Audit rules
Page Not Served Over HTTPS
The final URL, after redirects, does not use https. In a QuikSEO audit, a failure of this rule has error severity and counts against the score. Below are the exact condition, its exceptions and the sources behind it, followed by the other rules of the same group.
http.httpsError01 — Definition
How This Rule Is Checked
The rule is a pure function of the fetched page: no extra requests, no account settings. The same input always gives the same result.
Rule Severity and Score
- Rule id
http.https- Group
- HTTP
- Severity of a failure
- Error
- Counts in the score
- Yes, whenever it applies to the page
- Required for a score
- No
- Replaces the check
is_https
Condition and Exceptions
- Condition
- Final URL is not https → fail
- Exceptions
- —
Sources
- Sources
- Why HTTPS matters (web.dev, Q71)
How to specify a canonical URL with rel="canonical" and other methods (Google Search Central, S12)
02 — HTTP
Other Rules in This Group
The other checks of the same group, each with its own condition and sources.
- No Cache Validatorshttp.cache_validators
- HTML Not Compressedhttp.compression
- Page Answers With an Error Statushttp.error_status
- WWW and Non-WWW Both Serve the Pagehttp.host_variant_duplicate
- HTTP Protocol Versionhttp.http2
- HTTP Version Not Redirected to HTTPShttp.http_variant_not_redirected
- Mixed Contenthttp.mixed_content
- X-Powered-By Version Disclosedhttp.powered_by
- Redirect Chainhttp.redirect_chain
- Server Version Disclosedhttp.server_header
- TLS Certificate Expiring Soonhttp.tls_expiring
- Invalid TLS Certificatehttp.tls_invalid