---
tool: Crawlinx SEO audit
source: https://crawlinx.com
domain: balsamiq.com
report_url: "https://crawlinx.com/audit/balsamiq.com"
crawl_id: 20260711T010024-6e689ec3
health_score: 65
generated_at: 2026-07-11T15:45:41Z
total_pages: 50
html_pages: 50
indexable_pages: 49
errors: 0
warnings: 78
notices: 73
---

# SEO audit: balsamiq.com

**Health score: 65/100** — needs attention

> Audited by [Crawlinx](https://crawlinx.com) — the free technical-SEO crawler. Full report: https://crawlinx.com/audit/balsamiq.com

## Overview

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Pages crawled | 50 |
| HTML pages | 50 |
| Indexable | 49 |
| Non-indexable | 1 |
| Orphan pages | 11 |
| Broken internal links | 0 |
| Avg response time | 979 ms |
| Errors / Warnings / Notices | 0 / 78 / 73 |
| Status codes | 50×200 |

## Categories

| Category | Score | Errors | Warnings | Notices |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Canonical | 71 | 0 | 48 | 0 |
| Links | 93 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Content | 98 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Images | 98 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| Duplicate | 99 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Headings | 99 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Meta Description | 99 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Titles | 99 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Crawlability | 99 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Indexability | 99 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sitemap | 99 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Social | 100 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Structured Data | 100 | 0 | 0 | 46 |

## Issues

### Warnings (78)

#### Missing canonical tag

- Rule: `canonical.missing` · Category: Canonical · Occurrences: 48

- [https://balsamiq.com/](https://balsamiq.com/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/assets/legal/security/vendor/vsaq.html](https://balsamiq.com/assets/legal/security/vendor/vsaq.html)
- [https://balsamiq.com/author/aakash-patel/](https://balsamiq.com/author/aakash-patel/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-claude/](https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-claude/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-excalidraw/](https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-excalidraw/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-figma/](https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-figma/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-marvel/](https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-marvel/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-miro/](https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-miro/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-moqups/](https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-moqups/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-pencil-paper/](https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-pencil-paper/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-whimsical/](https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-whimsical/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/blog/](https://balsamiq.com/blog/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/blog/10000-in-revenue-in-the-first-6-weeks/](https://balsamiq.com/blog/10000-in-revenue-in-the-first-6-weeks/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/brand/](https://balsamiq.com/brand/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/changelog/](https://balsamiq.com/changelog/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/company/](https://balsamiq.com/company/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/company/playbook/](https://balsamiq.com/company/playbook/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/comparisons/](https://balsamiq.com/comparisons/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/consultants/](https://balsamiq.com/consultants/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/customers/](https://balsamiq.com/customers/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/customers/asa-financial/](https://balsamiq.com/customers/asa-financial/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/dinner/](https://balsamiq.com/dinner/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/examples/](https://balsamiq.com/examples/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/examples/all/](https://balsamiq.com/examples/all/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/examples/internal-tools/feature-spec-prd-layout/](https://balsamiq.com/examples/internal-tools/feature-spec-prd-layout/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/for-founders/](https://balsamiq.com/for-founders/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/good-product-club/](https://balsamiq.com/good-product-club/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/it/](https://balsamiq.com/it/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/learn/](https://balsamiq.com/learn/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/learn/1-7/](https://balsamiq.com/learn/1-7/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/learn/learning-tracks/designing-page-layout/](https://balsamiq.com/learn/learning-tracks/designing-page-layout/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/learn/learning-tracks/designing-page-layout/fundamentals/](https://balsamiq.com/learn/learning-tracks/designing-page-layout/fundamentals/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/learn/learning-tracks/ui-design-psychology/cognitive-load/choice/](https://balsamiq.com/learn/learning-tracks/ui-design-psychology/cognitive-load/choice/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/legal/](https://balsamiq.com/legal/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/legal/dora/](https://balsamiq.com/legal/dora/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/lp/product-leadership-style-builder/](https://balsamiq.com/lp/product-leadership-style-builder/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/nonprofits/](https://balsamiq.com/nonprofits/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/office-hours/](https://balsamiq.com/office-hours/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/pricing/](https://balsamiq.com/pricing/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/product-managers/](https://balsamiq.com/product-managers/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/product/](https://balsamiq.com/product/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/product/ai/](https://balsamiq.com/product/ai/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/product/desktop/archives/](https://balsamiq.com/product/desktop/archives/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/research/](https://balsamiq.com/research/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/resources/](https://balsamiq.com/resources/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/s/](https://balsamiq.com/s/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/search/](https://balsamiq.com/search/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/support/docs/account-management/cloud/data-residency/](https://balsamiq.com/support/docs/account-management/cloud/data-residency/)

#### Thin content (low word count)

- Rule: `content.thin` · Category: Content · Occurrences: 4

- [https://balsamiq.com/assets/legal/security/vendor/vsaq.html](https://balsamiq.com/assets/legal/security/vendor/vsaq.html) — 29 words
- [https://balsamiq.com/product/desktop/archives/](https://balsamiq.com/product/desktop/archives/) — 154 words
- [https://balsamiq.com/s/](https://balsamiq.com/s/) — 0 words
- [https://balsamiq.com/search/](https://balsamiq.com/search/) — 177 words

#### Duplicate page content

- Rule: `duplicate.content` · Category: Duplicate · Occurrences: 2

- [https://balsamiq.com/examples/](https://balsamiq.com/examples/) — content shared by 2 pages: https://balsamiq.com/examples/all/
- [https://balsamiq.com/examples/all/](https://balsamiq.com/examples/all/) — content shared by 2 pages: https://balsamiq.com/examples/

#### Incomplete/empty response after retries (likely transient — re-crawl)

- Rule: `fetch.incomplete` · Category: Crawlability · Occurrences: 1

- [https://balsamiq.com/product/desktop/license/redirector/](https://balsamiq.com/product/desktop/license/redirector/) — HTTP 200, 0 words after 3 attempts

#### Missing <h1>

- Rule: `h1.missing` · Category: Headings · Occurrences: 2

- [https://balsamiq.com/author/aakash-patel/](https://balsamiq.com/author/aakash-patel/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/s/](https://balsamiq.com/s/)

#### Images missing alt text

- Rule: `images.missing_alt` · Category: Images · Occurrences: 4

- [https://balsamiq.com/company/playbook/](https://balsamiq.com/company/playbook/) — 1 of 6 images missing alt
- [https://balsamiq.com/it/](https://balsamiq.com/it/) — 2 of 5 images missing alt
- [https://balsamiq.com/learn/learning-tracks/designing-page-layout/](https://balsamiq.com/learn/learning-tracks/designing-page-layout/) — 1 of 6 images missing alt
- [https://balsamiq.com/lp/product-leadership-style-builder/](https://balsamiq.com/lp/product-leadership-style-builder/) — 1 of 6 images missing alt

#### noindex + nofollow (blocks link equity flow)

- Rule: `index.noindex_nofollow` · Category: Indexability · Occurrences: 1

- [https://balsamiq.com/partner/wes-kao/](https://balsamiq.com/partner/wes-kao/) — meta/X-Robots: meta=noindex, nofollow

#### Orphan page (no internal inlinks)

- Rule: `links.orphan` · Category: Links · Occurrences: 11

- [https://balsamiq.com/assets/legal/security/vendor/vsaq.html](https://balsamiq.com/assets/legal/security/vendor/vsaq.html) — no internal links point here
- [https://balsamiq.com/blog/10000-in-revenue-in-the-first-6-weeks/](https://balsamiq.com/blog/10000-in-revenue-in-the-first-6-weeks/) — no internal links point here
- [https://balsamiq.com/dinner/](https://balsamiq.com/dinner/) — no internal links point here
- [https://balsamiq.com/it/](https://balsamiq.com/it/) — no internal links point here
- [https://balsamiq.com/learn/1-7/](https://balsamiq.com/learn/1-7/) — no internal links point here
- [https://balsamiq.com/learn/learning-tracks/ui-design-psychology/cognitive-load/choice/](https://balsamiq.com/learn/learning-tracks/ui-design-psychology/cognitive-load/choice/) — no internal links point here
- [https://balsamiq.com/lp/product-leadership-style-builder/](https://balsamiq.com/lp/product-leadership-style-builder/) — no internal links point here
- [https://balsamiq.com/office-hours/](https://balsamiq.com/office-hours/) — no internal links point here
- [https://balsamiq.com/product/desktop/archives/](https://balsamiq.com/product/desktop/archives/) — no internal links point here
- [https://balsamiq.com/s/](https://balsamiq.com/s/) — no internal links point here
- [https://balsamiq.com/search/](https://balsamiq.com/search/) — no internal links point here

#### Missing meta description

- Rule: `meta_desc.missing` · Category: Meta Description · Occurrences: 2

- [https://balsamiq.com/assets/legal/security/vendor/vsaq.html](https://balsamiq.com/assets/legal/security/vendor/vsaq.html)
- [https://balsamiq.com/learn/learning-tracks/ui-design-psychology/cognitive-load/choice/](https://balsamiq.com/learn/learning-tracks/ui-design-psychology/cognitive-load/choice/)

#### Non-indexable URL listed in sitemap

- Rule: `sitemap.non_indexable` · Category: Sitemap · Occurrences: 1

- [https://balsamiq.com/partner/wes-kao/](https://balsamiq.com/partner/wes-kao/) — listed in sitemap but noindex

#### Title likely truncated in SERP (too wide)

- Rule: `title.too_long` · Category: Titles · Occurrences: 2

- [https://balsamiq.com/product-managers/](https://balsamiq.com/product-managers/) — 81 chars, ~620px (limit ~580px)
- [https://balsamiq.com/support/docs/account-management/cloud/data-residency/](https://balsamiq.com/support/docs/account-management/cloud/data-residency/) — 76 chars, ~598px (limit ~580px)

### Notices (73)

#### Duplicate meta description across pages

- Rule: `duplicate.meta_desc` · Category: Duplicate · Occurrences: 2

- [https://balsamiq.com/examples/](https://balsamiq.com/examples/) — meta description shared by 2 pages: https://balsamiq.com/examples/all/
- [https://balsamiq.com/examples/all/](https://balsamiq.com/examples/all/) — meta description shared by 2 pages: https://balsamiq.com/examples/

#### Images without width/height (layout shift / CLS)

- Rule: `images.missing_dimensions` · Category: Images · Occurrences: 9

- [https://balsamiq.com/author/aakash-patel/](https://balsamiq.com/author/aakash-patel/) — 3 of 9 images without width/height
- [https://balsamiq.com/blog/](https://balsamiq.com/blog/) — 44 of 93 images without width/height
- [https://balsamiq.com/blog/10000-in-revenue-in-the-first-6-weeks/](https://balsamiq.com/blog/10000-in-revenue-in-the-first-6-weeks/) — 3 of 13 images without width/height
- [https://balsamiq.com/customers/](https://balsamiq.com/customers/) — 5 of 25 images without width/height
- [https://balsamiq.com/examples/internal-tools/feature-spec-prd-layout/](https://balsamiq.com/examples/internal-tools/feature-spec-prd-layout/) — 1 of 10 images without width/height
- [https://balsamiq.com/good-product-club/](https://balsamiq.com/good-product-club/) — 30 of 38 images without width/height
- [https://balsamiq.com/learn/](https://balsamiq.com/learn/) — 44 of 93 images without width/height
- [https://balsamiq.com/learn/1-7/](https://balsamiq.com/learn/1-7/) — 3 of 13 images without width/height
- [https://balsamiq.com/partner/wes-kao/](https://balsamiq.com/partner/wes-kao/) — 5 of 25 images without width/height

#### Meta description too long

- Rule: `meta_desc.too_long` · Category: Meta Description · Occurrences: 4

- [https://balsamiq.com/](https://balsamiq.com/) — 175 chars
- [https://balsamiq.com/blog/10000-in-revenue-in-the-first-6-weeks/](https://balsamiq.com/blog/10000-in-revenue-in-the-first-6-weeks/) — 223 chars
- [https://balsamiq.com/examples/internal-tools/feature-spec-prd-layout/](https://balsamiq.com/examples/internal-tools/feature-spec-prd-layout/) — 925 chars
- [https://balsamiq.com/learn/1-7/](https://balsamiq.com/learn/1-7/) — 221 chars

#### Meta description too short

- Rule: `meta_desc.too_short` · Category: Meta Description · Occurrences: 5

- [https://balsamiq.com/author/aakash-patel/](https://balsamiq.com/author/aakash-patel/) — 36 chars
- [https://balsamiq.com/dinner/](https://balsamiq.com/dinner/) — 40 chars
- [https://balsamiq.com/lp/product-leadership-style-builder/](https://balsamiq.com/lp/product-leadership-style-builder/) — 45 chars
- [https://balsamiq.com/product/ai/](https://balsamiq.com/product/ai/) — 11 chars
- [https://balsamiq.com/search/](https://balsamiq.com/search/) — 31 chars

#### Missing Open Graph tags

- Rule: `og.missing` · Category: Social · Occurrences: 2

- [https://balsamiq.com/assets/legal/security/vendor/vsaq.html](https://balsamiq.com/assets/legal/security/vendor/vsaq.html) — og:title, og:description, og:image
- [https://balsamiq.com/learn/learning-tracks/ui-design-psychology/cognitive-load/choice/](https://balsamiq.com/learn/learning-tracks/ui-design-psychology/cognitive-load/choice/) — og:description

#### No structured data detected

- Rule: `schema.none` · Category: Structured Data · Occurrences: 46

- [https://balsamiq.com/assets/legal/security/vendor/vsaq.html](https://balsamiq.com/assets/legal/security/vendor/vsaq.html)
- [https://balsamiq.com/author/aakash-patel/](https://balsamiq.com/author/aakash-patel/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-claude/](https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-claude/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-excalidraw/](https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-excalidraw/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-figma/](https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-figma/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-marvel/](https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-marvel/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-miro/](https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-miro/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-moqups/](https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-moqups/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-pencil-paper/](https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-pencil-paper/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-whimsical/](https://balsamiq.com/balsamiq-vs-whimsical/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/blog/](https://balsamiq.com/blog/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/brand/](https://balsamiq.com/brand/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/changelog/](https://balsamiq.com/changelog/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/company/](https://balsamiq.com/company/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/company/playbook/](https://balsamiq.com/company/playbook/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/comparisons/](https://balsamiq.com/comparisons/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/consultants/](https://balsamiq.com/consultants/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/customers/](https://balsamiq.com/customers/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/customers/asa-financial/](https://balsamiq.com/customers/asa-financial/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/dinner/](https://balsamiq.com/dinner/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/examples/](https://balsamiq.com/examples/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/examples/all/](https://balsamiq.com/examples/all/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/examples/internal-tools/feature-spec-prd-layout/](https://balsamiq.com/examples/internal-tools/feature-spec-prd-layout/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/for-founders/](https://balsamiq.com/for-founders/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/good-product-club/](https://balsamiq.com/good-product-club/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/it/](https://balsamiq.com/it/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/learn/](https://balsamiq.com/learn/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/learn/1-7/](https://balsamiq.com/learn/1-7/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/learn/learning-tracks/designing-page-layout/](https://balsamiq.com/learn/learning-tracks/designing-page-layout/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/learn/learning-tracks/designing-page-layout/fundamentals/](https://balsamiq.com/learn/learning-tracks/designing-page-layout/fundamentals/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/learn/learning-tracks/ui-design-psychology/cognitive-load/choice/](https://balsamiq.com/learn/learning-tracks/ui-design-psychology/cognitive-load/choice/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/legal/](https://balsamiq.com/legal/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/legal/dora/](https://balsamiq.com/legal/dora/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/lp/product-leadership-style-builder/](https://balsamiq.com/lp/product-leadership-style-builder/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/nonprofits/](https://balsamiq.com/nonprofits/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/office-hours/](https://balsamiq.com/office-hours/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/pricing/](https://balsamiq.com/pricing/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/product-managers/](https://balsamiq.com/product-managers/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/product/](https://balsamiq.com/product/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/product/ai/](https://balsamiq.com/product/ai/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/product/desktop/archives/](https://balsamiq.com/product/desktop/archives/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/research/](https://balsamiq.com/research/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/resources/](https://balsamiq.com/resources/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/s/](https://balsamiq.com/s/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/search/](https://balsamiq.com/search/)
- [https://balsamiq.com/support/docs/account-management/cloud/data-residency/](https://balsamiq.com/support/docs/account-management/cloud/data-residency/)

#### Title is very short

- Rule: `title.too_short` · Category: Titles · Occurrences: 4

- [https://balsamiq.com/company/](https://balsamiq.com/company/) — 8 chars
- [https://balsamiq.com/examples/all/](https://balsamiq.com/examples/all/) — 14 chars
- [https://balsamiq.com/product/ai/](https://balsamiq.com/product/ai/) — 11 chars
- [https://balsamiq.com/search/](https://balsamiq.com/search/) — 6 chars

#### Missing Twitter Card tag

- Rule: `twitter.missing` · Category: Social · Occurrences: 1

- [https://balsamiq.com/assets/legal/security/vendor/vsaq.html](https://balsamiq.com/assets/legal/security/vendor/vsaq.html)

## Checks & coverage

Crawlinx ran **85 technical-SEO checks** across 22 categories. Categories marked ✓ are fully clean.

- ✓ Agent Readiness — clean
- ✓ Cache — clean
- ✗ Canonical — 48 warning(s)
- ✗ Content — 4 warning(s)
- ✗ Crawlability — 1 warning(s)
- ✗ Duplicate — 2 warning(s), 2 notice(s)
- ✗ Headings — 2 warning(s)
- ✓ Hreflang — clean
- ✗ Images — 4 warning(s), 9 notice(s)
- ✗ Indexability — 1 warning(s)
- ✗ Links — 11 warning(s)
- ✗ Meta Description — 2 warning(s), 9 notice(s)
- ✓ Mobile — clean
- ✓ Performance — clean
- ✓ Rendering — clean
- ✓ Security — clean
- ✗ Sitemap — 1 warning(s)
- ✗ Social — 3 notice(s)
- ✗ Structured Data — 46 notice(s)
- ✗ Titles — 2 warning(s), 4 notice(s)
- ✓ URL — clean
- ✓ Video — clean

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