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How many websites pass the Terms check?

Based on 597 audited sites · Updated 2026-07-15

41.9%of audited sites pass this check6.9% vs last month

95% confidence interval: 38%–45.9%

About This Check

Checks whether terms of service are linked, indicating a legitimate and accountable entity.

Why This Matters

LLM Discoverability

Terms of Service are a marker of a legitimate, structured organisation; AI training data pipelines increasingly filter for sites with formal legal documentation as a quality heuristic.

SEO Impact

Terms pages contribute to the overall trust and authority profile assessed by quality raters; YMYL sites without terms are frequently rated as low-quality in manual review.

What To Do Next

58.1% of audited sites need attention on terms (347 of 597 sites are warning or failing).

  • Prioritize terms on templates that create many URLs, because one template fix can improve a large share of trust & security.
  • After changing the page, re-run the audit and compare the observed value for this check instead of relying on visual inspection alone.
  • Use the 41.9% pass rate as a benchmark: if your site fails here, passing the check moves it closer to the visible majority of crawlable, AI-readable pages.

Status Breakdown

41.9%pass(250)
58.1%warn(347)
0%fail(0)

Compliance Trend

Daily pass, warning, and failure rates across benchmark snapshots (up to 90 days).

Industry Breakdown

How different industries perform on this check.

53.6% of audited Media & Entertainment sites pass this check (n=84), compared with 26% of Travel & Hospitality sites (n=50).

Other14.3% passavg score 67n=7
Retail33.3% passavg score 78.3n=3
Education40% passavg score 71.8n=30
Automotive16.7% passavg score 73.7n=6
E-Commerce26.7% passavg score 69.6n=30
Government21.4% passavg score 73.1n=14

Related Checks

Run a free audit to see whether your site passes this check, or browse the leaderboard and the audited-sites directory.