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Quick Answer: Your Technical Audit grade ranges from A+ (95-100%) to F (below 40%). Grades are calculated based on the number and severity of issues found relative to your total pages. Target B+ or above for good AI visibility.

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What You’ll Learn

  • How grades are calculated
  • What each grade means
  • What grade to target
  • How to improve your grade

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Grade Scale

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How Scores Are Calculated

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The formula

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Issue weighting

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Example

For a 50-page site with:
  • 2 Critical issues = 20 points
  • 8 Warnings = 24 points
  • 15 Info items = 15 points
Total deductions: 59 points ÷ 50 pages = 1.18 per page average Score: 100 - 11.8 = 88.2% = A-

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Per-Category Grades

Each of the five categories gets its own grade: Overall grade = Weighted average of category grades.

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What Grade Should You Target?

Target B+ or above for good AI visibility. Below B, technical issues are likely reducing your mention rates and citation potential.

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Improving Your Grade

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Quick wins (biggest impact)

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Medium effort

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Ongoing maintenance

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Tracking improvement

After each audit, compare grades:
  • Grade improving = Technical fixes are working
  • Grade stable = No new issues introduced
  • Grade declining = New issues appearing (investigate)

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Common grade killers

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FAQ

Yes, but it requires more effort. Large sites naturally accumulate more issues. Focus on eliminating Critical and Warning issues; a few Info items on a 500-page site won’t prevent an A grade.
Indirectly. Technical health enables AI visibility. A low technical grade means bots may not reach or parse your content effectively, which reduces mention opportunities. The grade itself isn’t a component of AAR, but the underlying issues affect it.
Run a new audit after making fixes. The new grade reflects the current state of your site at the time of the audit.

Fixing Issues

How to resolve audit findings

Re-running Audits

Verify your fixes worked