Don’t worry – every website has something

When people hear that we build a tool for website scanning, they often assume that our own website must be perfectly polished. That everything has been checked, validated, and refined down to the smallest detail.

And it’s true that this is what many expect — especially when the tool is built by IT professionals.

But here’s the honest answer: it isn’t.

When we published our own website and ran the first website scan, the results surprised us too. The site had fewer than ten pages, yet the scan revealed nearly 100 unique findings. Some were small, some technical, and some were things we would never have thought to check manually.

And yes — we are IT professionals.
This is our own product.

It was a good reminder of how websites actually work in the real world.

Errors don’t come from carelessness – they come from everyday work

None of those findings existed because we had “done something wrong”. They existed because:

• pages are built quickly
• content is edited and published continuously
• text gets copied from one place to another
• technical decisions are made at different times, for different reasons

Checking a single page is easy. Even ten pages is manageable. But as the site grows — or simply as time passes — the overall picture starts to blur.

Website scanning reveals things you would never notice by checking individual pages one by one.

A human simply doesn’t have the time — or the capacity — to see everything.

And they shouldn’t have to.

When you scan hundreds of pages, every site has something

In demos and testing, we often scan 500–1,000 pages at once. And almost without exception, the result is the same:

Every website has something. Always.

Not necessarily anything critical. Not necessarily something that breaks functionality. But something that has slipped through unnoticed, such as:

• a missing alt text
• a broken link to an old page or a changed URL
• an incorrect language declaration
• a heading structure that isn’t quite logical

Individually, these are minor. Together, they start telling a story about the site’s real condition.

And that story is rarely “a bad website” — it’s a living website.

Don’t worry – website checks are better automated

This might be the most important thing we want to say out loud:

There is no such thing as a flawless website.

There are only websites that are monitored — and websites that aren’t.

Finding issues doesn’t mean a website has failed. It means the site is being used, updated, and developed. And that’s exactly why small things inevitably go unnoticed.

We often see relief when people realise this. This isn’t about blaming anyone or chasing perfection — it’s about visibility.

Why manual checks don’t scale

The idea that “we should just review the site more carefully” sounds reasonable — but it isn’t realistic.

Manual checking:

• takes an enormous amount of time
• is prone to human error
• usually focuses only on the most visible pages

At the same time, content creators, communicators, and developers have more important work to do:

• producing new content
• developing services
• serving users

Technology should support this work — not consume all of the attention.

The surprising part isn’t the number of issues – it’s their nature

Many people expect to find “big problems”. In reality, what’s most surprising is how small and ordinary the issues usually are:

• one old link that never got removed
• one heading copied from the wrong place
• one page no one has looked at in years

And yet, all of them affect the whole.

In closing

Our own website taught us something important: website quality is not a state — it’s a continuous process.

That’s why website scanning isn’t a one-time check, but a way to understand a site’s real condition over time.

There’s no shame in finding issues. On the contrary — it means the site is being looked at, understood, and improved.

So don’t worry. 🙂

If your website has “something”, you’re in very good company.

And perhaps most importantly: not everything needs — or should — be done manually.