Not every check is worth the same. The title tag carries up to twelve points, with full credit when the title runs roughly 30 to 65 characters and reduced credit when it exists but sits outside that range. The meta description, image alt coverage, and content depth are each worth up to ten points — the description scores in full at about 70 to 165 characters, alt coverage scales directly with the percentage of images that have alt text, and content depth steps up at roughly 100, 300, and 600 words. HTTPS, a single clear H1, the viewport tag, and indexability are each worth eight points.
The lighter checks fill in the rest: a canonical tag and supporting H2 subheadings, an Open Graph title, JSON-LD structured data, an HTML lang attribute, and a declared favicon each contribute a smaller share. Because the weights differ this much, restoring a missing title or fixing an accidental noindex moves the number far more than adding a favicon — which is exactly why the priority-fix list is ordered by the points each gap is costing you.