Quick-check a single URL
Sometimes you do not need a whole crawl, just a fast look at one page. Quick check scans a single URL on demand, with no project and no full crawl.
It is the fastest way to sanity-check a page you just edited.
What quick check is
Quick check fetches one URL and shows the page detail view for it right away: the same per-page signals you would see for any page in a full report, without crawling the rest of the site. It is designed for speed and for one-off checks.
When to use it
- You just changed a page's title, headings, or tags and want to confirm the result.
- You want to check one specific URL fast, without setting up a project.
- You are about to run a full crawl and want a quick look at a single page first.
How to run a quick check
- Open the quick-check tool in the app.
- Paste the URL you want to scan.
- Run it, and read the results.
What it checks
A quick check covers everything that can be judged from the page itself:
- Status code and indexability, with the reason if not indexable.
- Title tag and meta description.
- Heading structure.
- Images and their alt text.
- Structured data.
- Response time.
- The links out of the page.
What a single page cannot tell you
This is the honest part, and it is important. Some checks are about how a page relates to the rest of the site, and one URL on its own cannot answer them:
- Duplicate titles or descriptions, which require comparing every page.
- Inlinks and orphan status, which depend on what else links to the page.
- Click depth, which depends on the whole site structure.
Quick check shows these as not checked, never as passing. A page is not marked "no duplicate title" when the tool simply has not seen the other pages. For those answers, run a full crawl.
Quick check versus a full crawl
| Question | Quick check | Full crawl |
|---|---|---|
| Is this page indexable? | Yes | Yes |
| Are its title and headings good? | Yes | Yes |
| Is its title duplicated elsewhere? | Not checked | Yes |
| Does anything link to it? | Not checked | Yes |
| Is it an orphan page? | Not checked | Yes |
| Site-wide health score | No | Yes |
Quick check does not save
A quick check is a live look, not a stored result. It does not write to a project or build history. When you want a saved record and site-wide checks, run a project crawl. See Run your first crawl.
Frequently asked questions
Does a quick check save its results?
No. It is a live, one-off scan. For saved results and history, run a project crawl.
Why does it say "not checked" for some issues?
Because those checks compare a page to the rest of the site, which a single-URL scan cannot see. It labels them "not checked" rather than pretending they passed.
Can a quick check find duplicate titles?
No. Duplicates require comparing every page, which needs a full crawl.
Do I need to create a project for a quick check?
No. That is the point. It runs on one URL with no project.