Control — Properly Linked, Not an Orphan
The false-positive check. This page sits in sitemap.xml and is reachable from the homepage in two clicks through ordinary crawlable anchors, so orphan detection must leave it alone.
Expected verdict: NOT AN ORPHAN
- In sitemap.xml:
yes - Inbound internal links:
≥1 (from /orphan-audit) - Source page reachability:
/orphan-auditis in the navbar and footer, so it is reachable from every page - Click depth from homepage:
2
Run this alongside the five orphan fixtures. A script that reports six orphans is over-flagging; the correct answer for this URL is a clean pass, with a real inbound link and a finite click depth.
Test matrix and the orphan fixtures: /orphan-audit