Dead-end pages within the scanned sample

What it detects

One or more non-homepage pages within the scanned sample contain zero same-domain links of their own — a true navigational dead end.

Why it matters

A page with no outgoing links strands any agent that lands on it — it cannot continue exploring the site from there and must fall back to search or the sitemap.

How to fix

- Check the finding's `examples` for pages whose rendered HTML contains zero same-domain `<a href>` links. - Add at least one internal link from each affected page — a "related content" block, a link back to its parent category, or a link to a navigation/hub page — so an agent that lands there can continue exploring the site. - This is distinct from a page that only links to pages outside the scanned sample; a true dead end has no same-domain outgoing links at all. - Verify: fetch the page's raw HTML and confirm it contains at least one `<a href>` pointing to another page on the same domain.

References

• RFC 9309 — Robots Exclusion Protocol
• Sitemaps protocol