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2.6 Orphan & Dead-End Detection Suite

30 checks in Crawlability & Site Architecture. Automated Its subsection has a live automated checker in the engine.

IDCheckPasses whenWeightRuns
2.6.01Build complete internal link graph (raw HTML + DOM)Graph builtCriticalDeterministic
2.6.02Identify pages with zero inbound internal links0 orphansCriticalDeterministic
2.6.03Identify pages with only 1 inbound linkStrengthen weak inbound pagesHeavyDeterministic
2.6.04Identify pages that receive inbound links only from footerImprove contextual linkingHeavyDeterministic
2.6.05Identify pages with zero outbound linksNo dead-endsCriticalDeterministic
2.6.06Identify pages with only 1 outbound linkImprove outbound contextMediumDeterministic
2.6.07Validate service pages have 3+ contextual outbound linksTrueHeavyDeterministic
2.6.08Validate location pages have 3+ contextual outbound linksTrueHeavyDeterministic
2.6.09Validate blog posts link internally to related contentPresentHeavyDeterministic
2.6.10Validate reciprocal linking where logicalReasonableMediumDeterministic
2.6.11Detect pages only linked via JS interactionsAvoidMediumDeterministic
2.6.12Detect pages linked only via dynamically injected menusAvoidMediumDeterministic
2.6.13Identify pages not included in sitemap but indexableAdd or reviewHeavyDeterministic
2.6.14Identify sitemap pages missing from internal link graphHigh overlapHeavyDeterministic
2.6.15Identify breadcrumb-less deep pagesBreadcrumbsMediumDeterministic
2.6.16Identify pages unreachable from primary navImprove navigationMediumDeterministic
2.6.17Identify pages reachable only through paginationAdd contextual linksMediumDeterministic
2.6.18Identify disconnected subgraphsNo isolated clustersHeavyDeterministic
2.6.19Identify pages linking exclusively to 404 or redirected URLsFix link chainsHeavyDeterministic
2.6.20Detect dead-end interactive pages (JS-only step flows)Provide crawlable fallbackMediumDeterministic
2.6.21Detect CTA-only pages with no internal linkingAdd contextual linksMediumDeterministic
2.6.22Identify gateway pages missing hub linksAdd hub linksMediumDeterministic
2.6.23Validate link flow from homepage → category → serviceStrong chainHeavyDeterministic
2.6.24Validate link flow from homepage → category → locationStrong chainHeavyDeterministic
2.6.25Identify service pages reachable only via search formUnacceptableCriticalDeterministic
2.6.26Identify location pages reachable only via search formUnacceptableCriticalDeterministic
2.6.27Validate broken inbound link Chains (A→B→404)NoneHeavyDeterministic
2.6.28Validate broken outbound link chains (A→404)NoneHeavyDeterministic
2.6.29Compute orphan-page composite score>= 85%CriticalDeterministic
2.6.30Compute dead-end composite score>= 85%CriticalDeterministic

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