Pages checked
Site lumen-hr.example, CMS Site plan. Auto-generate sitemap: Yes, so the Sitemap indexing toggle can be used (Webflow says you can only disable indexing with the toggle "if you've enabled your site's auto-generated sitemap"). Title characters counted by script, including spaces.
| Page | Slug | Type | Sitemap indexing | Your intent | Result | Title chars | Duplicate title | Meta description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | / | static | on | index (home) | Match | 67 | no | set |
| P2 | /pricing | static | on | index (pricing) | Match | 18 | yes | empty |
| P3 | /features | static | on | index (features) | Match | 18 | yes | set |
| P4 | /thank-you | static | on | keep out of search | Conflict | 6 | no | empty |
| P5 | /careers | static | on | keep out of search | Conflict | 19 | no | set |
| P6 | /blog/onboarding-checklist | CMS item | off | index (every blog post) | Conflict | 20 | no | set |
| P7 | /legal/privacy | static | on | can be indexed | Match | 7 | no | empty |
Findings
- Index conflict, P4 /thank-you: toggle is on, you want it out of search.
- Index conflict, P5 /careers: toggle is on, you want it out of search.
- Index conflict, P6 /blog/onboarding-checklist: toggle is off on a CMS item, you want every blog post indexed.
- Title over 60, P1: 67 characters ('Lumen HR - Payroll, Benefits and HR Software for Teams of 10 to 500'). Webflow's guidance is to "keep the title under 60 characters".
- Duplicate title, P2 and P3: both are 'Pricing | Lumen HR'. P3 is /features, so its title does not describe the page (my note).
- Empty meta description on P2, P4 and P7. Webflow sets no length limit for descriptions, so I only flag empty ones.
- robots.txt used to hide a page, P5: robots.txt has 'Disallow: /careers/'. Webflow's indexing page says to keep a previously indexed page out "don't add it in the robots.txt"; use the Sitemap indexing toggle instead. Whether 'Disallow: /careers/' (with the trailing slash) matches the URL /careers at all is not confirmed in my sources, so I list it as a question.
Counts
| Finding type | Pages | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Title over 60 | P1 | 1 |
| Duplicate title | P2, P3 | 2 |
| Empty meta description | P2, P4, P7 | 3 |
| Index conflict | P4, P5, P6 | 3 |
| robots.txt used to hide a page | P5 | 1 |
| All findings | 10 | |
| Distinct pages affected | P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7 | 7 |
Pages with more than one finding: P2, P4, P5.
Fix list
All fixes end with publishing, which is HELD for your approval. 1. P4 /thank-you: Pages panel > Page settings > SEO settings, toggle Sitemap indexing off, then publish (HELD). 2. P5 /careers: same screen, toggle Sitemap indexing off, then publish (HELD). Then decide whether to keep 'Disallow: /careers/' (question 2). 3. P6 /blog/onboarding-checklist: open the Collection, open the item, Item details, toggle Sitemap Indexing on, then save and publish (HELD). Webflow says CMS item indexing is "only available on paid Site plans"; please confirm your CMS Site plan is a paid Site plan. 4. P1 title: shorten to 60 characters or fewer in Page settings > SEO settings, then publish (HELD). Suggestion in the table below, built from your current words. 5. P3 /features title: replace the copied pricing title, then publish (HELD). Suggestion below, built from the slug and your current description.
| Page | Current title chars | Suggested title | Suggested chars | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | 67 | Lumen HR - Payroll, Benefits and HR Software | 44 | -23 |
| P3 | 18 | Features | Lumen HR | 19 | 1 |
- P2, P4, P7 descriptions: write one in Page settings > SEO settings. I have no page facts for them, so: P2 [ADD: one line on what the pricing page shows], P7 [ADD: one line on the privacy policy]. Your intent keeps P4 out of search, so its description matters less (my note).
Questions for you
- Staging indexing is on. That setting is for the webflow.io subdomain (Site settings > SEO > Indexing). Your intent does not mention the subdomain; do you want it indexed?
- Do you want to keep 'Disallow: /careers/' in robots.txt once the toggle is off? I cannot confirm from my sources whether it applies to /careers.
- Is your CMS Site plan a paid Site plan (needed for the CMS item toggle)?
Needs your decision
- Approve the fixes above before anything is changed or published (HELD).
- [ADD: description for P2], [ADD: description for P7].