## **📋 What Is the Healthy Pages Count?**

The **healthy pages** metric in the Site Health Audit shows the number of pages on your site that have **no detected SEO issues**. A page is counted as healthy only when it passes all checks performed during the audit — including crawlability, indexability, metadata, response codes, and more.

If you are seeing a number that feels lower than expected, this is almost always because some pages have at least one issue flagged against them, which moves them out of the healthy count — even if the issue is minor.

## **🔍 Why Is Your Healthy Page Count Low?**

Several common reasons cause the healthy pages number to be lower than the total number of pages crawled:

- **Pages with warnings:** Pages flagged with warnings — such as missing meta descriptions, slow load times, or thin content — are not counted as fully healthy.
- **Pages with errors:** Any page returning a 4xx or 5xx status code, or blocked by robots.txt, is excluded from the healthy count.
- **Redirect chains:** Pages involved in redirect chains or loops are flagged and removed from the healthy count.
- **Noindex tags:** Pages carrying a noindex directive may be excluded from the healthy count depending on your audit configuration.
- **Incomplete crawl:** If the audit crawled only a portion of your site — due to crawl limits, login-gated pages, or crawl depth settings — the total pages discovered may be lower than expected, which directly affects how many can be counted as healthy.
- **Recently added pages:** Pages added after the last audit run will not appear until you refresh the audit.

## **🗺️ How to Identify Which Pages Are Not Healthy**

1. Navigate to the **Site Health Audit** from the left sidebar.
2. Open your site's audit report and locate the **Issues** or **Pages** tab.
3. Filter the page list by status — look for pages marked as **Errors**, **Warnings**, or **Notices**.
4. Click into any flagged page to see the specific issues preventing it from being counted as healthy.
5. Prioritise fixing **errors** first, as these have the greatest impact on your healthy page count and overall SEO performance.

## **🔄 How to Refresh or Re-run Your Audit**

Your healthy page count reflects the state of your site at the time of the last audit crawl. If you have recently fixed issues or published new pages, re-run the audit to get an updated count:

1. Go to **OTTO SEO → Site Audit → Overview** (Website Overview).
2. Select your site from the list.
3. Click **Recrawl Site** to trigger a new audit.
4. Wait for the crawl to complete — crawl time varies based on site size.
5. Review the updated **healthy pages** figure once the audit finishes.

## **📊 How to Improve Your Healthy Pages Count**

Increasing your healthy pages count means resolving the issues flagged on affected pages. Here is a recommended order of priority:

- **Fix errors first:** Broken links, server errors, and blocked pages have the highest impact. Resolve these before moving to warnings.
- **Address missing metadata:** Add or complete meta titles and meta descriptions on all pages that are missing them.
- **Resolve duplicate content:** Use canonical tags to consolidate duplicate or near-duplicate pages.
- **Improve page speed:** Pages flagged for slow load times can be optimised through image compression, caching, and script management.
- **Clear redirect issues:** Audit and simplify any redirect chains so pages resolve cleanly in a single hop.

After resolving a batch of issues, re-run the audit to confirm the pages have moved into the healthy count.

## **❓ Frequently Asked Questions**

**Does a low healthy page count mean my site is performing badly?**  
Not necessarily. A low count highlights opportunities for improvement. Even sites with strong organic traffic often have a proportion of pages with minor issues. Focus on fixing errors before warnings.

**Can the healthy page count ever exceed the total crawled pages?**  
No. The healthy count is always a subset of the total crawled pages. If the numbers look inconsistent, try re-running the audit to ensure the data is current.

**Why does the crawled page total seem lower than my actual site?**  
Crawl limits, nofollow links, login-required pages, and crawl depth settings can all restrict which pages are discovered. Review your audit settings to ensure the crawler has access to all relevant sections of your site.

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