Blog · Jul 3, 2026
Why Weebly sites score lowest
Weebly sites averaged 56.9, the lowest of the platforms we measured. The gap is concentrated in page structure, which is fixable.
Key takeaways
- Weebly averaged 56.9 (59 sites), about 9 points below GoDaddy (66.1) and about 16 below Wix (73.4).
- The weakest category was structure, where Weebly averaged 48.3.
- The sample is small, so treat the exact numbers as directional.
One caveat first
We found only 59 Weebly sites, against 3,784 on WordPress and 1,105 on Wix. A few unusual sites can move an average that small. The gap is large and concentrated in one category, which makes it worth a look, but we wouldn't call the exact figures precise.
What "structure" means
Structure is how a page organizes information for machines: one clear main headline (H1), section headings in a logical order (H2, H3), real paragraphs and lists where lists belong. A page with no hierarchy is harder to summarize, because it's unclear what's important, where a section starts and where a topic ends.
A drag-and-drop builder can make pages that look structured while the underlying HTML is a flat set of styled boxes with no heading tags. Visitors see a headline. A machine sees a block of text.
Why Weebly in particular
We haven't inspected every Weebly site, but the pattern is consistent with a builder that treats a headline as big text unless the author chooses a title or heading element. Where an author uses large bold text in place of a real heading, the page looks right in a browser and gives crawlers nothing to work with. Weebly sites also trailed on metadata and FAQ content in our data, so structure isn't the only gap.
Check your own Weebly site
- Open your homepage, right-click the main headline and choose Inspect.
- If the highlighted code starts with
<h1>, that's a real heading. If it's a<div>or<p>with a large font, it only looks like a heading. - Repeat for section titles, which should be
<h2>. Check your services and About pages too.
How to fix it
Do it yourself: use the builder's title and heading elements, not text boxes with large fonts, for your headlines and subheads on the homepage, services, About and contact pages. Then verify with Inspect. Menu names change over time, so check Weebly's current help pages. Plan about an hour per page.
Don't stop at structure. Add an FAQ page (81% of sites in our study have none), put your name, address and phone in the footer as text, and write specific descriptions of your services.
Send to your web person: > Our Weebly site's headlines are rendering as styled text instead of H1 and H2 tags. Please rebuild the homepage, services, About and contact pages using real heading elements, then confirm with View Source. Please also add an FAQ page and LocalBusiness structured data.
Should you leave Weebly?
Not necessarily. If you're otherwise happy, fixing headings, adding an FAQ and publishing your contact details is a reasonable first step, and you can re-scan to see the effect. Consider moving if you've outgrown the platform for other reasons, such as ecommerce features or design flexibility. Don't migrate for the score alone.
About this data: 10,369 small business sites scored in October 2026; platform identified for about 5,500 sites, including 59 on Weebly. Averages are CrawlReady scores.