What is CrispAudit and what does it check?

CrispAudit is an all-in-one website health auditor. You paste any URL and it loads the page in a real browser, then scores seven pillars of site health in one scan: SEO & on-page, GEO/AEO readiness for AI answer engines, technical & performance (Core Web Vitals), structured data (schema.org), accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA), privacy and cookies (GDPR/CCPA), and broken links & spelling. It can also generate the schema.org markup you're missing for every page. Unlike a single-purpose validator that just points at problems, CrispAudit explains each finding in plain English and — on the advanced report — generates copy-paste fixes built from your page's actual content, plus a prioritized roadmap of what to fix first. The goal is simple: tell you, in one place, everything standing between your site and being found, trusted, and used — by search engines, AI answer engines, and real visitors.

What are GEO and AEO, and how does CrispAudit help?

GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) and AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) are about getting your site found and cited by AI answer engines — ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and similar — not just the traditional ten blue links. As more people get answers from AI instead of clicking through search results, being a source those engines can read and trust is becoming as important as classic SEO. CrispAudit checks the things that determine whether AI engines can access and understand you: whether AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, CCBot) are allowed in your robots.txt, whether you publish an llms.txt pointing them to your best content, how clear your structured data makes your entities, and whether your content is answerable and well-organized. This is a core differentiator: most audit tools still treat the web as search-engine-only. CrispAudit treats AI answer engines as a first-class audience.

Is CrispAudit free? What do I get in the paid report?

Yes — the core scan is free. Every audit runs all seven pillars and shows you the rule-based findings across SEO, GEO/AEO, technical/performance, structured data, accessibility, privacy, and broken links, with your scores and the specific issues found. No payment required to see what's wrong. The paid Advanced report adds the AI layer: recommendations generated from your page's actual content, copy-paste-ready JSON-LD and code fixes, cross-pillar insights, and a prioritized roadmap with time estimates. It's a one-time report, not a subscription. For hands-on help, consulting is available to implement the fixes and build a strategy around them.

How does the accessibility (WCAG / ADA) check work?

CrispAudit runs the industry-standard axe-core engine inside the real browser that loads your page, testing against WCAG 2.0, 2.1, and 2.2 at levels A and AA. It reports the violations it finds, grouped by severity (critical, serious, moderate, minor), with links to exactly what to fix. This matters beyond good practice: inaccessible sites are a real legal risk. ADA-related web accessibility lawsuits run into the thousands each year, and the most common issues — missing alt text, poor color contrast, unlabeled form fields, missing landmarks — are exactly what an automated scan surfaces. Automated testing catches roughly 30–50% of accessibility issues, so CrispAudit flags what it can detect automatically and recommends a manual keyboard and screen-reader pass for the rest.

What does the privacy / cookies (GDPR / CCPA) check do?

CrispAudit watches what your page actually sets and loads when it renders: every cookie, every third-party tracker, and whether a consent banner is present. It classifies cookies (analytics, advertising, social, functional) and flags the combinations that create legal exposure — for example, tracking cookies firing before any consent is given. Under GDPR and CCPA, dropping analytics or advertising cookies before a visitor opts in is a common and costly mistake. Many consent banners are decorative and fire trackers on page load anyway; CrispAudit helps you catch that. You get a clear list of which trackers are present, whether consent is detected, and what to change to reduce risk.

Does CrispAudit check SEO and page speed?

Yes. The SEO pillar covers the on-page fundamentals: title and meta description, a single clear H1 and logical headings, canonical URLs, Open Graph tags, indexability (no accidental noindex), a valid robots.txt and sitemap.xml, and HTTPS plus basic security headers. When a performance key is configured, CrispAudit also reports Core Web Vitals from Google PageSpeed Insights — Largest Contentful Paint, Cumulative Layout Shift, and Interaction to Next Paint — using real-user field data where available, since speed affects both rankings and conversions. A separate broken-links check verifies the links on your page actually resolve, since dead links waste crawl budget and quietly erode visitor trust.

Do I need an account, and what happens to my data?

No account is required to run a free scan — paste a URL and go. CrispAudit only audits publicly accessible pages, the same way a search engine crawler would, so there's nothing to install and no access to grant. Audits are processed on demand and results are returned to you; scan results aren't sold or shared. If you opt in with your email for the report or updates, that's the only personal data collected, and you can unsubscribe anytime.

How is CrispAudit different from free validators and other audit tools?

Three ways. First, breadth: most free tools check one thing — schema, or speed, or accessibility. CrispAudit covers seven pillars in a single scan and shows how they connect, so you see the whole picture instead of stitching together five separate reports. Second, AI-native: CrispAudit explicitly checks GEO/AEO readiness for AI answer engines and, on the advanced report, uses AI to generate fixes from your page's real content rather than handing you a generic checklist. Third, plain English and copy-paste: validators tell you what's broken; CrispAudit tells you what to do about it, with ready-to-paste code and a prioritized order to do it in.

What is a schema.org validator?

A schema.org validator checks whether a website's structured data markup follows schema.org specifications correctly. It verifies JSON-LD, Microdata, and RDFa markup to ensure search engines like Google can read and use the data for rich results.

What is JSON-LD and why does it matter for SEO?

JSON-LD (JavaScript Object Notation for Linked Data) is Google's preferred format for structured data markup. It allows search engines to understand your content's context, enabling rich results like star ratings, FAQs, breadcrumbs, and product details in search results.

What schema types does CrispAudit validate?

CrispAudit validates 10 high-impact schema types: Organization, WebSite with SearchAction, BreadcrumbList, Article/BlogPosting, FAQPage, Product, AggregateRating/Review, Person/Author, HowTo, and JSON-LD syntax validity.

Is CrispAudit free to use?

Yes, CrispAudit is completely free to use with no account or login required. Simply paste any public URL to get an instant schema audit score and structured data report.

How do I fix schema.org errors on my website?

After scanning your URL, CrispAudit identifies missing or broken schema types and provides plain-English fix instructions for each issue. Enter your email address to receive a detailed fix-it report with specific recommendations for your site.

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