FAQ on SeitenreportSEO Check, Website Audit and SEO Suite
Answers to the current portal: free SEO check, SEO benchmark, website audit, test areas, Search Console Quick Wins, website monitoring, white label, API, data protection and support.
The paid offers are aimed at entrepreneurs, agencies, freelancers and companies in the B2B sector. For open individual questions reach us via Contact details.
1. SEO Check, Audit and Result
What do I get from the free SEO check? ▾
The free SEO check checks up to 20 URLs without an account and without payment data. It shows your score, selected finds and initial assessments of SEO and website quality.
Full finds, affected URLs, measures and exports can be obtained with the one-time unlock or the SEO Suite.
How does a Seitenreport analysis work? ▾
You enter a domain or URL and start the check directly in the browser. Seitenreport crawls the accessible pages within the selected analysis limits, evaluates technical and content signals and creates a result with score, finds, example URLs and concrete next steps.
The analysis progress is displayed live. The result can then be achieved via a hard-to-guess token URL.
What does Seitenreport specifically test? ▾
The test catalogue comprises 350+ automated checks in 18 test areas: among others SEO and onpage, technology, performance, accessibility, data protection and tracking signals as well as AI readiness. Which checks can be done depends on your website and the available data.
The results are prepared as findings with priorities and concrete next steps. You will find the scope under What the Website Analysis Checks.
Does Seitenreport also test Local SEO? ▾
Yes. Seitenreport checks local SEO signals on the website, including address or NAP, telephone link, contact page, imprint, opening hours, arrival or maps link as well as local business and postal address scheme.
The classification is particularly useful for local service providers, practices, law firms, craftsmen, hotels, restaurants and other SMEs.
Which local SEO signals are checked? ▾
The focus is on website-own signals: address and NAP notes, clickable telephone numbers, contact page, imprint, opening hours, arrival or maps link, location or local service pages, local text reference and structured data such as LocalBusiness, Organization and PostalAddress.
For which industries is Local SEO particularly relevant in the audit? ▾
Local SEO is particularly relevant for companies with a regional catchment area or location: craftsmen, doctors and practices, law firms, tax consultants, real estate agents, hotels, restaurants, local service providers, branch companies and many SMEs.
Does the Local SEO Check replace the maintenance of the Google Business Profile? ▾
No. The audit primarily checks the website signals that support Local SEO. Google Business Profiles, external directories, reviews and NAP data outside the website should also be compared and maintained manually.
What do score, errors, warnings and tips mean? ▾
The score summarizes important audit signals for a quick orientation. Critical errors show topics that can significantly affect rankings, crawling or user experience. Warnings mark relevant abnormalities with medium risk. Tips are optimization opportunities that should often only be addressed after the critical basics.
Prioritization is important: first technical blockers, then recurring template problems, then editorial and finer OnPage topics.
What changes after unlocking? ▾
The one-time unlock for 99 Euro net extends the analysis to up to 2,500 URLs of a website. You will receive complete finds, affected URLs, detailed values, a prioritized action plan as well as PDF, Excel, CSV and audit data & templates for AI. A full follow-up audit of the same website within 90 days of payment is included. You access them via the link in your purchase confirmation or report and start them after a confirmation. Both reports remain available until the end of this period; the follow-up audit does not extend it.
If you want to regularly review your website and track changes, the SEO suite offers full audit results and ongoing monitoring within the booked rate.
Do I need an account or login? ▾
For the free SEO check and the one-time unlock you do not need a suite account. Your audit can be reached via the result link.
For ongoing monitoring, select a Suite fare and book through Stripe. After confirmed payment, your account will be set up; you will receive an activation link by email. No prior registration is necessary. Existing users may be under Notifications Log in.
Are my analysis results publicly visible? ▾
The results pages are located under hard-to-find token URLs and are not intended as public SEO landing pages. Share the link only with people who should see the report. In addition, report areas can be technically excluded from indexing.
How long does an analysis take? ▾
Small websites are often analyzed in a few minutes. Larger crawls take longer, especially with many URLs, slow servers, redirect chains, or blocking resources. The status is updated during the run.
For special checks and monitoring, the duration additionally depends on sitemap size, URL limit and server response times.
What is the difference between SEO-Check, SEO-Audit and Website-Check? ▾
An SEO check is the quick start and shows the most important anomalies. The unlocked SEO audit goes deeper and provides all affected URLs, priorities and export opportunities. Website-Check is used more generally and includes technical website quality, performance, accessibility or data protection signals in addition to SEO.
Seitenreport connects these areas in a product-related audit workflow.
Is Seitenreport an automatic tool report or a manual audit? ▾
The free check and unlock are automated analyses with prioritized findings. In addition, there are manual SEO audits by the expert, in which the data is evaluated professionally, translated into a top 10 roadmap and discussed in a review call on request.
Automatic check: fast and scalable. Manual audit: deeper, more prioritized and tailored to the specific context.
2. SEO benchmark and market comparison
What is the Seitenreport SEO benchmark? ▾
The Seitenreport SEO benchmark is a comparison database of crawled domains that makes typical SEO signals measurable. In the audit, your website is not only evaluated absolutely, but also classified in the market comparison.
This allows you to see faster whether a value in the appropriate segment is normal, conspicuously weak or above average.
What data is included in the benchmark? ▾
The benchmark includes 68,000+ successfully crawled domains, each with up to 10 tested URLs per domain. From this, 92 technical, structural and content-related SEO signals are derived.
These include, for example, indexing, meta data, headings, structured data, security headers, content signals, images and internal linking.
How is my website compared to the benchmark? ▾
Seitenreport aggregates the audit facts of your website and compares them with suitable baselines. If possible, it is classified by country, CMS and website segment.
Examples are DE, TYPO3, WordPress, local services, shops, publishers or general websites. If a segment is not resilient enough, a broader basis for comparison is used.
Is the SEO benchmark a ranking factor? ▾
No. The benchmark is not a Google ranking factor and does not replace ranking data. It shows which values are common in the market comparison, conspicuously weak or above average strong.
The benefit lies in the prioritization: an absolute mistake remains important, but the benchmark also helps to classify technical and structural signals in the market environment.
Why do I only see a benchmark section in the free audit? ▾
The free view shows a benchmark preview with selected comparison metrics. After unlocking, all evaluable benchmark metrics, deviations and segment information are visible in the audit.
Thus, the free entry is quickly understandable, while the complete view offers enough depth for implementation, report and customer communication.
What is the current benchmark data? ▾
The benchmark is built from crawled domains and updated baselines. The audit uses the currently available comparative data.
If there is a last crawl or baseline date, it can be displayed in the benchmark view. Importantly, the benchmark is a market classification, no live ranking and no guarantee of visibility.
3. URLs, crawl boundaries and technical features
What types of URLs can I analyze? ▾
It supports standard URL formats including http and https, subdomains, paths, file extensions and IDN domains.
https://domain.tldhttps://www.domain.tldhttps://domain.tld/unterseitehttps://domain.tld/unterseite.htmlhttps://äüö.tld
What exactly is crawled: domain, subfolder or subdomain? ▾
Starting point is the entered URL. After that, Seitenreport follows internal links within the allowed host or domain environment. Subdomains, directories and special areas can be included or excluded depending on the product, analysis configuration or individual setup.
For relaunches, shops or portals, it is often worthwhile to have a clear start URL strategy so that the most important page types end up in the crawl first.
Can staging systems or protected areas be tested? ▾
Yes, by agreement. For protected areas, either basic authentic, a test login or a temporary activation via IP or token are required. Without approval, only publicly accessible pages can be checked.
For staging environments, real access protection is usually more reliable than just a robots.txt rule.
Does the check also work for JavaScript-heavy websites? ▾
Many technical signals can also be evaluated in modern websites from HTML, HTTP responses, resources and linked URLs. However, for pages rendered strongly on the client side, there may be differences between server HTML, browser presentation and Googlebot processing.
For critical SPA, headless or shop setups, the result should therefore be combined with rendering samples, Search Console and, if necessary, a manual audit.
Why do results differ from Search Console, Lighthouse or other tools? ▾
Each tool measures differently: different time, different user agent, different crawl depth, different data source and different rating logic. Search Console shows Google data, Lighthouse measures individual lab runs, Seitenreport looks at crawl and audit signals across multiple URLs.
Deviations are therefore normal. It is important whether recurring patterns become visible and which measure arises from them.
What happens when a URL limit is reached? ▾
The crawl ends at the respective border; the already checked URLs remain evaluable. The free SEO check includes up to 20 URLs, the one-time unlock up to 2,500 URLs of a website. In the SEO Suite, the URL quotas of the tariff together for all projects per crawl round.
Can I check again for fixes? ▾
Yes. A new crawl shows whether changes have fixed the detected problems. The updates and limits available in the respective result are displayed there.
In the SEO Suite, weekly, from business daily crawls within the tariff quota are possible in Starter and Pro. History and change protocol help to understand new and solved problems.
4. Unlocking, pricing and settlement
Can I book Seitenreport as a consumer? ▾
The paid offers are aimed exclusively at entrepreneurs, the self-employed, freelancers, agencies and companies in the B2B sector. A sale to consumers does not take place.
Before chargeable activations, the B2B use is confirmed accordingly.
How does the website audit work for 99 euros? ▾
After the free initial check, unlock the full website audit directly from the results page: one-off 99 Euro net plus VAT, without a subscription. Included are up to 2,500 URLs, all finds, affected URLs, the action plan, PDF and other exports.
In addition, you can have the same website fully checked once. follow-up audit and access to both reports are valid for 90 days from payment. You confirm the start via the report or the link in your purchase confirmation e-mail; the follow-up audit does not extend access.
What distinguishes website audit, SEO suite and agency services? ▾
The website audit for 99 Euro net is a one-time unlock for up to 2,500 URLs of a website with full measures and exports as well as a follow-up audit of the same website. follow-up audit and access to both reports are valid for 90 days from payment.
The SEO suite combines complete audit results with automatic crawls, monitoring and history data. You choose Starter, Pro, Business or Agency with monthly or annual payment.
In addition, there are unique lead audit quotas for the acquisition as well as individually agreed white label and integration solutions. Compare offers and tariffs.
Do I need a subscription for Seitenreport? ▾
For the free SEO check and the one-time website audit, no subscription is necessary. For ongoing monitoring, book the SEO Suite from 39 Euro net per month. For annual payments, you save 20% compared to twelve monthly payments for the same services.
The termination is possible at the end of the paid billing period. Existing previous contracts retain their agreed terms.
Do I get an invoice with VAT? ▾
Yes. Fee-based offers are booked for business; the net prices shown are plus VAT. You collect company and invoice information in the Stripe-Checkout. After successful payment, the invoice will be provided.
With a new suite booking, you will also receive an email to activate your account.
What do I do for larger contingents or several customer projects? ▾
For several websites choose a suitable SEO suite tariff: Pro includes 3, Business 10 and Agency 25 projects. The crawl, keyword and backlink quotas are common to each account.
For the acquisition, there are separately one-time lead audit quotas: up to 200 short checks for 790 Euro net, plus one-time setup from 1,490 Euro net. White label, additional quotas and individual processes are agreed separately. View agency offers.
5. Test Areas and AI Readiness
What checks the accessibility check? ▾
The accessibility check looks at WCAG/BITV-oriented technical signals such as ARIA, focus guidance, forms, alternative text, headings, landmark structure and typical template risks.
In the website audit, these signals are incorporated into priorities and measures. The evaluation does not replace legal advice or complete conformity testing.
What checks the data protection and tracking check? ▾
The data protection and tracking check looks at technical signals around Cookie Consent, TDDDG, Tracker, third-party providers, forms, Consent Mode and typical marketing or analytics integrations.
It shows where website technology, consent management and data protection notices should be compared more closely. This is not legal advice.
What Does the Core-Web-Vitals Exam Check? ▾
The common crawl measures server response and HTML retrieval time and examines technical clues to LCP, INP and CLS risks, such as image, script, third-party and layout signals. This is a technical risk analysis; resource file sizes are not fully measured.
Real user data from CrUX or Search Console as well as laboratory diagnoses from Lighthouse complement this analysis.
What does AI Readiness mean in the Seitenreport? ▾
AI Readiness evaluates whether content, structure, trust signals and technical evaluability of a website are good enough to be reliably understood by search engines, AI systems and answering machines. The unlocked SEO audit includes AI-related signals and measures.
The check is particularly relevant for sites that want to improve not only rankings, but also findability in AI-supported answers.
When does a special examination make sense? ▾
Accessibility, data protection and tracking as well as performance and AI readiness are test areas of the joint website audit and the SEO suite. You do not need separate audit purchases for this.
The topic pages help with a targeted entry. As a result, you can switch between the test areas; the one-time unlock or your suite tariff opens up the complete results to the respective extent.
6. SEO Suite, Monitoring, SERPs and Alerts
What is the difference between audit and monitoring? ▾
A single audit shows the state at the time of testing and prioritizes the problems found. The SEO suite complements regular crawls, score histories, a change log, and targeted monitoring in the same interface.
In this way, you can see which problems have newly been added and whether measures are working. Monitoring and e-mail messages are set for each project.
What does the Seitenreport SEO Suite monitor? ▾
In the SEO Suite, select monitoring for each project: for example, accessibility and status codes, sitemap URLs, HTTPS certificates, indexability, technical SEO errors, performance, accessibility, tracking and AI signals. Backlinks and keyword rankings are included by tariff.
In the “Monitoring” section, you will see scope, checking interval, status and notifications. Changes are reported after a completed, comparable audit. The suite is not a real-time availability service. Getting to know website monitoring.
How much does website monitoring cost? ▾
Website monitoring is part of the SEO Suite. The regular tariffs for monthly payment cost: Pro 39 Euro, Business 79 Euro and Agency 149 Euro net per month, each plus VAT. With annual advance payment, you save 20% on the same benefits.
There is no free monitoring test phase. You can try it for free. SEO check with up to 20 URLs without an account. Individual white label or integration services are agreed separately. Compare all tariffs and quotas.
How do I get access to the SEO Suite? ▾
After confirmed payment, your suite account will be set up. You will receive a unique activation link by e-mail. For a new account, you can then set your own password. Existing passwords remain unchanged.
Later you will report to the Login page an. In the suite you will find projects, audit results, monitoring, history and your account. If necessary, “Forget password” helps.
Are there SERP tracking and keyword positions? ▾
Yes. The SEO suite includes weekly top 100 tracking: Pro up to 100, Business up to 200 and Agency up to 300 keywords per account. You can assign the keywords to your projects.
Ranking tracking is part of the SEO suite. The Tariff summary Shows the current quotas and update intervals.
Is monitoring suitable for agencies and several customer websites? ▾
Yes. The suite fare agency comprises 25 projects for 149 Euro net per month with monthly payment. Audit results, monitoring and historical data remain together per website; the tariff quotas apply jointly per account.
White label, own branding and individual work processes are Separately requested agency services.
When is monitoring particularly worthwhile? ▾
Monitoring is worthwhile after relaunches, CMS updates, template changes, new tracking setups, ongoing SEO support and for websites that regularly change content or technical components. It makes new problems visible before they go unnoticed for a long time.
7. Search Console Quick Wins
What are Search Console Quick Wins? ▾
Search Console Quick Wins is a manually verified package based on your Google Search Console data. You deliver two CSV files, and you get 10 prioritized SEO tasks with impact/effort, justification, next step and success criterion.
The focus is on CTR leverage, strike distance keywords, cannibalization and opportunities from already existing impressions.
What data do I need to provide for Search Console Quick Wins? ▾
They deliver two CSV exports from the Google Search Console: queries.csv and pages.csvIdeally for the last 90 days. There is no need for more for this package.
Recommended is a database from about 1,000 impressions per month, because then usually enough opportunities are visible.
Does Seitenreport need access to my Google account? ▾
No. Search Console Quick Wins does not require login and access to your Google account. The evaluation is based on the CSV exports that you provide yourself.
How fast can I get the Search Console Quick Wins? ▾
Delivery is usually made within 48 hours of workdays. You will receive a result as a document or PDF as well as a task list as a sheet or Excel file.
Is Search Console Quick Wins a Website Audit? ▾
No. Search Console Quick Wins is not a full audit, not a crawl and not a complete technical analysis. It is a focused action sheet of GSC signals. If technical problems, indexing, core web vitals or data protection topics are relevant, a Seitenreport audit is also useful.
8. Reports, white label, API and agency workflows
What exports and reports are there? ▾
The fully unlocked website audit and paid suite fares include the full PDF report, Excel and CSV exports, and audit data & templates for AI. This allows you to use results for implementation, developer briefings and customer communication.
In the suite, historical data and optional email reports complement the audit results. View full sample report.
Are there any white label reports? ▾
Yes. Reports with own branding and individual agency processes are possible by agreement. The regular suite rates, one-time lead audit quotas and individual white label services are separate offers.
Is there an API or integration? ▾
Yes. The Seitenreport API checks individual URLs and provides results from its own linked suite projects. The facility costs one-off 49 € net including 1,500 credits. Another 1,000 credits cost 29 € net. There is no basic monthly fee.
What offers are there for agencies? ▾
For the ongoing support of several customer websites, there is the SEO suite with recurring crawls, complete audit results and monitoring.
Lead audits are separately available, one-time acquisition quotas. The entry level includes up to 200 short checks for 790 Euro net plus one-time setup from 1,490 Euro net. These short reports are created via CSV domain upload and do not replace a complete website audit. API, webhook and CRM connections are not included in the lead packages.
White label, special contingents and integrations are agreed individually. Compare agency offers.
Are individual checks or enterprise setups possible? ▾
Yes. For larger portfolios, special KPIs, own testing rules, very large websites, staging workflows, data exports or SLA requirements, individual setups can be adapted. This is especially useful for portals, shops, agency workflows and recurring technical QA.
9. Data protection, crawlers and security
Is Seitenreport GDPR compliant? Is there an AVV? ▾
Seitenreport is geared towards data protection-conscious processing. Hosting and server locations are located in Germany or the EU. An AVV for order processing can be provided on request.
Further details are given in the data protection notices.
What data is stored? ▾
Depending on the product, entered URLs, technical analysis results, reports and activation information are stored. The SEO suite adds account data, projects, monitoring settings, keywords, notifications and history data. Payment data are processed via the integrated payment service providers.
Details on processing and storage periods are given in the Data protection notices. Share results links only with people who need access.
How do I detect or block the SeitenreportBot? ▾
The crawler identifies as SeitenreportBot It works with fair rate limitation. He respects robots.txt. If you want to block the bot, you can block it via robots.txt or on the server side via user agent.
User-agent: SeitenreportBot
Disallow: /For staging systems, login or basic authentic are usually more robust than IP lists.
How do I safely deal with report links? ▾
Share results links only with people who should see the report. For ongoing monitoring, manage your projects and results in the protected account of the SEO Suite. Individual activations and suite projects are different accesses.
Are GDPR, BFSG or accessibility checks replacing legal advice? ▾
No. The audits are preliminary technical examinations and provide guidance, priorities and examples. They do not replace legal advice and complete legal or certifying conformity testing.
However, they help to find technical risks faster and to discuss them in a targeted manner with data protection, development, UX or legal advice.
10. Support, knowledge and community
How do I reach support? ▾
It is best to use the contact form. Briefly describe website, product, result link and specific question. For billing, unlocking or bug topics, this information helps particularly quickly.
What is included in the support and what is not? ▾
Included are questions about usage, results statements, bug reports, unlocking and billing. Not automatically included are individual SEO consulting, implementation in customer systems, project coaching or legal evaluation.
For deeper support, manual audits, workshops, agency setups or individual advice can be requested.
What other resources are there? ▾
In addition to the FAQ, there is the SEO wiki as a reference book, SEO articles for practical knowledge, the manual for audit workflows and the forum for exchange. There are meaningful beginnings Wiki, Local SEO, Local SEO checklist, SEO articles, Manual and Forum (German).
Who is behind Seitenreport? ▾
Seitenreport is a German-language SEO and website analysis portal of Matthias Gläßner IT solutions and has existed since 2007. The current focus is on implementable audits, activations, special examinations, monitoring, agency workflows and practical technical SEO support.