical page on the site; however, if you are using one of our included templates, a link to the site map is included in the Tools area (set of button icons with various links) of all pages. If you have a custom design, you will need to set the "Tools" to appear in the desired area for each design in the Designs Manager or create a direct link to the site map page on the home page at minimum.Visit the site map of the website (&PG=siteindex for E-zekiel sites) or use navigation menu.The site organization structure correctly groups pages that contain similar content.To keep from overwhelming visitors with too many decisions, most usability experts recommend limiting navigation links to 10 or less per page. For larger sites, logically group content in a way that most visitors can quickly and easily comprehend. Grouping by purpose and topic are two of the more popular and useful ways to classify content. Also, grouping content helps search engines to understand and associate content relationships within your site.
Reorganize your site hierarchy so that related pages are grouped together in parent-child-grandchild relationships. In E-zekiel, this is an easy fix: open the page(s) you want to move, click the Parent Page tab, then click the name of the page you want to put the current page under and exit the Parent Page window.Visit the site map of the site or use navigation menu to identify areas that are indented more than 2 times from the main level.All of the site's content is accessible through no more than 3 clicks from the home page.Unless your site has an extraordinary amount of engaging and useful content, it's generally a good idea to limit site depth (applies to navigation menus and site maps) to three or at most four levels.
Consider using a dynamic menu system with drop-downs or slide-outs and/or condensing the number of levels of pages within your site so that visitors do not have to click more than three times to get to the desired area of the site from the home page.This section measures the quality of your underlying code as well as your site's ability to communicate effectively with search engine crawlers and people with disabilities.Use Web Developer to Validate HTML for the home page only. If the site has more than one "home" page, check them too, but don't worry with validating the other main level pages.The home page passes W3C document validation.Validating your site's code can assist you in identifying and correcting problems that may affect everything from search engine optimization to presentation. Valid site code is guaranteed to work in all modern, standards-compliant browsers; it stands a better chance of working on mobile devices; and it aids in accessibility for people with disabilities. If you are an E-zekiel user, are currently using one of our free design templates, and have entered all of your page contents using the included editor toolbar, your code should pass validation as we've worked to make sure our HTML document framework is (X)HTML compliant.
Visit validator.w3.org and enter the address for a page in your site to see a current validation report for that page. Review all errors and correct them where possible. Repeat for all pages in your site.For E-zekiel site: search site for "img". For non-E-zekiel site: Use Web Developer to Validate 508 for each page being evaluated.Site uses relevant alternate text for images.Search engines, and visually impaired site visitors, can't see what's inside an image. Use of Alternate Text attribute to describe every image and avoiding the use of text-based graphics will resolve this issue. E-zekiel users can easily add alternate text to all images on the main screen of the Image Properties window (whether inserting a new image or editing an existing image).
Add alternate text values to all images in the contents of your site (doesn't apply to design background images).Add alternate text values to all images in the contents of your site (doesn't apply to design background images).Add alternate text values to all images in the contents of your site (doesn't apply to design background images) and avoid using images to display important text.For E-zekiel site: search for "script". For non-E-zekiel site: View page source code and search for <script> tags which do not contain an external href value to a .js file.The site doesn't appear to use any inline JavaScript.Inline JavaScript (JavaScript which is contained within the page's <BODY> contents) itself isn't necessarily a bad thing for SEO. However, it can negatively impact the amount of code, in terms of kilobytes, that a search engine must crawl through before getting to the content. Additionally, the speed benefit of having a smaller page with external JavaScript can make a difference for site visitors as well.Move all JavaScript references which are in the page's contents to the appropriate area of the HTML document by putting the scripts themselves in external .js files and referencing them in the src attribute of the <SCRIPT> tag.View home page source code and search for the meta keyword tag up toward the top of the document in the <HEAD> area.Keyword tag doesn't exceed 3-5 keywords or phrases and keywords relate to the site's content.Though the major search engines have stopped using the meta keyword information, it can still have some impacts on the more obscure search engines. It is not a good idea to "stuff" this area with too many words. Instead, pick 3-5 targeted terms which make sense for your organization and compliment the site's content.Focus on choosing 3-5 unique keywords that relate well to your organization and site content to put in the meta keywords tag. E-zekiel users can edit this information on the SEO Settings tab of the Pages Manager.View page source code and search for <TABLE> tags.The site doesn't appear to use tables for content layout and does not have tables inside of tables.While not strictly detrimental to SEO performance of a site, the amount of code that table-based layouts present can be much less efficient than a CSS-based layout, as the CSS-based layout uses less code (on average) to present the content, and presents the content in a way that allows search engines to easily understand the relationship between different page elements.Try to eliminate the use of tables for laying out your content, especially where tables have been nested inside of one another. Consider learning how to use CSS and HTML instead for better and more flexible results.Browse the page, use CTRL+A to select all and identify any text that may be hidden in the visible part of the page. Use Web Developer to set CSS>Disable Style and Disable>Disable JavaScript to identify any text that was hidden using CSS or JavaScript.The site's content doesn't change when CSS and JavaScript are disabled.There is hiding text for effect (toggling) and there is hiding text for nefarious SEO reasons. Having text hidden on the page (using the same color as the background, or moving off the visible page using CSS or JavaScript without it being visible to a web viewer) can raise red flags with the search engines.Consider using another method for toggling the display of text which sets the default style to visible and not display:none. Remove any hidden text that is being hidden for the wrong reasons.This is very rare and, like form-based navigation, should be fairly obvious at first glance.
Use Firebug to view the HTTP header output.
Interact with the page (lightboxes, more content links) for any action that brings new content onto the page.
Confirm using the packet-sniffer that additional HTML elements are added to the page.
Monitor the URL to identify additions using a hash (#).
Copy and paste the AJAX URL into a new browser to confirm whether new content continues to display without the AJAX action.The site doesn't appear to use AJAX to generate content.Use of AJAX in the true sense of asynchronously modifying the same page with externally generated content (and not simply "AJAX" effects) causes problems with search engine discovery and crawling of the content similar to Flash and JavaScript.Use a "headless browser" and specific URL format in order to get AJAX content crawled and indexed.This section measures your site's ability to communicate effectively with search engine crawlers (also known as robots).If E-zekiel site: use site search to look for "window.location".
If non-E-zekiel site:
1. Use Web Developer to set Disable>Disable JavaScript.
2. View the redirecting page's source code.
3. Search for "window.location".
IMPORTANT: Be sure to go back and re-enable JavaScript once you are done with this step so that you can calculate the review results at the end of this test!The site doesn't appear to use JavaScript redirects.JavaScript can be used to redirect to a different page. JavaScript redirects also fail to work when a browser does not support JavaScript which includes most search engines, meaning that content at the end of the redirect is invisible to them. Redirects should not be used for important content that can't be accessed any other way.Avoid using JavaScript or shortcut redirects, especially to pages containing important content where the redirect is the only way to view the content publicly.Use Web Developer to set Disable>Disable Meta Redirects. View page source code and look for ]]> tag.The site doesn't appear to be using meta-refresh.Using a meta tag to refresh a page after 0 seconds is treated the same as redirecting using a 301 (permanent) redirect, but is less efficient (as it requires the browser to conduct the redirect) and has been used for bad intent.Remove meta-refresh tag from site. Use a 301 (permanent) redirect through your domain registrar instead.For E-zekiel site: use site search to look for "nofollow". For non-E-zekiel site: view page source code and use CTRL+F to look for "nofollow".The site doesn't appear to use "nofollow" attribute on internal links.In the past, the use of "nofollow" attributes on links was used to manipulate page rank in certain ways. As that effect has been undone by Google, the use of nofollow should only be used with external links (links outside of your site) where you can't vouch for the content that is being linked to.Remove any "nofollow" attributes from internal links (links to items within your site).This is not going to be a problem for any E-zekiel sites as we have a proper robots.txt file in place for every site on our servers. For non-E-zekiel sites, verify that the robots.txt file exists by entering the domain name followed by robots.txt (example.com/robots.txt).The site includes a robots.txt file which displays contents and "Disallow" is empty or contains specific files/folders.The first thing that any search engine checks for is whether it has permission to access the site. This is done via the robots.txt file. The robots.txt file should exist so that an unnecessary error response isn't encountered. This is something that the E-zekiel system handles automatically for you.Add a robots.txt file to the main directory of your website. Be sure that no content which you want to be seen by the search engines is disallowed.This is a problem for all E-zekiel customers with ASP designs, choose False - ASP.The site doesn't appear to use 302 redirects.The HTTP 302 response refers to a temporary redirect. Since search engines are literal in their interpretation of HTTP header responses, they won't look past a temporary redirect to get to the contents on the other side.Replace 302 redirects with 301 (permanent) redirects or remove redirects altogether by pointing domain name directly to your site's server.Your site is currently using a custom design from an older system which is causing the 302 redirect response to be returned. This can be remedied by updating your design using the new Designs Manager or by choosing any of the templates from our free template library as the default design for your site.Need help with your action list? Call customer support at 877.241.0540 for more information on specific items or to take advantage of our Site Tune-up service.Instructions for scoring and submission:When you're finished with the assessment, click the Print button below then click OK and then cancel out of the Print dialogClick "Print Preview" under the File menu in your browserLook at all of the pages to be sure they are correct and that the notes have not caused any pages to spill over to the next page or have a blank page between it and the next pageChange the Page Setup options if necessary to get the document to look right (check the box for "print background colors and images", set the aspect to "landscape", set the margins to 0 on all four sides)When you're sure it looks right, click the Print button, choose Cute PDF in the print dialog then name the file using this format: "Search Engine Optimization Assessment - siteID".pdf and save it to your computerClick the Close button to exit the print previewClick the Export Session button below, copy all of it, paste it into Notepad and save it as a txt file with the same name as the PDFEmail the PDF and TXT files to Customer Support Manager