- Response Codes
- Internal No Response
- Internal Client Error (4XX)
- Internal Server Error (5XX)
- Internal Redirect Loop
- Internal Blocked by Robots.txt
- Internal Blocked Resource
- Internal Redirect Chain
- External Blocked Resource
- Internal Redirection (3XX)
- Internal Redirection (Meta Refresh)
- Internal Redirection (JavaScript)
- External No Response
- External Client Error (4XX)
- External Server Error (5XX)
- Security
- HTTP URLs
- Mixed Content
- Form URL Insecure
- Form On HTTP URL
- Missing HSTS Header
- Unsafe Cross Origin Links
- Protocol-Relative Resource Links
- Missing Content-Security-Policy Header
- Missing X-Content-Type-Options Header
- Missing X-Frames-Options Header
- Missing Secure Referrer-Policy Header
- Bad Content Type
- Hreflang
- Non-200 Hreflang URLs
- Missing Return Links
- Inconsistent Language & Region Confirmation Links
- Non-Canonical Return Links
- Noindex Returns Links
- Incorrect Language & Region Codes
- Multiple Entries
- Not Using Canonical
- Outside <head>
- Unlinked Hreflang URLs
- Missing Self Reference
- Missing X-Default
- JavaScript
- Noindex Only in Original HTML
- Nofollow Only in Original HTML
- Canonical Mismatch
- Uses Old AJAX Crawling Scheme URLs
- Uses Old AJAX Crawling Scheme Meta Fragment Tag
- Pages with Blocked Resources
- Contains JavaScript Links
- Contains JavaScript Content
- Page Title Only in Rendered HTML
- Page Title Updated by JavaScript
- Meta Description Only in Rendered HTML
- Meta Description Updated by JavaScript
- H1 Only in Rendered HTML
- H1 Updated by JavaScript
- Canonical Only in Rendered HTML
- Pages With JavaScript Errors
- Links
- Outlinks To Localhost
- Pages Without Internal Outlinks
- Non-Indexable Page Inlinks Only
- Internal Nofollow Outlinks
- Pages With High External Outlinks
- Pages With High Internal Outlinks
- Follow & Nofollow Internal Inlinks To Page
- Internal Nofollow Inlinks Only
- Pages With High Crawl Depth
- Internal Outlinks With No Anchor Text
- Non-Descriptive Anchor Text In Internal Outlinks
- AMP
- Non-200 Response
- Missing Non-AMP Return Link
- Missing Canonical to Non-AMP
- Non-Indexable Canonical
- Missing <html amp> Tag
- Missing/Invalid Doctype HTML Tag
- Missing Head Tag
- Missing Body Tag
- Missing Canonical
- Missing/Invalid Meta Charset Tag
- Missing/Invalid Meta Viewport Tag
- Missing/Invalid AMP Script
- Missing/Invalid AMP Boilerplate
- Contains Disallowed HTML
- Other Validation Errors
- Indexable
- Structured Data
- Validation Errors
- Missing
- Validation Warnings
- PageSpeed
- Eliminate Render-Blocking Resources
- Properly Size Images
- Defer Offscreen Images
- Minify CSS
- Minify JavaScript
- Reduce Unused CSS
- Reduce Unused JavaScript
- Efficiently Encode Images
- Serve Images in Next-Gen Formats
- Enable Text Compression
- Preconnect to Required Origin
- Reduce Server Response Times (TTFB)
- Preload Key Requests
- Reduce JavaScript Execution Time
- Serve Static Assets With An Efficient Cache Policy
- Minimize Main-Thread Work
- Image Elements Do Not Have Explicit Width & Height
- Avoid Large Layout Shifts
- Avoid Serving Legacy JavaScript to Modern Browsers
- Avoid Multiple Page Redirects
- Use Video Format for Animated Images
- Avoid Excessive DOM Size
- Ensure Text Remains Visible During Webfont Load
Bad Content Type
This indicates any URLs where the actual content type does not match the content type set in the header.
It also identifies any invalid MIME types used.
When the X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff response header is set by the server this is particularly important, as browsers rely on the content type header to correctly process the page.
This can cause HTML web pages to be downloaded instead of being rendered when they are served with a MIME type other than text/html for example.
How to Analyse in the SEO Spider
Use the ‘Security’ tab and ‘Bad Content Type’ filter to view these URLs and export all URLs using the ‘Export’ button.
What Triggers This Issue
This issue is triggered when a URL contains content that does not match the content type set in the header. It can also be triggered by invalid MIME types. For example:
If the following URL:
https://www.screamingfrog.co.uk/image.jpg
Responded with the following MIME type:
application/javascript
As the filename is .jpg, the SEO Spider will flag this as an issue.
It will also identify obsolete MIME types, such as JavaScript with:
Which should use:
How To Fix
Analyse URLs identified with a bad content type, and set an accurate MIME type in the content-type header.
Further Reading
- MIME types (IANA media types) - From Mozilla