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Add 70-character page title length limit #16

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Add 70-character title length limit rule
arberx Mar 17, 2026
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Update e2e test expectation for entity-consistency score
arberx Mar 17, 2026
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10 changes: 10 additions & 0 deletions src/analyzers/entity-consistency.ts
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Expand Up @@ -72,6 +72,16 @@ export function analyzeEntityConsistency(context: AuditContext): AnalysisResult
recommendations.push('Standardize brand/entity naming in HTML metadata and JSON-LD.')
}

// Title length check — titles over 70 characters get truncated in search and AI citations
const rawTitle = (context.pageTitle || '').trim()
if (rawTitle.length > 0 && rawTitle.length <= 70) {
score += 10
findings.push({ type: 'found', message: `Page title is ${rawTitle.length} characters (within 70-char limit).` })
} else if (rawTitle.length > 70) {
findings.push({ type: 'info', message: `Page title is ${rawTitle.length} characters (exceeds 70-char limit).` })
recommendations.push('Shorten the page title to 70 characters or fewer to avoid truncation in AI citations.')
}

const canonicalHref = context.$('link[rel="canonical"]').attr('href')
if (canonicalHref) {
score += 20
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion test/e2e/cli.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ test('compiled CLI returns the expected JSON report for the fixture site', async
{ id: 'faq-content', score: 82, grade: 'B-', status: 'pass' },
{ id: 'citations', score: 66, grade: 'D', status: 'partial' },
{ id: 'schema-completeness', score: 45, grade: 'F', status: 'partial' },
{ id: 'entity-consistency', score: 84, grade: 'B', status: 'pass' },
{ id: 'entity-consistency', score: 94, grade: 'A', status: 'pass' },
{ id: 'content-freshness', score: 82, grade: 'B-', status: 'pass' },
{ id: 'content-extractability', score: 48, grade: 'F', status: 'partial' },
{ id: 'definition-blocks', score: 100, grade: 'A+', status: 'pass' },
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