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Audit Standard / 2026.2

Rule explorer: Audit Standard 2026.2

Every check that defines technical readiness in MaxiMarket Audit Standard 2026.2, exactly as the audit applies it. Open a rule to see what it checks, why it matters, how to fix it, where its authority comes from and how much it counts.

Superseded. This is an earlier Audit Standard version, kept unchanged so audits saved under it keep their meaning. New audits use the current Audit Standard 2026.4.

Guides by topic: technical SEO audit rules, AI readiness, structured data and ecommerce product data.

Version
2026.2
Status
Superseded
Published
2026-09-26
Rules
86
Scored
67
Observations
33

Authority levels

Official search-engine requirement
A search engine documents it as required for a specific outcome, such as Google eligibility.
Strongest external authority
Open standard / Schema.org
Defined by an open standard or vocabulary: HTML, WCAG, IETF RFCs, Schema.org, Sitemaps, Open Graph.
Official platform recommendation
Recommended in official platform documentation, such as Google Search Central or an AI platform.
Accepted best practice
Widely accepted practice with a cited source, but no official requirement.
MaxiMarket recommendation
MaxiMarket’s own advice. Never presented as a search engine or platform requirement.
MaxiMarket methodology

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Observations

Observations are neutral facts. They are never pass or fail, never warnings, and never part of the Technical Score.

STRUCTURED-PRODUCT-011Observation · not scoredProducts on the pageProduct and Offer dataTechnical SearchCommerceMachine Readability
What is reported
The number of top-level Product entities that are not variants of a ProductGroup, for pages with Product data.
Why it is not a rule
Listing pages legitimately contain many Products, and page intent is unknown.
Sources
STRUCTURED-OFFER-005Observation · not scoredZero-price offersProduct and Offer dataTechnical SearchCommerceMachine Readability
What is reported
The number of inspected Offers whose price is zero, for pages with inspected Offers.
Why it is not a rule
Zero prices are legitimate for free items and Product snippets; they only affect merchant-listing eligibility.
Sources
STRUCTURED-OFFER-013Observation · not scoredOffer types usedProduct and Offer dataTechnical SearchCommerceMachine Readability
What is reported
For Products with recognized offers: whether they use Offer, AggregateOffer or both.
Why it is not a rule
Marketplace pages legitimately use AggregateOffer, and the number of sellers is unknowable.
Sources