---
tool: Crawlinx SEO audit
source: https://crawlinx.com
domain: zachshields.com
report_url: "https://crawlinx.com/audit/zachshields.com"
crawl_id: 20260716T010115-003c38d2
health_score: 60
generated_at: 2026-07-29T00:38:14Z
total_pages: 12
html_pages: 11
indexable_pages: 10
errors: 2
warnings: 33
notices: 60
---

# SEO audit: zachshields.com

**Health score: 60/100** — needs attention

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

## Overview

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Pages crawled | 12 |
| HTML pages | 11 |
| Indexable | 10 |
| Non-indexable | 0 |
| Orphan pages | 5 |
| Broken internal links | 0 |
| Avg response time | 994 ms |
| Errors / Warnings / Notices | 2 / 33 / 60 |
| Status codes | 1×0, 10×200, 1×404 |

## Categories

| Category | Score | Errors | Warnings | Notices |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Crawlability | 92 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sitemap | 92 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Content | 75 | 0 | 10 | 5 |
| Meta Description | 75 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Links | 88 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Performance | 90 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| Agent Readiness | 98 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Budget | 98 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Canonical | 98 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Images | 98 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Headings | 100 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Security | 100 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Social | 100 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Titles | 100 | 0 | 0 | 4 |

## Issues

### Errors (2)

#### Non-200 URL listed in sitemap

- Rule: `sitemap.not_200` · Category: Sitemap · Occurrences: 1

- [https://zachshields.com/gipfel-avenue](https://zachshields.com/gipfel-avenue) — listed in sitemap but status 404

#### Client error (4xx) response

- Rule: `status.4xx` · Category: Crawlability · Occurrences: 1

- [https://zachshields.com/gipfel-avenue](https://zachshields.com/gipfel-avenue) — HTTP 404

### Warnings (33)

#### Control has no accessible name

- Rule: `agent.control_no_name` · Category: Agent Readiness · Occurrences: 1

- [https://zachshields.com/music](https://zachshields.com/music) — 2 button/link(s) with no text or aria-label — an agent can't target them

#### robots.txt-disallowed URL receives internal links (crawl-budget leak)

- Rule: `budget.disallow_linked` · Category: Budget · Occurrences: 1

- [https://zachshields.com/search](https://zachshields.com/search) — internal links point to https://zachshields.com/search, which robots.txt disallows for Googlebot — Googlebot discovers the URL, checks robots, then rejects it without indexing, wasting crawl budget and losing the link equity. Remove the internal links, or use noindex instead of Disallow if the page should be fetchable. Linked from: https://zachshields.com/gipfel-avenue.

#### Interior page canonicalizes to the homepage

- Rule: `canonical.points_to_homepage` · Category: Canonical · Occurrences: 1

- [https://zachshields.com/home](https://zachshields.com/home) — this interior page canonicalizes to the homepage (https://zachshields.com/) — Google will treat the homepage as authoritative and drop this page from search. Point the canonical at the page's own URL.

#### Thin content (low word count)

- Rule: `content.thin` · Category: Content · Occurrences: 10

- [https://zachshields.com/](https://zachshields.com/) — 22 words
- [https://zachshields.com/contact](https://zachshields.com/contact) — 18 words
- [https://zachshields.com/directing](https://zachshields.com/directing) — 57 words
- [https://zachshields.com/dmb-archive](https://zachshields.com/dmb-archive) — 30 words
- [https://zachshields.com/home](https://zachshields.com/home) — 22 words
- [https://zachshields.com/music](https://zachshields.com/music) — 23 words
- [https://zachshields.com/new-page-2](https://zachshields.com/new-page-2) — 100 words
- [https://zachshields.com/nt-archive](https://zachshields.com/nt-archive) — 74 words
- [https://zachshields.com/work-avenue](https://zachshields.com/work-avenue) — 17 words
- [https://zachshields.com/writing-producing](https://zachshields.com/writing-producing) — 17 words

#### Images missing alt text

- Rule: `images.missing_alt` · Category: Images · Occurrences: 1

- [https://zachshields.com/nt-archive](https://zachshields.com/nt-archive) — 1 of 6 images missing alt

#### Hero/LCP image is lazy-loaded (loading=lazy delays LCP)

- Rule: `images.no_lazy_lcp_candidate` · Category: Performance · Occurrences: 3

- [https://zachshields.com/](https://zachshields.com/) — the likely hero/LCP image (image-asset.jpeg) has loading="lazy" — Google explicitly warns against lazy-loading the LCP image, because it delays the fetch until layout completes. Remove loading="lazy" from the first significant image and add fetchpriority="high" instead.
- [https://zachshields.com/home](https://zachshields.com/home) — the likely hero/LCP image (image-asset.jpeg) has loading="lazy" — Google explicitly warns against lazy-loading the LCP image, because it delays the fetch until layout completes. Remove loading="lazy" from the first significant image and add fetchpriority="high" instead.
- [https://zachshields.com/music](https://zachshields.com/music) — the likely hero/LCP image (honeyboyalbumcover.jpeg) has loading="lazy" — Google explicitly warns against lazy-loading the LCP image, because it delays the fetch until layout completes. Remove loading="lazy" from the first significant image and add fetchpriority="high" instead.

#### Orphan page (no internal inlinks)

- Rule: `links.orphan` · Category: Links · Occurrences: 5

- [https://zachshields.com/dmb-archive](https://zachshields.com/dmb-archive) — no internal links point here
- [https://zachshields.com/home](https://zachshields.com/home) — no internal links point here
- [https://zachshields.com/new-page-2](https://zachshields.com/new-page-2) — no internal links point here
- [https://zachshields.com/nt-archive](https://zachshields.com/nt-archive) — no internal links point here
- [https://zachshields.com/work-avenue](https://zachshields.com/work-avenue) — no internal links point here

#### Missing meta description

- Rule: `meta_desc.missing` · Category: Meta Description · Occurrences: 10

- [https://zachshields.com/](https://zachshields.com/)
- [https://zachshields.com/contact](https://zachshields.com/contact)
- [https://zachshields.com/directing](https://zachshields.com/directing)
- [https://zachshields.com/dmb-archive](https://zachshields.com/dmb-archive)
- [https://zachshields.com/home](https://zachshields.com/home)
- [https://zachshields.com/music](https://zachshields.com/music)
- [https://zachshields.com/new-page-2](https://zachshields.com/new-page-2)
- [https://zachshields.com/nt-archive](https://zachshields.com/nt-archive)
- [https://zachshields.com/work-avenue](https://zachshields.com/work-avenue)
- [https://zachshields.com/writing-producing](https://zachshields.com/writing-producing)

#### Render-blocking script in <head> (no defer/async)

- Rule: `perf.render_blocking` · Category: Performance · Occurrences: 1

- [https://zachshields.com/contact](https://zachshields.com/contact) — 10 render-blocking <script> in <head> (add defer/async or use type=module)

### Notices (60)

#### Heading levels skip a level

- Rule: `agent.heading_skip` · Category: Agent Readiness · Occurrences: 2

- [https://zachshields.com/dmb-archive](https://zachshields.com/dmb-archive) — h3 follows h1 — skips h2
- [https://zachshields.com/nt-archive](https://zachshields.com/nt-archive) — h3 follows h1 — skips h2

#### No llms.txt for AI agents

- Rule: `agent.llms_txt_missing` · Category: Agent Readiness · Occurrences: 1

- [https://zachshields.com/](https://zachshields.com/) — no llms.txt found at the site root — add one so AI agents get a curated site summary

#### Canonical points to a different URL

- Rule: `canonical.non_self` · Category: Canonical · Occurrences: 1

- [https://zachshields.com/home](https://zachshields.com/home) — canonical=https://zachshields.com/

#### Low text-to-HTML ratio

- Rule: `content.low_ratio` · Category: Content · Occurrences: 5

- [https://zachshields.com/contact](https://zachshields.com/contact) — 3.1%
- [https://zachshields.com/directing](https://zachshields.com/directing) — 4.9%
- [https://zachshields.com/dmb-archive](https://zachshields.com/dmb-archive) — 4.5%
- [https://zachshields.com/work-avenue](https://zachshields.com/work-avenue) — 4.2%
- [https://zachshields.com/writing-producing](https://zachshields.com/writing-producing) — 4.3%

#### Multiple <h1> elements

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

- [https://zachshields.com/contact](https://zachshields.com/contact) — 2 <h1> elements
- [https://zachshields.com/new-page-2](https://zachshields.com/new-page-2) — 2 <h1> elements

#### Likely hero image lacks fetchpriority=high

- Rule: `images.hero_no_fetchpriority` · Category: Performance · Occurrences: 2

- [https://zachshields.com/new-page-2](https://zachshields.com/new-page-2) — the likely hero/LCP image (honeyboysoundttrack.jpeg) has no fetchpriority="high" — adding it tells the browser to fetch the hero earlier in the waterfall, reducing Largest Contentful Paint. This is a low-severity nudge; verify the flagged image is actually your LCP element.
- [https://zachshields.com/nt-archive](https://zachshields.com/nt-archive) — the likely hero/LCP image (cost+title+card.jpg) has no fetchpriority="high" — adding it tells the browser to fetch the hero earlier in the waterfall, reducing Largest Contentful Paint. This is a low-severity nudge; verify the flagged image is actually your LCP element.

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

- Rule: `images.missing_dimensions` · Category: Images · Occurrences: 2

- [https://zachshields.com/new-page-2](https://zachshields.com/new-page-2) — 13 of 14 images without width/height
- [https://zachshields.com/nt-archive](https://zachshields.com/nt-archive) — 6 of 6 images without width/height

#### Missing Open Graph tags

- Rule: `og.missing` · Category: Social · Occurrences: 10

- [https://zachshields.com/](https://zachshields.com/) — og:description, og:image
- [https://zachshields.com/contact](https://zachshields.com/contact) — og:description, og:image
- [https://zachshields.com/directing](https://zachshields.com/directing) — og:description, og:image
- [https://zachshields.com/dmb-archive](https://zachshields.com/dmb-archive) — og:description, og:image
- [https://zachshields.com/home](https://zachshields.com/home) — og:description, og:image
- [https://zachshields.com/music](https://zachshields.com/music) — og:description, og:image
- [https://zachshields.com/new-page-2](https://zachshields.com/new-page-2) — og:description, og:image
- [https://zachshields.com/nt-archive](https://zachshields.com/nt-archive) — og:description, og:image
- [https://zachshields.com/work-avenue](https://zachshields.com/work-avenue) — og:description, og:image
- [https://zachshields.com/writing-producing](https://zachshields.com/writing-producing) — og:description, og:image

#### Legacy image format (jpg/png/gif) with no next-gen fallback

- Rule: `perf.images_legacy_format` · Category: Performance · Occurrences: 5

- [https://zachshields.com/](https://zachshields.com/) — 3 image(s) use a legacy format (jpg/png/gif) with no next-gen <picture> fallback. Serve WebP or AVIF (with a <picture> typed <source>) to cut image transfer weight and improve LCP.
- [https://zachshields.com/home](https://zachshields.com/home) — 3 image(s) use a legacy format (jpg/png/gif) with no next-gen <picture> fallback. Serve WebP or AVIF (with a <picture> typed <source>) to cut image transfer weight and improve LCP.
- [https://zachshields.com/music](https://zachshields.com/music) — 3 image(s) use a legacy format (jpg/png/gif) with no next-gen <picture> fallback. Serve WebP or AVIF (with a <picture> typed <source>) to cut image transfer weight and improve LCP.
- [https://zachshields.com/new-page-2](https://zachshields.com/new-page-2) — 14 image(s) use a legacy format (jpg/png/gif) with no next-gen <picture> fallback. Serve WebP or AVIF (with a <picture> typed <source>) to cut image transfer weight and improve LCP.
- [https://zachshields.com/nt-archive](https://zachshields.com/nt-archive) — 6 image(s) use a legacy format (jpg/png/gif) with no next-gen <picture> fallback. Serve WebP or AVIF (with a <picture> typed <source>) to cut image transfer weight and improve LCP.

#### No Last-Modified header (no conditional GET for unchanged pages)

- Rule: `perf.no_last_modified` · Category: Performance · Occurrences: 10

- [https://zachshields.com/](https://zachshields.com/) — the response carries no Last-Modified header — Googlebot can't send an If-Modified-Since request, so it re-downloads the full page body on every crawl even when nothing changed. Emit Last-Modified (or an ETag) on stable pages to enable 304 Not Modified responses.
- [https://zachshields.com/contact](https://zachshields.com/contact) — the response carries no Last-Modified header — Googlebot can't send an If-Modified-Since request, so it re-downloads the full page body on every crawl even when nothing changed. Emit Last-Modified (or an ETag) on stable pages to enable 304 Not Modified responses.
- [https://zachshields.com/directing](https://zachshields.com/directing) — the response carries no Last-Modified header — Googlebot can't send an If-Modified-Since request, so it re-downloads the full page body on every crawl even when nothing changed. Emit Last-Modified (or an ETag) on stable pages to enable 304 Not Modified responses.
- [https://zachshields.com/dmb-archive](https://zachshields.com/dmb-archive) — the response carries no Last-Modified header — Googlebot can't send an If-Modified-Since request, so it re-downloads the full page body on every crawl even when nothing changed. Emit Last-Modified (or an ETag) on stable pages to enable 304 Not Modified responses.
- [https://zachshields.com/home](https://zachshields.com/home) — the response carries no Last-Modified header — Googlebot can't send an If-Modified-Since request, so it re-downloads the full page body on every crawl even when nothing changed. Emit Last-Modified (or an ETag) on stable pages to enable 304 Not Modified responses.
- [https://zachshields.com/music](https://zachshields.com/music) — the response carries no Last-Modified header — Googlebot can't send an If-Modified-Since request, so it re-downloads the full page body on every crawl even when nothing changed. Emit Last-Modified (or an ETag) on stable pages to enable 304 Not Modified responses.
- [https://zachshields.com/new-page-2](https://zachshields.com/new-page-2) — the response carries no Last-Modified header — Googlebot can't send an If-Modified-Since request, so it re-downloads the full page body on every crawl even when nothing changed. Emit Last-Modified (or an ETag) on stable pages to enable 304 Not Modified responses.
- [https://zachshields.com/nt-archive](https://zachshields.com/nt-archive) — the response carries no Last-Modified header — Googlebot can't send an If-Modified-Since request, so it re-downloads the full page body on every crawl even when nothing changed. Emit Last-Modified (or an ETag) on stable pages to enable 304 Not Modified responses.
- [https://zachshields.com/work-avenue](https://zachshields.com/work-avenue) — the response carries no Last-Modified header — Googlebot can't send an If-Modified-Since request, so it re-downloads the full page body on every crawl even when nothing changed. Emit Last-Modified (or an ETag) on stable pages to enable 304 Not Modified responses.
- [https://zachshields.com/writing-producing](https://zachshields.com/writing-producing) — the response carries no Last-Modified header — Googlebot can't send an If-Modified-Since request, so it re-downloads the full page body on every crawl even when nothing changed. Emit Last-Modified (or an ETag) on stable pages to enable 304 Not Modified responses.

#### Blocked by robots.txt

- Rule: `robots.blocked` · Category: Crawlability · Occurrences: 1

- [https://zachshields.com/search](https://zachshields.com/search) — Disallowed by robots.txt; not fetched

#### Missing recommended security headers

- Rule: `security.missing_headers` · Category: Security · Occurrences: 11

- [https://zachshields.com/](https://zachshields.com/) — CSP
- [https://zachshields.com/contact](https://zachshields.com/contact) — CSP
- [https://zachshields.com/directing](https://zachshields.com/directing) — CSP
- [https://zachshields.com/dmb-archive](https://zachshields.com/dmb-archive) — CSP
- [https://zachshields.com/gipfel-avenue](https://zachshields.com/gipfel-avenue) — CSP
- [https://zachshields.com/home](https://zachshields.com/home) — CSP
- [https://zachshields.com/music](https://zachshields.com/music) — CSP
- [https://zachshields.com/new-page-2](https://zachshields.com/new-page-2) — CSP
- [https://zachshields.com/nt-archive](https://zachshields.com/nt-archive) — CSP
- [https://zachshields.com/work-avenue](https://zachshields.com/work-avenue) — CSP
- [https://zachshields.com/writing-producing](https://zachshields.com/writing-producing) — CSP

#### target=_blank link without rel=noopener (tab-napping)

- Rule: `security.unsafe_cross_origin_links` · Category: Security · Occurrences: 3

- [https://zachshields.com/music](https://zachshields.com/music) — 2 external link(s) use target="_blank" without rel="noopener" — the opened page can hijack your tab (reverse tab-napping). Add rel="noopener noreferrer".
- [https://zachshields.com/new-page-2](https://zachshields.com/new-page-2) — 1 external link(s) use target="_blank" without rel="noopener" — the opened page can hijack your tab (reverse tab-napping). Add rel="noopener noreferrer".
- [https://zachshields.com/nt-archive](https://zachshields.com/nt-archive) — 5 external link(s) use target="_blank" without rel="noopener" — the opened page can hijack your tab (reverse tab-napping). Add rel="noopener noreferrer".

#### Indexable page not listed in sitemap

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

- [https://zachshields.com/](https://zachshields.com/) — indexable but not in sitemap

#### Title tag is identical to the H1 (missed keyword variation)

- Rule: `title.same_as_h1` · Category: Titles · Occurrences: 2

- [https://zachshields.com/](https://zachshields.com/) — the <title> and the H1 are identical — differentiate them to cover more query variation
- [https://zachshields.com/home](https://zachshields.com/home) — the <title> and the H1 are identical — differentiate them to cover more query variation

#### Title is very short

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

- [https://zachshields.com/](https://zachshields.com/) — 12 chars
- [https://zachshields.com/home](https://zachshields.com/home) — 12 chars

## Checks & coverage

Crawlinx ran **157 technical-SEO checks** across 27 categories. Categories marked ✓ are fully clean.

- ✗ Agent Readiness — 1 warning(s), 3 notice(s)
- ✓ AI Content — clean
- ✓ Amp — clean
- ✗ Budget — 1 warning(s)
- ✓ Cache — clean
- ✗ Canonical — 1 warning(s), 1 notice(s)
- ✗ Content — 10 warning(s), 5 notice(s)
- ✗ Crawlability — 1 error(s), 1 notice(s)
- ✓ Duplicate — clean
- ✓ Geo — clean
- ✗ Headings — 2 notice(s)
- ✓ Hreflang — clean
- ✗ Images — 1 warning(s), 2 notice(s)
- ✓ Indexability — clean
- ✗ Links — 5 warning(s)
- ✗ Meta Description — 10 warning(s)
- ✓ Mobile — clean
- ✗ Performance — 4 warning(s), 17 notice(s)
- ✓ Rendering — clean
- ✓ Robots — clean
- ✗ Security — 14 notice(s)
- ✗ Sitemap — 1 error(s), 1 notice(s)
- ✗ Social — 10 notice(s)
- ✓ Structured Data — clean
- ✗ Titles — 4 notice(s)
- ✓ URL — clean
- ✓ Video — clean

---
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