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Topical Audit

The Topical Audit tool discovers the content structure of any public website—without needing a pre-existing Topical Map. It’s perfect for analyzing competitor sites or understanding a domain’s topical footprint.

  • How to run a topical audit on any website
  • Using CSV upload to save 50% on credits
  • Understanding your audit results
  • Reading AI-generated insights
  • Navigating the discovered hierarchy
  • Managing past audits
  • Exporting your findings

Use Topical Audit when you want to:

  • Analyze competitor content strategies — See how competitors structure their content
  • Audit a new domain — Understand an acquired site’s topical coverage
  • Reverse-engineer authority — Discover what topics a site has built authority around
  • Benchmark your content — Compare your structure against industry leaders

[!NOTE] Topical Audit works on any public website. You don’t need to own the domain or have a Topical Map created.

  1. Navigate to Topical Audit from the main menu.
  2. Enter the website URL you want to analyze (e.g., https://example.com).
  3. Configure your scan settings:
SettingDescription
URLThe website to analyze
CountrySelect geo-location for page loading
Page LimitMaximum pages to crawl (1-5,000)
Force CrawlEnable if the site lacks a sitemap (uses 1.5x credits)
  1. Review the estimated credits.
  2. Click Start Audit to begin.

If you already have page content extracted from a competitor site or any public website, you can upload a CSV file instead of crawling. This method saves 50% on credits since Floyi doesn’t need to fetch and extract content from the pages.

  1. Click the Upload CSV button in the input mode toggle (next to “Crawl Website”)
  2. The form will switch to CSV upload mode

Your CSV file must include:

ColumnRequiredDescription
urlYesThe full page URL
contentYesThe main content of the page
titleNoPage title (optional but recommended)
h1NoPrimary H1 heading
meta_descriptionNoPage meta description
  • Minimum 5 pages required per upload
  • Maximum 5,000 pages per upload
  • Supported formats: .csv, .xlsx, .xls
  1. Click Download CSV Template to get a properly formatted file
  2. Fill in the page data you’ve collected
  3. Save the file and upload it
  1. Click the upload area or drag and drop your CSV file
  2. Floyi validates your file and displays:
    • Number of pages detected
    • Any validation errors (missing required columns, etc.)
  3. Review the estimated credits (50% of standard crawl rate)
  4. Click Start Audit to begin analysis

[!TIP] CSV upload is useful when you’ve scraped competitor content using your own tools, or when you have access to content exports from a CMS.

Once started, you’ll see real-time progress through four stages:

  1. Discovering — Finding pages via sitemap or crawling
  2. Crawling — Extracting content from discovered pages
  3. Analyzing — Processing content for semantic understanding
  4. Clustering — Grouping related content into topics

You can navigate away during scanning. You’ll receive an email when complete.


After completion, you’ll see key metrics at a glance:

MetricDescription
Discovered PillarsMain topic categories found
Total TopicsAll topics across the hierarchy
Pages AnalyzedSuccessfully processed pages
Pillar BreakdownDistribution of content across pillars

Content is organized into a 4-level structure:

LevelNameDescription
1PillarBroad topic categories (e.g., “Marketing”)
2HubMajor subtopics (e.g., “Content Marketing”)
3ChapterSpecific topic areas (e.g., “Blog Strategy”)
4PieceIndividual content pieces

Each level shows:

  • Topic name — The semantic theme of this group
  • Page count — Number of URLs in this topic
  • Similarity score — How tightly content clusters around the topic (higher = more focused)
  • Primary URL — The most representative page for this topic
  • Click Arrows to expand/collapse sections
  • Click Expand All or Collapse All to toggle the entire tree
  • Click any URL to open it in a new tab
  • View Included URLs to see all pages grouped under a topic

After analysis, you’ll receive AI-generated insights about the site’s content strategy.

A 0-10 rating measuring how focused the site’s content strategy is:

ScoreMeaning
8-10Highly focused, clear topical authority
5-7Moderate focus, some topic drift
1-4Scattered content, weak topical clustering
CategoryWhat It Tells You
StrengthsTopics where the site shows strong authority
Missing TopicsSemantically relevant topics not covered
Divergent TopicsContent that doesn’t fit the main strategy
Expansion OpportunitiesSuggested subtopics to build out authority

[!TIP] Use Missing Topics to identify content gaps you can fill on your own site, and Divergent Topics to understand where competitors may be losing focus.


  1. Click the Past Audits tab

  2. Browse your audit history with:

    • Domain name
    • Scan date
    • Pages analyzed
    • Status
  3. Click any audit to load its full results

Select multiple audits using checkboxes to:

  • Delete — Remove selected audits to keep your workspace clean

Past audits are paginated. Click Load More to view additional history.


Export your discovered hierarchy for analysis or sharing.

Click the Export dropdown and choose:

FormatBest For
Excel (.xlsx)Spreadsheet analysis with multiple sheets
CSVDatabase imports, custom tools
Markdown (.md)Documentation, reports
Text (.txt)Simple flat-file output

Exports contain:

  • Complete topic hierarchy
  • Page counts and similarity scores
  • Primary URLs for each topic
  • All grouped URLs
  • AI Insights summary

Click Copy to quickly copy the hierarchy as formatted text for pasting into documents or chat.


Yes, Topical Audit works on any publicly accessible website. Private or password-protected sites cannot be scanned.

FeatureTopical AuditContent Audit
PurposeDiscover structure of any siteAudit your site against your map
Requires MapNoYes
Best ForCompetitor researchContent optimization
OutputDiscovered hierarchyKeep/Optimize/Prune recommendations
CSV UploadYes (50% credit savings)Yes (50% credit savings)

[!TIP] Use Topical Audit to analyze competitor sites, then use insights to strengthen your own Topical Map.

Why do some topics show low similarity scores?

Section titled “Why do some topics show low similarity scores?”

Low similarity scores indicate the grouped pages are loosely related. This can mean:

  • The topic covers diverse subtopics
  • Content quality varies significantly
  • The topic name is a best-fit label for disparate content

Typically 5-15 minutes for 100 pages, depending on site complexity. Larger audits (500+ pages) may take 30+ minutes.

Yes! Run multiple audits over time to track how a site’s content strategy evolves.

When should I use CSV upload vs. crawling?

Section titled “When should I use CSV upload vs. crawling?”

Use CSV upload when:

  • You’ve already extracted competitor content using your own scraping tools
  • You have content exports from a CMS or database
  • You want to save 50% on credits
  • The target site has complex JavaScript rendering or bot protection

Use website crawling when:

  • You want quick, automated analysis without manual data preparation
  • The site has a standard sitemap the crawler can follow
  • You don’t have pre-extracted content available