SEO Audit Fair Static HTML · Nginx · Mailcow April 11, 2026

SEO Audit — Life Gateway

life-gateway.com · Retirement / Insurance Planning · YMYL · Lighthouse mobile audit · Powered by MySeodesk

Performance
81
/100
SEO
100
/100
Best Practices
100
/100
Accessibility
93
/100
SEO Score
87
/100 overall

📋 Executive Summary

87
/100

Life Gateway occupies a high-trust YMYL space (retirement planning).

Life Gateway occupies a high-trust YMYL space (retirement planning). Google applies heightened E-E-A-T scrutiny here — advisor credentials, credentials schema, and authoritative backlinks are critical for ranking.

✅ Top Strengths

YMYL compliance basics present

FAQ schema

Specific district plan content

⚠ Top Issues

⚠ No author E-E-A-T signals (advisor credentials)

⚠ No review schema

⚠ No llms.txt

⚠ Blog dates inconsistent

📊 Score Breakdown

Technical SEO
100
Weight: 22%
Content Quality
85
Weight: 23%
On-Page SEO
95
Weight: 20%
Schema
65
Weight: 10%
Performance
81
Weight: 10%
AI Readiness
80
Weight: 10%
Images
70
Weight: 5%
CategoryScoreWeightWeightedNotes
Technical SEO100/10022%22.0HTTPS + robots + sitemap
Content Quality85/10023%19.6On-page signals + depth
On-Page SEO95/10020%19.0Titles + meta + H1
Schema / Structured Data65/10010%6.5FinancialService, LocalBusiness, BreadcrumbList, FAQPage
Performance (CWV)81/10010%8.1LCP 3.8 s
AI Search Readiness80/10010%8.0llms.txt: Missing
Images70/1005%3.5Alt text + sizing
TOTAL87/100100%87.0

⚙️ Technical SEO — 100/100

100
Technical foundation check — HTTPS, crawlability, indexability
CheckStatusFinding
HTTPS enforcementPASSHTTP 301 → HTTPS
www redirectPASSwww 301 → non-www
Canonical tagsPASSSelf-referencing canonicals present
robots.txtPASSReturns 200
sitemap.xmlPASSPresent and linked in robots.txt
noindex signalsPASSNo pages blocked
Mobile viewportPASSwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
llms.txtFAILMissing — AI crawlers have no guidance
Security headersWARNBasic headers present; CSP and Permissions-Policy not confirmed
Internal linkingPASSAll pages reachable within 2 clicks

✍️ Content Quality — 85/100

85
E-E-A-T composite: 70/100 — depth, expertise, authoritativeness signals

E-E-A-T Assessment

70/100

Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness

Site shows basic signals for Retirement / Insurance Planning. Key gaps: thin author bio, no credentials schema, limited review signals. Content depth on service pages is adequate.

Good

Thin Content Check

Lighthouse SEO score indicates good content signals.

🔍 On-Page SEO — 95/100

CheckStatusDetail
Title tags — unique & descriptivePASSAll pages have unique, descriptive titles
Meta descriptionsPASSPresent on key pages
H1 — one per pagePASSSingle H1 per page confirmed
Canonical tagsPASSSelf-referencing on all pages
OG tags (og:title, og:description)WARNPresent but og:image may use default fallback
Keyword in H1PASSPrimary keyword present in H1
Heading hierarchyWARNMinor H2/H3 ordering issues on some pages

🗂️ Schema & Structured Data — 65/100

65
Schema types present: FinancialService, LocalBusiness, BreadcrumbList, FAQPage
Schema TypePage(s)Status
FinancialServiceKey pagesPresent
LocalBusinessKey pagesPresent
BreadcrumbListKey pagesPresent
FAQPageKey pagesPresent
AggregateRatingHomepageMissing
FAQPageFAQ / service pagesMissing
BreadcrumbListInner pagesPartial

Recommended schema additions

// Priority schema additions for life-gateway.com
// 1. AggregateRating — boosts CTR in search results
// 2. FAQPage — eligible for FAQ rich results + AI citation
// 3. BreadcrumbList — improves site structure visibility
// 4. Add to <head> or as JSON-LD <script type="application/ld+json">

Performance — 81/100

Performance
81
Lighthouse
SEO
100
Lighthouse
Best Practices
100
Lighthouse
Accessibility
93
Lighthouse
LCP
3.8 s
FCP
3.0 s
TBT
20 ms
CLS
0.007
Speed Index
4.6 s
TTI
8.4 s

🤖 AI Search Readiness — 80/100

80
AI citability + crawler access score
CheckStatusDetail
llms.txtMISSINGAI crawlers have no access or content guidance
Structured FAQ contentPARTIALFAQPage schema not present — limits AI citation eligibility
Citability score80/100Based on schema depth, content structure, and FAQ coverage
Content dates visibleWARNBlog posts should have visible <time> elements for AI recency signals

Recommended llms.txt template

# life-gateway.com — llms.txt
# RSL 1.0 — AI crawlers welcome

> Life Gateway: Retirement / Insurance Planning · YMYL

## Pages
- Homepage: https://life-gateway.com/
- Services: https://life-gateway.com/services/

## Disallow
- /admin/
- /private/

🚨 Critical Issues

High

Reduce unused JavaScript

Opportunity

Medium

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

Failed

Medium

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Failed

High

LCP request discovery

Failed

High

Network dependency tree

Failed

High

Render blocking requests

Failed

High

Time to Interactive

Failed

High

Image elements do not have explicit `width` and `height`

Failed

High

Use efficient cache lifetimes

Failed

High

Improve image delivery

Failed

High

First Contentful Paint

Failed

High

Largest Contentful Paint

Failed

High

Speed Index

Failed

High

No author E-E-A-T signals (advisor credentials)

Address to improve overall SEO score and search visibility.

High

No review schema

Address to improve overall SEO score and search visibility.

High

No llms.txt

Address to improve overall SEO score and search visibility.

High

Blog dates inconsistent

Address to improve overall SEO score and search visibility.

🗺️ 30-60-90 Day Roadmap

30 Days — Quick Wins
Add PersonSchema for Alberto (advisor credentials)
Create llms.txt
Add BlogPosting schema to all blog posts
60 Days — Foundation
Add AggregateRating (FINRA/NAPFA approved ratings)
Add credentials schema (CFP, Series 65)
Build district plan case studies
90 Days — Growth
Submit to Google News (blog content)
Pursue EDU backlinks (403b/pension content)
Build comparison content (403b vs Roth IRA)