Every finding carries a severity, shown with a color and a symbol so it never depends on color alone:
- Critical (triangle): stops AI engines or search from reading or trusting you. Fix first.
- High (diamond): a significant problem most sites should fix soon.
- Medium (dot): worth fixing; it adds up.
- Low (circle): polish.
- Info: a choice or a note, never counted against you. Blocking AI training crawlers is an example.
Each finding is also labeled measured (we observed it directly, for example a robots.txt rule) or inferred (a heuristic, for example text that reads as hard). Inferred findings are worth a second look before you act.
A check that cannot finish says could not verify and never lowers your score.