Audit Result

UUID: 019eacaf-5d81-73e7-b647-0b818d5d6455

howdystranger.net

https://howdystranger.net/

Scanned 2 months ago

81
Fair Score
39 total checks
Passed
27
Warnings
9
Errors
3

Meta Information

  • Title Tag Pass

    Found 59 characters. Length is optimal.

  • Found 161 characters. Keep description around 70-160 characters.

    Fix: Add <meta name="description" content="..."> in <head> with a clear page summary.

  • Canonical found: https://howdystranger.net/

  • Favicon Pass

    Favicon found and reachable: favicon.ico (HTTP 200).

    Favicon
  • Viewport configured: width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, viewport-fit=cover

  • HTML Lang Pass

    Language declared as "en".

Content Structure

  • H1 Tag Error

    No H1 heading found.

    Fix: Use a single, descriptive <h1> that states the primary purpose of the page.

  • Valid heading flow across 4 headings.

  • 6 of 13 images are missing alt text.

    Fix: Add meaningful alt attributes to all informative images for accessibility and image SEO.

Technical Optimization

  • HTTPS Pass

    Page is served over HTTPS.

  • 2 HTTPS hardening issues detected.

    • • HSTS is missing includeSubDomains.
    • • Could not probe the HTTP version of this page.
    • • Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=63072000

    Fix: Set Strict-Transport-Security with a long max-age, add includeSubDomains, and redirect all HTTP requests to HTTPS.

  • Missing: content-security-policy, x-frame-options, x-content-type-options, referrer-policy.

    Full HTTP headers (13)
    • • access-control-allow-origin: *
    • • age: 0
    • • cache-control: public, max-age=0, must-revalidate
    • • content-disposition: inline
    • • content-encoding: br
    • • content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8
    • • date: Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:00:32 GMT
    • • etag: W/"c70d1be17d6272c6a3887a3d794b63ee"
    • • last-modified: Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:00:32 GMT
    • • server: Vercel
    • • strict-transport-security: max-age=63072000
    • • x-vercel-cache: HIT
    • • x-vercel-id: iad1::856m2-1781013632552-38d32b6a805f

    Fix: Add the missing security headers at your reverse proxy or application layer.

  • CSP Quality Warning

    Content-Security-Policy header is missing.

    • • Missing Content-Security-Policy header.

    Fix: Define a restrictive Content-Security-Policy and avoid unsafe directives such as unsafe-inline and unsafe-eval.

  • No first-party cookies were set during the initial page load.

  • Server response headers do not expose version tokens.

  • Domain does not appear to be behind Cloudflare.

  • Loaded in 0.17s (perceived).

  • 0 scripts and 6 styles may block rendering.

    • • style: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Crimson+Pro:wght@600;700&family=Cormorant+Garamond:wght@400;500;600;700&family=Space+Mono:wght@400;700&display=swap
    • • style: https://howdystranger.net/css/theme.css?v=20260429
    • • style: https://howdystranger.net/css/body.css?v=20260429
    • • style: https://howdystranger.net/css/nav.css?v=20260429
    • • style: https://howdystranger.net/css/one-pager.css?v=20260308
    • • style: https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/6.4.0/css/all.min.css

    Fix: Defer non-critical scripts and inline critical CSS to improve first paint speed.

  • Text-like assets appear compressed.

  • Robots.txt Pass

    Found robots.txt (200).

  • Found sitemap (200) at https://howdystranger.net/sitemap.xml.

  • Robots meta found: index,follow

Accessibility Basics

  • All 0 controls are labeled.

  • Landmarks Warning

    Missing landmarks: header.

    Fix: Use semantic regions (<header>, <nav>, <main>, <footer>) for navigation and assistive tech.

  • Tap Target Size Warning

    8 interactive elements appear smaller than 48px.

    • • a.nav-link.nav-icon-link (Media) - 42x61px
    • • a.nav-link.nav-icon-link (Docs) - 42x61px
    • • button#darkModeToggle.dark-mode-toggle (Switch to dark mode) - 40x40px
    • • a (Docs) - 34x11px
    • • a (Essays) - 46x11px
    • • a (Media) - 42x11px
    • • a (Numbers) - 61x11px
    • • button#back-to-top-btn (Back to top) - 34x34px

    Fix: Increase target size to at least 48x48 CSS pixels for touch interactions.

Social & Rich Results

  • Core Open Graph tags are present.

  • og:image is present and absolute.

    Open Graph Image
  • twitter:card set to summary.

  • JSON-LD schema detected.

  • Manifest and Apple touch icon are configured.

  • 2 social preview quality issues detected.

    • • ISSUE: Failed to fetch preview image: network error.
    • • ISSUE: twitter:card should be summary_large_image for richer previews.
    • • GUIDELINE: Optimal og:title length: 40-60 characters (acceptable: 10-70).
    • • GUIDELINE: Optimal og:description length: 110-160 characters (acceptable: 50-200).
    • • GUIDELINE: Optimal preview image size: 1200x630 pixels.
    • • GUIDELINE: Optimal preview image aspect ratio: 1.91:1.
    • • GUIDELINE: Optimal preview image file size: under 5 MB.
    • • GUIDELINE: Recommended twitter:card: summary_large_image.

    Fix: Use absolute OG/Twitter URLs, keep metadata lengths in recommended ranges, and provide a preview image near 1200x630 under 5MB.

Links Analysis

  • Checked 29 links. No broken internal links found.

  • No broken external links found in checked URLs.

  • All 696 links use non-empty href values.

Performance & Runtime