Terms of Service

These terms apply to your use of https://searchspruce.ca (the "site"), operated by SearchSpruce Studio, based in Comox Valley, BC. By using this site, you agree to these terms. If you don't agree, please don't use the site.

The free website health check tool

The site-check tool is provided as a free, informational service. It pulls real data from Google's PageSpeed Insights and Chrome UX Report APIs, estimates link authority from Common Crawl's open index via Open PageRank, and checks a set of technical, on-page, local, and AI-search signals we consider meaningful — but it is not exhaustive, and a high or low score is not a guarantee of search ranking, traffic, or business outcomes of any kind. Use it as a starting point for a conversation, not as a certified audit.

What the score does and does not measure

The 0–100 score rates your website only. That matters, because a website is not where most of local search ranking is decided. Industry research — notably Whitespark's annual Local Search Ranking Factors survey — consistently finds that Google Business Profile signals and review signals together account for roughly half of local pack placement, with links, behavioral signals, and citations making up much of the rest. An automated scan of a website cannot see any of those directly.

Where the report states an estimated coverage percentage, that figure is our own good-faith estimate of how much of local ranking the check could speak to, based on those published industry weights. It is an honest approximation, not a precise measurement, and the underlying weights are themselves survey-based expert consensus rather than anything disclosed by Google.

Any answers you give to the optional questions are taken at face value and not independently verified. Recommendations built on them are only as accurate as the information provided.

Search engines and AI platforms change how they rank and cite content without notice. Guidance that is sound today may not be tomorrow, and no part of this report should be treated as a guarantee of any particular outcome.

Only submit a URL for a website you own or have permission to check. We reserve the right to rate-limit or block automated or abusive use of this tool.

No guaranteed results

Search engine rankings, AI-search visibility, and traffic depend on many factors outside any single agency's control — including changes search engines and AI platforms make to their own systems. We don't guarantee specific rankings, traffic numbers, or placements for any project, free tool result, or paid engagement.

Intellectual property

The content, design, and code of this site belong to SearchSpruce Studio unless otherwise noted. You're welcome to link to it. Reproducing substantial parts of the site's design or written content elsewhere without permission isn't.

Third-party links and services

This site links to and relies on third-party services (including Google, Resend, Web3Forms, and Cloudflare) to operate. We aren't responsible for the content, availability, or practices of those third parties beyond our own integration with them.

Limitation of liability

This site and its free tools are provided "as is," without warranties of any kind. To the extent permitted by law, SearchSpruce Studio isn't liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of this site or its tools.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of British Columbia, Canada, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

Changes to these terms

If these terms change, we'll update the date at the top of this page. Continued use of the site after a change means you accept the updated terms.

Contact us

Questions about these terms? Reach us at info@searchspruce.ca or (778) 960-5961.