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SüRJ website audit report
Marty McQuiston
Focal Point Coaching
martymcquiston.focalpointcoaching.com
Audited by
Recherché Merchant Solutions / SüRJ
Report date
June 2026
Prepared for
Adon Media Management
82
OTTO grade
out of 100
0
Authority score
out of 100
0
Flawless pages
of 17 crawled
197
Open issues
0 fixed
Content
48 / 100
Authority
0 / 100
Technicals
87 / 100
UX signals
42 / 100
Overview Summary of findings

This audit covers the franchise subdomain martymcquiston.focalpointcoaching.com — a 6-page public-facing coaching site operating under the Focal Point Coaching franchise system. The site is technically functional: an OTTO grade of 82/100 indicates the underlying template is reasonably well-structured. However, a deeper look reveals that most of the value that score implies is inaccessible in practice, and several findings that appear straightforward on the surface are more nuanced than they first seem.

The most significant finding is not a technical one — it is a structural one. As a franchise subdomain, Marty likely has limited or no direct control over the site's metadata, schema, canonical tags, heading structure, or social sharing configuration. The 197 issues identified by the audit are real, but the more pressing question is: how many of them can actually be fixed from within the franchise CMS? That answer will determine the entire strategy going forward, which is why this report includes a dedicated set of discovery questions before any work is scoped or priced.

Authority Score 0 and zero organic traffic are expected conditions for a subdomain of this type — they are structural constraints of the franchise model, not failures of the site or its owner. No amount of on-page optimization alone will meaningfully move these numbers without either franchisor cooperation or an independent web presence running in parallel. It is worth understanding, however, that any SEO investment Focal Point Coaching makes at the corporate level — national campaigns, press coverage, backlink building — does flow downstream to Marty's subdomain passively. That upstream relationship is invisible in this report but real.

The site does have one genuine structural asset: four distinct service pages, each with its own URL, covering Business Coaching, Business Consulting, Leadership Training, and Executive Leadership. This provides a legitimate foundation for segmented SMM campaigns — one targeted campaign per service offering — but only if those pages can be properly optimized for social sharing. As the SMM Readiness Scorecard in this report shows, they currently cannot.

It is also worth noting that the site contains more than the 6 public-facing pages visible in the navigation. The audit crawled 17 pages in total, including what appears to be a client-facing store or portal — pages such as /store, /store/cart, and /store/checkout — all carrying a page title of simply "Store." These pages are crawlable by Google and represent both an SEO gap and a potential user experience concern that Marty may not be aware of.

What this report is designed to do is establish a clear, honest baseline — what exists today, what is realistically fixable, and what requires a different approach entirely. The goal is not to present a list of problems, but to give Jordan and Marty a shared understanding of the landscape before any marketing investment is made. A campaign built on false assumptions about what the website can support will underperform regardless of how strong the creative is. This report exists to make sure that doesn't happen.

Findings 197 identified issues — control status unknown

Control status reflects our current assessment of what is typically editable within a franchise CMS. This must be confirmed directly with Marty before any remediation work is scoped or priced.

Issue categoryCountLikely controllable?
Page title0 / 17Confirm with Marty
Meta description0 / 17Confirm with Marty
Canonical link0 / 2Likely locked
Heading optimizations0 / 10Confirm with Marty
H1 length0 / 11Confirm with Marty
H2 length0 / 7Confirm with Marty
Issues with links0 / 18Partial — confirm
Image alt text0 / 39Confirm with Marty
Domain-level schema0 / 1Likely locked
Page-level schemas0 / 12Likely locked
Meta keywords0 / 17Confirm with Marty
Internal linking suggestions0 / 11Confirm with Marty
Twitter title0 / 7Likely locked
Twitter description0 / 2Likely locked
OG title0 / 7Likely locked
Detail What the audit actually found inside the site

Beneath the headline counts, a handful of specific findings explain where the issues actually come from — and why several of them produce the same broken result as having nothing in place at all.

17 crawlable pages — not just the 6 public ones
The site contains at least 17 crawlable pages, well beyond the 6 public-facing ones. A /store, /store/cart, /store/checkout, and /forgotpassword all exist — suggesting a client portal or e-commerce component running under the hood. Every one of these carries a page title of simply "Store" — five characters — which alone accounts for a significant portion of the title-tag issues.
OG tags aren't missing — they're malformed
Open Graph tags do exist, but they're broken. The homepage OG title runs 72 characters — well over the optimal 50–60 range. Google truncates these in social previews, producing the same broken appearance as having no tag at all.
No sitemap submitted
No sitemap has been submitted to Google Search Console or Bing. Google is discovering these pages entirely on its own, with no structured guidance from the site about what exists or how it's organized.
Google Search Console isn't connected
Google Search Console is not connected to this site at all — meaning there is zero visibility into how Google sees, crawls, or indexes any of these pages. There's no data to measure against and no way to confirm whether fixes are working.
11 internal linking opportunities, none implemented
11 internal linking opportunities exist between the four service pages and have never been implemented — leaving the site's one genuine structural asset, its distinct service URLs, disconnected from one another.
SMM Readiness Social media readiness scorecard

This scorecard reflects the current state of the site's readiness to support an active social media marketing engagement. These signals directly affect how campaigns perform before a single post is published.

SignalStatusNotes
OG tags present⚠ BrokenTags exist but are overlength — social previews render malformed
Twitter card tags✕ Missing0 of 7 pages configured
Dedicated contact / conversion page✕ MissingNav "Contact Me" is an anchor link only — no standalone page
Google Search Console connected✕ NoZero search visibility data available
Sitemap submitted✕ NoGoogle is self-discovering all pages with no structured guidance
Google Business Profile? UnknownNeeds confirmation from Marty
Conversion tracking✕ NoneNo GSC, no analytics confirmed — campaigns are untrackable
Internal linking between service pages✕ None11 opportunities identified, 0 implemented
Mobile optimization⚠ SuspectUX score 42/100 — social traffic is predominantly mobile
Client portal pages indexed⚠ Risk/store, /store/cart, /store/checkout crawlable with 5-character titles
Discovery needed Questions for Marty before any work is scoped

The answers to these questions will determine which path forward is viable. Until these are answered, no remediation work should be committed to or priced.

  • 1
    Do you have access to a backend CMS or admin panel for your subdomain?And if so, what platform is it built on? (WordPress, proprietary franchise system, Squarespace, etc.)
  • 2
    Can you edit the text content on your existing pages?Body copy, headlines, service descriptions — or is all content locked by the franchisor template?
  • 3
    Can you add new pages to your subdomain?Or are you limited to the 6 pages currently live?
  • 4
    Can you edit page titles and meta descriptions?If these are locked, on-page SEO work on the subdomain is effectively off the table.
  • 5
    Can you upload or replace images — and add alt text to them?Image alt text accounts for 39 of the 197 identified issues.
  • 6
    Is there a way to add custom code — header/footer injection or embed blocks?This determines whether schema markup or tracking pixels can be added without franchisor involvement.
  • 7
    Does the franchise agreement restrict you from operating an independent website?Critical before proposing an alternative web presence. Some franchise agreements prohibit or require approval for supplemental sites.
  • 8
    Do you have a Google Business Profile set up for your Rochester location?And do you manage it directly?
  • 9
    What social profiles are currently active for your local practice?LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram — managed independently or through the franchise?
  • 10
    Has Focal Point Coaching corporate provided any local digital marketing guidance or support?Understanding what the franchisor does (or doesn't do) at the local level defines the gap your team needs to fill.
Strategy Proposed path forward — independent web presence

Regardless of what Marty can or cannot control within the franchise subdomain, the long-term play for a meaningful local digital presence points in one direction: an independent, fully-controlled website built specifically for his Rochester market — one that is properly optimized, campaign-ready, and designed to support ongoing SMM activity.

An owned website — built for campaigns, not the franchise
A standalone site (e.g. martymcquiston.com or a locally-branded domain) gives Marty and Jordan's SMM efforts a fully controllable web presence. Proper OG tags, schema, dedicated landing pages per service, and a real contact/conversion page — all buildable here without franchise constraints. Social ad traffic goes here, not to the subdomain.
The subdomain stays live — and becomes a pass-through
The franchise subdomain remains active as required. Where redirects are possible (subject to CMS access and franchise terms), subdomain traffic routes toward the owned site. Where they aren't, the subdomain stays as-is and all marketing efforts drive traffic past it to somewhere Marty actually controls.
Jordan's SMM work finally has a proper landing destination
Every social campaign, boosted post, and link-in-bio currently has nowhere optimized to land. An independent site resolves this — each service offering gets its own dedicated landing page, structured for conversion and fully trackable end to end.
Next step
Before any build is proposed or scoped, the discovery questions above need answers — particularly question 7 regarding franchise restrictions on independent sites. Once confirmed, a concrete proposal can be built covering domain selection, site structure, and how the subdomain and new site coexist.
Action plan Prioritized recommendations
PriorityActionPillar
P1Complete discovery questionnaire with Marty to determine CMS access and franchise restrictionsStrategy
P1Confirm whether franchise agreement permits an independent supplemental websiteStrategy
P1Add OG + Twitter metadata to all pages — if CMS allows (prerequisite for any SMM link sharing)Social / Content
P1Build dedicated contact/conversion page with form or calendar embed — if CMS allows new pagesUX / Conversion
P2Rewrite page titles and meta descriptions with local, keyword-specific copy — if editableContent
P2Optimize Google Business Profile — confirm it exists, link to subdomain or owned siteAuthority / Local
P2Add LocalBusiness + Person schema markup via code injection — if availableTechnicals / Local
P2Implement internal linking suggestions — if content is editableContent
P3Scope and propose independent owned website pending franchise agreement reviewStrategy
P3Build social proof loop: client testimonials → Google reviews → social contentAuthority / UX
197 issues remain open — 0 currently remediated. Full remediation scope cannot be finalized until CMS access and franchise restrictions are confirmed. All actions marked "if editable" or "if CMS allows" are contingent on discovery findings.