Public Audit Report

brokerunion.ca

https://brokerunion.ca/
Scanned on August 7, 2026
81
Overall
A
83
SEO
79/98 passed
85
AEO
39/47 passed
72
GEO
42/60 passed
160
Passed
44
Failed
204
Total Checks
Good
Rating

Quick Wins — Top 5 Issues to Fix

SEO — 83/100 (19 issues)

Failed Checks (19)

  • Title length: 80 characters (too long, keep under 60)meta
  • Description length: 199 chars (too long)meta
  • Title-H1 alignment: 14% word overlap — title and H1 should share key termscontent
  • Heading hierarchy has gaps (e.g. H1 to H3 without H2)content
  • 55 images missing width/height — causes layout shift (CLS)content
  • 54 of 72 images use legacy formats (JPG/PNG/GIF) — convert to WebP/AVIF for 25-50% smaller filescontent
  • No hreflang tags — add if targeting multiple languagestechnical
  • Text-to-HTML ratio: 9.3% — too code-heavy, add more contenttechnical
  • No Content-Security-Policy header — XSS risksecurity
  • No Web App Manifest — add for installability and modern web signalstechnical
  • Only 0% responsive images — add srcset for mobilecontent
  • No max-image-preview:large — add to robots meta for Google Discovermeta
  • Organization schema missing logo — add for knowledge panelschema
  • Missing X-Frame-Options — clickjacking risksecurity
  • No Permissions-Policy — restrict camera/mic/geo accesssecurity
  • 107 links on page — exceeds 100 limit, may dilute link equitycontent
  • 1 form input(s) without labels — bad for accessibility and screen readersaccessibility
  • No RSS/Atom feed in <head> — add for content discovery by aggregators and AItechnical
  • 1 of 12 H2 sections have < 50 words — add more content or merge thin sectionscontent

Passed Checks (79)

  • Title tag found: "BrokerUnion Insurance — Ontario&#x27;s Independent Broker. C..."meta
  • Meta description found (199 chars)meta
  • Viewport meta tag found (mobile-friendly)meta
  • UTF-8 charset declaredmeta
  • Language attribute set on HTML tagmeta
  • No meta refresh redirect (good)meta
  • No robots meta tag (default: index, follow)meta
  • Single H1 tag foundcontent
  • 12 H2 tags foundcontent
  • 2002 words on page (good content depth)content
  • Readability: 43 (moderate — aim for 60+)content
  • 15% long sentences (>20 words) — good readabilitycontent
  • All 72 images have ALT textcontent
  • JS-based lazy loading detectedcontent
  • 83 internal links foundcontent
  • 21 external links foundcontent
  • No empty href attributes foundcontent
  • All link texts are descriptive (no "click here" or "read more")content
  • Open Graph title foundsocial
  • Open Graph description foundsocial
  • Open Graph image foundsocial
  • Open Graph URL foundsocial
  • og:type set to "website"social
  • og:site_name: "BrokerUnion Insurance"social
  • Twitter Card: "summary_large_image"social
  • Twitter title foundsocial
  • Twitter description foundsocial
  • Twitter image foundsocial
  • HTTPS enabledtechnical
  • Canonical tag foundtechnical
  • Canonical tag is self-referencing (correct)technical
  • Favicon foundtechnical
  • Compression: gziptechnical
  • URL length: 23 chars (good)technical
  • URL uses hyphens or no separators (good)technical
  • No deprecated HTML tags foundtechnical
  • Inline CSS: 0.0 KB (acceptable)performance
  • Inline JS: 11.0 KB (acceptable)performance
  • All 1 external scripts use defer/asyncperformance
  • Font preload/preconnect found — faster font loadingperformance
  • Cache-Control: max-age=14400, must-revalidateperformance
  • HSTS header present — enforces HTTPSsecurity
  • X-Content-Type-Options: nosniffsecurity
  • About page link found — builds trust and E-E-A-Ttrust
  • Contact page/email link foundtrust
  • Privacy Policy link foundtrust
  • Terms of Service link foundtrust
  • Author byline foundtrust
  • 5 JSON-LD schema block(s) foundschema
  • Schema types: Organization, InsuranceAgency, WebSite, FAQPage, Service, EmployerAggregateRatingschema
  • <!DOCTYPE html> declaredtechnical
  • No mixed content — all resources use HTTPStechnical
  • All 5 JSON-LD block(s) have valid syntaxschema
  • font-display: swap detected — prevents invisible textperformance
  • Viewport includes width=device-width (responsive)meta
  • robots.txt found and allows crawlingtechnical
  • robots.txt includes Sitemap referencetechnical
  • No AI crawlers blocked in robots.txt — AI search and training can access contenttechnical
  • sitemap.xml found with valid formattechnical
  • Sitemap contains 82 URL(s)technical
  • All 5 checked internal links are workingcontent
  • 0% nofollow links (0/107) — good link equity flowcontent
  • OG image uses absolute URL (correct)social
  • All 12 target="_blank" links have rel="noopener"security
  • 2 resource hint(s) (dns-prefetch/preconnect) — faster loadingperformance
  • All schema types have required propertiesschema
  • 48 first-person pronouns — strong personal experiencecontent
  • Referrer-Policy: strict-origin-when-cross-originsecurity
  • H1 length: 56 characters (optimal)content
  • Title and meta description are different (good)meta
  • OG URL matches canonical URL (consistent)social
  • Viewport allows zoom (good for accessibility)accessibility
  • DOM size: ~1161 elements (good)performance
  • No snippet blocking detected (good — content is fully accessible)technical
  • No render-blocking scripts in head (good)performance
  • 0 third-party script domain(s) (acceptable)performance
  • ARIA landmarks present: main, navaccessibility
  • No duplicate IDs found (8 unique IDs)accessibility
  • No iframes on pagesecurity
AEO — 85/100 (8 issues)

Failed Checks (7)

  • No data tables — tables help AI compare and cite datastructure
  • Few key-value patterns — use "**Label:** value" format for AIstructure
  • No date information — AI prefers fresh, dated contentcitation
  • No source citations — reference studies and data for authoritycitation
  • Few Q&A blocks — add question headings followed by answer paragraphsvoice
  • No Table of Contents — add jump links for AI content navigationstructure
  • Statistics lack source references — attribute data to boost AI trustcitation

Passed Checks (39)

  • Structured data found — AI can understand your contentdiscoverability
  • 2002 words in HTML — good content for AI parsingdiscoverability
  • Clean URL structurediscoverability
  • 5 semantic HTML5 elements founddiscoverability
  • 11 content sections — well-structured for AIdiscoverability
  • Description + OG description both present — clear topic signalsdiscoverability
  • 71 named entities found — helps AI understand contextdiscoverability
  • 83 internal links — good topic cluster signaldiscoverability
  • Definition list found (3 terms) — ideal for AI extractiondiscoverability
  • Q&A/FAQ content detected — useful for AI answers (note: Google retired FAQ rich results in May 2026; the schema itself no longer produces SERP features)structure
  • Question-style headings found — ideal for AI snippetsstructure
  • 9 lists found — structured content for AIstructure
  • Concise answer paragraphs after headings — great for AI citationstructure
  • Step-by-step content detected — AI loves procedural answersstructure
  • 85% short sentences — easy for AI to extractstructure
  • 100% concise paragraphs — scannable for AIstructure
  • Avg 151 words/section — sufficient depthstructure
  • Author information found — builds E-E-A-Tcitation
  • Statistics and data found in content — highly citablecitation
  • Organization schema found — AI can identify your brandcitation
  • 5/5 E-E-A-T signals presentcitation
  • 12 external links — references authoritative sourcescitation
  • Content references 2026/2025 — fresh contentcitation
  • Topic focus: 100% — title keywords found in contentcitation
  • 12 answer-box-ready paragraphs found after headingscitation
  • 117 conversational words — good for AI summariesvoice
  • First paragraph is snippet-ready (20-60 words)voice
  • Avg 14 words/sentence — easy reading levelvoice
  • Active voice dominant (8% passive) — AI-friendlyvoice
  • Pronoun density: 2.9% — engaging, user-focusedvoice
  • Summary/conclusion section found — AI can extract key pointsvoice
  • 43 H2/H3 headings — good content structure for AIvoice
  • No AI-blocking robots directives — AI crawlers can access contentdiscoverability
  • Freshness signal found (Last-Modified header or dateModified)citation
  • AI search crawlers not blocked in robots.txt (8/8 allowed)discoverability
  • Content updated within 90 days — AI engines strongly prefer fresh contentcitation
  • Video found but no VideoObject schema — add for AI video discoverydiscoverability
  • 7 collapsible section(s) (<details>) — interactive AI-friendly contentstructure
  • Brand "BrokerUnion Insurance" used consistently (16 mentions)citation
GEO — 72/100 (18 issues)

Failed Checks (18)

  • Few question headings — add Q&A headings for AI Overviewoverview
  • Title and H1 don't align — confusing for AI topic matchingoverview
  • 11% optimal paragraphs — aim for 20-80 words per paragraphoverview
  • No author schema — add for AI trust signalsauthority
  • No original data signals — "our research shows..." boosts AI citationauthority
  • No examples or case studies — add real-world examplesauthority
  • No comparison content — add vs. sections for AI recommendationsformat
  • No BreadcrumbList schema — add for better AI contextformat
  • No data tables or charts — add structured data visualizationsformat
  • Only 2/6 formatting types — use bold, lists, tables, quotes, codeformat
  • Single-perspective content — add "on the other hand..." for balanceformat
  • No <time> elements — wrap dates in <time datetime="...">semantic
  • Only 2 data points — adding statistics measurably boosts generative-engine visibility (GEO study, arXiv:2311.09735)authority
  • Author lacks credentials — anonymous content is a GEO penaltyauthority
  • Only 2/6 question types — add What, Why, How headingsoverview
  • No <figure>/<figcaption> — wrap images with descriptive captions for AIformat
  • Possible keyword stuffing: "insurance" at 4.6% density (65×) — diversify vocabularyauthority
  • Video without VideoObject schema — add name, description, thumbnailUrl, uploadDate (+ captions/transcript)semantic

Passed Checks (42)

  • Definition-style content found — featured snippet candidateoverview
  • Content freshness signals detectedoverview
  • Comprehensive content (2002 words, 12 sections)overview
  • Step-by-step content detected — AI Overview friendlyoverview
  • 3-level heading hierarchy — deep content structureoverview
  • Source citations found — increases AI trustauthority
  • 4/5 trust signals foundauthority
  • Brand identity consistent (OG + Schema)authority
  • Expert quotes or testimonials found — authority signalauthority
  • 3 industry terms used — domain expertise signalauthority
  • 4 links to authoritative sources — boosts credibilityauthority
  • 10 unique external domains — diverse sourcesauthority
  • Summary/conclusion section foundformat
  • 72 images all with ALT text — AI can understand visualsformat
  • Both ordered and unordered lists used — content varietyformat
  • Actionable advice found — AI prefers practical contentformat
  • Conclusion/recommendation found — helps AI provide answersformat
  • 1 entity types in Schema — AI can classify contentsemantic
  • 8/14 semantic HTML5 elements — deep semantic structuresemantic
  • 100% title keywords in first 200 words — good prominencesemantic
  • 55 contextual links — good cross-referencingsemantic
  • Content categorization found — clear topic classificationsemantic
  • 5 sections have subtopics (H3) — deep coveragesemantic
  • Mobile-friendly (viewport set)technical
  • HTTPS secure — trusted by AI systemstechnical
  • Page size: 139 KB — reasonabletechnical
  • Open Graph fully configured (title, description, image)technical
  • Canonical URL set — prevents AI from citing duplicatestechnical
  • Page allows AI indexing (no noindex/nosnippet)technical
  • 6 Schema types — rich structured datatechnical
  • Language + OG locale set — clear language signaltechnical
  • 3 ARIA landmarks found — good accessibility for AItechnical
  • All image ALT texts are descriptive (>5 chars)format
  • 2002 words — sufficient depth for AI analysisoverview
  • First 200 words contain topic keywords — AI extracts primarily from the startoverview
  • Definition + list combo — strong featured snippet candidateoverview
  • No snippet restrictions — AI can freely extract content (good)technical
  • Link anchor texts are descriptive — good AI context signalsemantic
  • 2 authoritative sameAs links — helps entity disambiguation (note: sameAs alone does not create a Knowledge Panel)authority
  • No hidden-text cloaking patterns detectedtrust
  • Healthy content-to-chrome ratio (~27% boilerplate)overview
  • All tested AI crawlers can access the page (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot)authority

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