Why
Website Quality as a Standard — Act Now or Catch Up Later
Most sites are not yet optimised. That is not a criticism — it is a snapshot. And a window.
More than an accessibility check
auditmysite is deliberately broad. A single poor metric says little — quality emerges from how everything works together.
Accessibility / WCAG
Barriers for users and crawlers
Performance
Load times, Core Web Vitals
SEO
Structure, meta, internal linking
Security
HTTP headers, HTTPS, CSP
Mobile
Touch targets, viewport, font sizes
UX
Cognitive load, CTAs, visual hierarchy
AI Readability
Structured data, crawlability for LLMs
User Journey
Entry points, conversion path, trust
This includes the perspective that comes before any human visit: search engine crawlers and AI systems evaluate technical quality before a user ever sees the page. If a site is not readable to them, it practically does not exist.
A window that is opening right now
Most websites — including those of established companies, universities and well-known brands — do not fully meet current quality standards. Public audits confirm this repeatedly. The difference between acting early and acting late:
Early adopter
- Set the standard while others are still catching up
- Build a head start in technical visibility
- Meet compliance requirements ahead of deadlines
- Approach a relaunch as a planned, structured project
Catching up later
- Playing catch-up — without any head start
- Acting under growing legal pressure
- Accumulating technical debt
- Relaunch as a reaction instead of a plan
What a poor score specifically means for a given site — which rankings, which bounce rates, which conversions — cannot be stated as a rule. Too many factors are involved. What can be said: the direction is clear. Technical quality is becoming more relevant, not less.
What good scores actually deliver
Search engines & SEO
- Fast pages get crawled more often
- Structured data generates rich snippets
- Accessibility is an indirect ranking signal
- Internal linking improves crawl efficiency
AI & language models
- Semantically clear content is extracted better
- Schema.org markup increases citability
- Well-structured pages appear in RAG pipelines
- robots.txt & crawler policies signal intent
Accessibility & law
- EAA and national laws apply to many organisations
- Broader audience — people with disabilities included
- Better usability across all devices
- Reduced legal exposure
Performance & users
- Faster load times keep users on the page
- Core Web Vitals directly measurable
- Mobile First is no longer a trend — it's the standard
- Touch targets, font size, scroll behaviour
Since 2025: Accessibility is mandatory
Accessibility is no longer a nice-to-have. For many organisations it is legally relevant and enforceable under the European Accessibility Act and national legislation. Most websites do not yet meet the requirements — and this applies equally to small business sites, universities and large corporations.
auditmysite checks automatically detectable WCAG criteria. Results are a technical pre-screening — not a substitute for a full manual WCAG audit.
The audit often leads to a relaunch — and that is normal
Many sites were built before current standards existed. An audit shows where a site actually stands. A common finding: individual fixes are not enough. Structure, markup, performance and accessibility are interconnected — and a site that falls short across the board is often a candidate for a structured rebuild.
Audit reveals the current state
Independent, measurable, without interpretation by a service provider
Priorities become visible
What is critical, what is medium-term, what is optional
Decision: fix or relaunch
Sometimes targeted fixes are more efficient. Sometimes not.
Set a standard and keep it
The audit as a recurring process — not a one-time measure
Know where you stand — instead of guessing
What a poor score specifically costs cannot be calculated. What a good standard delivers in the long run — neither. What can be said: whoever knows where they stand today can act. Whoever does not will find out later.