# Audit the homepage of a short prospect list

**Use case:** 

Check the homepage of each site on a short list, with no site-wide crawl. Returns a score, issues and a client-ready HTML report for each one. This example uses three public sites and caps the run at 5 pages. $2 per 1,000 pages; failures free.

## Input

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://crawlee.dev",
    "https://web.dev",
    "https://docs.apify.com"
  ],
  "maxPagesPerSite": 10,
  "maxPages": 5,
  "auditWholeSite": false,
  "includePatterns": [],
  "excludePatterns": [],
  "checkBrokenLinks": true,
  "maxLinksPerPage": 20,
  "htmlReport": true,
  "respectRobotsTxt": true,
  "maxConcurrency": 10,
  "maxConcurrencyPerSite": 4,
  "requestTimeoutSecs": 20
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "rowType": {
    "label": "Row type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "Page",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "score": {
    "label": "Score",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "grade": {
    "label": "Grade",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "criticalCount": {
    "label": "Critical",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "warningCount": {
    "label": "Warnings",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "noticeCount": {
    "label": "Notices",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "topIssue": {
    "label": "Biggest issue",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "titleLength": {
    "label": "Title length",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "metaDescriptionLength": {
    "label": "Meta description length",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "h1Count": {
    "label": "H1count",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "canonicalStatus": {
    "label": "Canonical status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "indexable": {
    "label": "Indexable",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "imagesMissingAlt": {
    "label": "Images missing alt",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "wordCount": {
    "label": "Word count",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "responseTimeMs": {
    "label": "Response time ms",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "statusCode": {
    "label": "Status code",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "errorCode": {
    "label": "Error code",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "siteScore": {
    "label": "Site score",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "topFixes": {
    "label": "Top fixes (site rows)",
    "format": "array"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The SEO Audit Tool: Bulk Website Audit with Scores & Fixes Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Audit the homepage of a short prospect list". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/k15TX2CSxWp6hcWof) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Audit the homepage of a short prospect list" task

The SEO Audit Tool: Bulk Website Audit with Scores & Fixes Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like websites, sitemaps or page urls, max pages per website, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Audit the homepage of a short prospect list" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as row type, page, score, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Audit the homepage of a short prospect list" task via API](https://apify.com/hillcountrybots/seo-audit.md).

## FAQ

### How much does this example cost?

Three successful homepage audits cost $0.006. The run is also capped at 5 pages ($0.01). Failed, blocked and broken pages are free.

### Why turn off the whole-site audit?

For a prospect list you usually want one score per homepage, not a crawl of every site. Leave Audit whole website off, or set it on to audit each site up to the page cap.

### Can I paste a longer list?

Yes. Add more websites to the list and raise Max pages so it covers one page per site. This example is kept short so a Try run cannot run away.

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [SEO Audit Tool: Bulk Website Audit with Scores & Fixes](https://apify.com/hillcountrybots/seo-audit.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/hillcountrybots/seo-audit.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/hillcountrybots/seo-audit.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).