Clean-up process for Single Page Checks

Summary

Siteimprove removes Single Page Check pages from page listings and content results when they return an unsuccessful HTTP status in the 400 or 500 range. The URLs remain in the Single Page Check tables for at least 30 days, and links to those pages may be reported as broken.

Overview

Siteimprove discovers pages through full website crawls and Single Page Checks submitted manually or through integrations. Checked pages are evaluated for errors and issues. The clean-up process may reduce reported page counts and change issue totals and DCI® Scores. It was implemented on November 13, 2019.

Data collection

Siteimprove applies different methods to retrieve page data from customer websites. Most commonly we use full crawls on a regular basis to check customer websites. Typically, those crawls either start on the homepage or on the XML-sitemap. 

Another way for us to identify pages to crawl is via Single Page Checks where single URLs are entered manually by the customer or automatically through one of our integrations (Ads, Marketing Automation Integrations, CMS plugins).

The Single Page Check tables in Siteimprove Quality Assurance and Siteimprove Accessibility show the pages that have been inserted as single URLs to be crawled. After they have been crawled, they will be checked for errors and issues.

Single Page Checks clean-up process

If a checked page returns an unsuccessful HTTP status (a status code in the 400s or 500s), the page will no longer be included in the page listings (Quality Assurance > Inventory > Pages) and it will no longer contribute to the content results in the Siteimprove platform. If links occur to that page from other pages on the website, these links will be reported as broken.

These page URLs will remain in the Single Page Check tables for a minimum of 30 days from the first unsuccessful check as a security measure.

How does the clean-up impact Siteimprove customers?

The clean-up of Single Page Checks can lead to a lower amount of pages presented in Siteimprove, because "Single page check" pages returning an unsuccessful HTTP status will no longer be included in the page lists. The page count can differ from previous page counts, and customers might see a difference in errors and issues which in turn can lead to changes in DCI® Scores.

Learn more about Single Page Checks

How do I add new pages to Siteimprove that have not been checked? (Single Page Check)

Additional Support

Please contact Siteimprove Technical support if you have any questions regarding this.