Audit Result

UUID: 01a09763-384b-71d6-939c-beb57b58aba1

altern.ai

https://altern.ai/

Scanned 1 month ago

77
Fair Score
39 total checks
Passed
24
Warnings
12
Errors
3

Meta Information

  • Title Tag Pass

    Found 41 characters. Length is optimal.

  • Found 68 characters. Keep description around 70-160 characters.

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

  • Canonical URL Warning

    Canonical link not found.

    Fix: Add <link rel="canonical" href="https://example.com/page"> to avoid duplicate URL ambiguity.

  • Favicon Pass

    Favicon found and reachable: /assets/favicon/favicon-96x96.png (HTTP 200).

    Favicon
  • Viewport configured: width=device-width,initial-scale=1

  • HTML Lang Pass

    Language declared as "en".

Content Structure

  • H1 Tag Pass

    Exactly one H1 found: "One place for all things AI".

  • Detected 1 heading level jumps.

    • • Skipped from h1 to h3: "One place for all things AI" -> "Buildboard · Week 37".

    Fix: Follow semantic order (h1 -> h2 -> h3) and avoid skipping heading levels.

  • 1 of 15 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.

    • • Missing Strict-Transport-Security header.
    • • Could not probe the HTTP version of this page.

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

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

    Full HTTP headers (11)
    • • alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=86400
    • • cf-cache-status: DYNAMIC
    • • cf-ray: a3a1c9705df7e639-IAD
    • • content-encoding: zstd
    • • content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8
    • • date: Sat, 12 Sep 2026 20:50:51 GMT
    • • nel: {"report_to":"cf-nel","success_fraction":0.0,"max_age":604800}
    • • report-to: {"group":"cf-nel","max_age":604800,"endpoints":[{"url":"https://a.nel.cloudflare.com/report/v4?s=yz8e5Zb4W%2Bv0GPXvGfXoKC6BLCMLGm5BZdmBfEoRbTQELBsjn9Kymn2L2xz2ZBCjD9wvJKzlNGOz2GEQs40XrFj47PYtwVFG4zjsKaVhE2a9WiL1az7SFFyXPO8pwT%2BUG41bP8GKV8E%3D"}]}
    • • server: cloudflare
    • • server-timing: cfCacheStatus;desc="DYNAMIC" cfEdge;dur=11,cfOrigin;dur=383
    • • vary: accept-encoding

    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 appears to be behind Cloudflare.

    • • server: cloudflare
    • • cf-cache-status: DYNAMIC
    • • cf-ray: a3a1c9705df7e639-IAD
  • Loaded in 0.82s (perceived).

  • 1 scripts and 0 styles may block rendering.

    • • script: https://altern.ai/static/js/tailwind.3.4.17.js

    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://altern.ai/sitemap.xml.

  • No robots meta tag defined.

    Fix: Add <meta name="robots" content="index,follow"> (or the intended directive) in <head>.

Accessibility Basics

  • Form Labels Error

    4 of 5 controls are missing labels.

    • • input[type="search"].w-full.rounded-md (Search categories…)
    • • input[type="text"].w-56.rounded-md (Search…)
    • • input[type="text"].w-full.rounded-md (Search AIs, categories, lists…)
    • • input[type="text"].w-0.flex-1 (q)

    Fix: Associate each form control with a visible label, aria-label, or aria-labelledby.

  • Landmarks Warning

    Missing landmarks: main.

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

  • Tap Target Size Warning

    17 interactive elements appear smaller than 48px.

    • • a.flex.shrink-0 (Altern) - 69x27px
    • • a.flex.shrink-0 (AIs) - 70x32px
    • • button.flex.items-center (Categories) - 148x32px
    • • a.flex.shrink-0 (Buildboard) - 123x32px
    • • a.flex.shrink-0 (Tasks) - 91x32px
    • • a.flex.shrink-0 (Lists) - 82x32px
    • • button.flex.shrink-0 (…) - 39x32px
    • • a.hidden.items-center (Add) - 79x32px
    • • a.flex.items-center (Sign in) - 103x36px
    • • button.flex.shrink-0 (Search) - 41x41px
    • • a.group.flex (Activepieces) - 128x34px
    • • a.genus-tab.genus-tab-active (Now) - 69x32px
    • • a.genus-tab.inline-flex (Buildboard) - 118x32px
    • • a.genus-tab.inline-flex (Leaderboard) - 131x32px
    • • a.genus-tab.inline-flex (Tasks) - 88x32px
    • • a.genus-tab.inline-flex (Recent) - 93x32px
    • • a.genus-tab.rounded-full (AI Agent) - 79x32px

    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_large_image.

  • JSON-LD schema detected.

  • Manifest and Apple touch icon are configured.

  • 1 social preview quality issues detected.

    • • ISSUE: og:url should be an absolute URL.
    • • 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.
    • • MEASURED: Image size: 0.09 MB
    • • MEASURED: Image dimensions: 1920x1080

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

Links Analysis

  • 80 internal links returned errors.

    • • https://altern.ai/ (HTTP 404)
    • • https://altern.ai/categories (HTTP 404)
    • • https://altern.ai/categories/background-remover (HTTP 404)
    • • https://altern.ai/categories/animation (HTTP 404)
    • • https://altern.ai/categories/app-builders (HTTP 404)
    • • https://altern.ai/categories/e-commerce (HTTP 404)
    • • https://altern.ai/categories/business-tools (HTTP 404)
    • • https://altern.ai/categories/crm (HTTP 404)
    • • https://altern.ai/categories/climate (HTTP 404)
    • • https://altern.ai/categories/code-assistant (HTTP 404)
    • • https://altern.ai/categories/copywriting (HTTP 404)
    • • https://altern.ai/categories/devtools (HTTP 404)
    • • https://altern.ai/categories/document-ai (HTTP 404)
    • • https://altern.ai/categories/infographics (HTTP 404)
    • • https://altern.ai/categories/email-assistants (HTTP 404)
    • • https://altern.ai/categories/farming (HTTP 404)
    • • https://altern.ai/categories/fashion (HTTP 404)
    • • https://altern.ai/categories/finance (HTTP 404)
    • • https://altern.ai/categories/government (HTTP 404)
    • • https://altern.ai/categories/hr (HTTP 404)
    • • https://altern.ai/categories/home-design (HTTP 404)
    • • https://altern.ai/categories/image-generation (HTTP 404)
    • • https://altern.ai/categories/job-tools (HTTP 404)
    • • https://altern.ai/categories/language-learning (HTTP 404)
    • • https://altern.ai/categories/knowledge-management (HTTP 404)
    • • https://altern.ai/categories/learning-tools (HTTP 404)
    • • https://altern.ai/categories/lead-generation (HTTP 404)
    • • https://altern.ai/categories/meme-generator (HTTP 404)
    • • https://altern.ai/categories/logo-generator (HTTP 404)
    • • https://altern.ai/categories/music-generation (HTTP 404)

    Fix: Fix or remove the listed internal URLs, and ensure routes/pages return 200 responses.

  • No broken external links found in checked URLs.

  • Link Format Warning

    5 links are empty, invalid, or placeholder-only.

    • • href="(empty)" text="Buildboard"
    • • href="(empty)" text="Tasks"
    • • href="(empty)" text="Lists"
    • • href="(empty)" text="Alternatives"
    • • href="(empty)" text="Leaderboard"

    Fix: Replace empty/#/javascript href values with real destinations or use buttons for non-navigation actions.

Performance & Runtime