How LaunchScaler works

You give the scanner one thing: a URL. From that it loads the page in a real browser runtime, follows what a crawler and an answer engine would see, and reads the underlying HTML with a standards-grade parser rather than guessing at it.

Everything a directory submission form would normally ask you to type (the name, the category, the tagline, the screenshots) is derived from what is actually on the page. Nothing is asked twice, because the page already answers it.

Each of the seven checks produces its own score and band. The overall standing is a coverage-weighted roll-up of those seven: a check that could not run counts as missing coverage rather than a silent zero.

Bands are read the same way everywhere: pass means it holds up, warn means it works but has gaps worth closing, and fail means something is broken enough to keep the product from being seen. The band is information about the product, never a brand colour.

A standing is only as honest as the day it was measured, so every one records when it was last verified. Re-run the audit after you ship a fix and the standing updates to match.

When a listing goes quiet, its standing is marked stale rather than left to look current. The directory would rather show an honest gap than an out-of-date pass.