Current.org - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
81% 
Page structure
29% 
Link structure
56% 
Server
86% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.03 s
File size
136.80 kB
Words
751
Media files
21
Number of links
115 internal / 11 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Current - For people in public media
The length of the page title is perfect. (322 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
For people in public media
There are more than one meta descriptions on the page. Only one is allowed.
The meta description is too short. (165 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length) Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://current.org/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-us
Alternate/Hreflang Links
(Somewhat important)
There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
(Somewhat important)
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Rel next URL https://current.org/page/2/
The rel next and prev tags are set correctly.
Domain
(Somewhat important)
The domain is no subdomain.
The domain length is good.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
Page URL
(Somewhat important)
No parameters were found in the URL.
No session ID was found in the URL.
The URL does not have too many subdirectories.
Charset encoding
(Somewhat important)
The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
(Nice to have)
The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
(Nice to have)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 751 words. That's ok.
26% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
9 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 22 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
Empty bold or strong tags were found on this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
18 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.
Additional markup
(Nice to have)
This page uses Google authorship information without an image.
HTTPS
(Somewhat important)
This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.
All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Current - For people in public media
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
There are 44 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Current - For people in public media
H1 Know it all. Get Current's newsletter.
H2 CPB defunding and reauthorization are scary. We should talk about them anyway.
H2 KDHX settles lawsuit, but critics of leadership question whether change is possible
H2 New podcast from Brian Reed probes big questions about journalism
H2 HBCU Week initiative receives $1.2M from CPB, plans local programming around 2025 Thurgood Marshall doc
H2 StoryCorps scales up initiative to bridge political divides
H2 NPR budget boosted by development revenue
H2 Comings and goings: Arizona Public Media appoints chief engineer, WBUR names ‘Morning Edition’ host ...
H2 Michael Ziegler, station exec who guided WSKG through digital transition, dies at 85
H2 PBS and APTS advocate for pubcasters in proposed FCC local content incentive
H2 How these new station leaders are expanding community service while managing change
H2 How public media can balance AI innovation and public trust
H2 Comings and goings: Gary Knell joins QCatalyst, GBH appoints statewide editor ...
H3 People on the Move
H3 Featured Jobs
H3 Categories
H3 Archives
H3 Search Current
H5 System/Policy
H5 By Scott Finn, Consultant (Finn Advising) | September 6, 2024
H5 By Eric Berger, Freelance Contributor | September 5, 2024
H5 Valley PBS names Robert Mollison CEO
H5 Comings and goings: Carla McCabe to join PBS board, NPR hires ‘Backstop’ editor ...
H5 Programs/Content
H5 By Gregory Wakeman, Freelance Contributor | September 4, 2024
H5 Programs/Content Duplicate text
H5 By Julian Wyllie, Reporter | September 4, 2024
H5 Programs/Content Duplicate text
H5 By Tyler Falk, Reporter | September 3, 2024
H5 System/Policy Duplicate text
H5 By Tyler Falk, Reporter | August 30, 2024
H5 People
H5 By Julian Wyllie, Reporter | August 30, 2024
H5 Obituaries
H5 By Staff of WSKG | August 29, 2024
H5 System/Policy Duplicate text
H5 By Austin Fuller, Reporter | August 29, 2024
H5 People Duplicate text
H5 By Tyler Falk, Reporter, Austin Fuller, Reporter, Mike Janssen, Digital Editor and Julian Wyllie, Reporter | August 28, 2024
H5 Tech
H5 By Davar Ardalan, Founder (TulipAI) | August 27, 2024
H5 People Duplicate text
H5 By Julian Wyllie, Reporter | August 26, 2024
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
6 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 11 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://current.org/Anchor Skip to content
A-TITLE Skip to content
/about-this-site/About
https://current.org/subscribe/Subscribe
/advertise-with-current/Advertise
https://giving.american.edu/pa...External Subdomain Donate
https://current.org/staff/Staff
https://www.officialpayments.c...External Subdomain Pay an Invoice
/writing-for-current/Write for Current
/editorial-independence-policy/Editorial Policy
https://current.org/contact-us/Contact
https://current.org/IMG-ALT logo
https://current.org/Text duplicate IMG-ALT logo
/category/programs-content/Programs/Content
/category/people/People
/category/development/Development
/category/system-policy/System/Policy
/category/tech/Tech
https://current.org/jobs/Jobs
/sponsored-content/Sponsored Posts
/directory-of-services/Pubmedia Business Directory
/job-description-depot/Job Description Depot
/about-this-site/Text duplicate About
https://current.org/subscribe/Text duplicate Subscribe
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https://current.org/staff/Text duplicate Staff
https://www.officialpayments.c...External Subdomain Text duplicate Pay an Invoice
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/editorial-independence-policy/Text duplicate Editorial Policy
https://current.org/contact-us/Text duplicate Contact
https://current.org/Current - For people in public media
https://current.org/No Text
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/category/tech/Text duplicate Tech
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/directory-of-services/Text duplicate Pubmedia Business Directory
/job-description-depot/Text duplicate Job Description Depot
/35-rising-stars-making-their-...Rising Stars 2024
https://current.org/tag/layoffsLayoffs
/tag/generative-ai/AI and Pubmedia
/series/diversityDEI
/2021/07/public-media-salary-s...Public Media Salaries
/timeline-the-history-of-publi...Timeline: Public Broadcasting’s History
/2023/11/pipeline-2024-our-ann...Pipeline: New TV Shows
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/author/scott-finn/Scott Finn
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/2024/09/kdhx-settles-lawsuit-...KDHX settles lawsuit, but critics of leadership question whether change is possible
A-TITLE Permalink to KDHX settles lawsuit, but critics of leadership question whether change is possible
/author/eric-berger/Eric Berger
A-TITLE Read All Posts By Eric Berger
/category/people/People on the Move
/2024/09/valley-pbs-names-robe...No Text
/2024/09/valley-pbs-names-robe...Valley PBS names Robert Mollison CEO
/2024/09/comings-and-goings-ca...No Text
/2024/09/comings-and-goings-ca...Comings and goings: Carla McCabe to join PBS board, NPR hires ‘Backstop’ editor ...
/category/people/More People News
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/category/programs-content/Text duplicate Programs/Content
A-TITLE Read Posts in the Programs/Content category
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A-TITLE Permalink to New podcast from Brian Reed probes big questions about journalism
/author/gregory-wakeman/Gregory Wakeman
A-TITLE Read All Posts By Gregory Wakeman
/2024/09/hbcu-week-initiative-...A-TITLE Permalink to HBCU Week initiative receives $1.2M from CPB, plans local programming around 2025 Thurgood Marshall doc
/category/programs-content/Text duplicate Programs/Content
A-TITLE Read Posts in the Programs/Content category
/2024/09/hbcu-week-initiative-...HBCU Week initiative receives $1.2M from CPB, plans local programming around 2025 Thurgood Marshall doc
A-TITLE Permalink to HBCU Week initiative receives $1.2M from CPB, plans local programming around 2025 Thurgood Marshall doc
/author/julian-wyllie/Julian Wyllie
A-TITLE Read All Posts By Julian Wyllie
/2024/09/storycorps-scales-up-...A-TITLE Permalink to StoryCorps scales up initiative to bridge political divides
/category/programs-content/Text duplicate Programs/Content
A-TITLE Read Posts in the Programs/Content category
/2024/09/storycorps-scales-up-...StoryCorps scales up initiative to bridge political divides
A-TITLE Permalink to StoryCorps scales up initiative to bridge political divides
/author/tylerfalk/Tyler Falk
A-TITLE Read All Posts By Tyler Falk
/2024/08/npr-budget-boosted-by...A-TITLE Permalink to NPR budget boosted by development revenue
/category/system-policy/Text duplicate System/Policy
A-TITLE Read Posts in the System/Policy category
/2024/08/npr-budget-boosted-by...NPR budget boosted by development revenue
A-TITLE Permalink to NPR budget boosted by development revenue
/author/tylerfalk/Text duplicate Tyler Falk
A-TITLE Read All Posts By Tyler Falk
/category/people/Text duplicate People
A-TITLE Read Posts in the People category
/2024/08/comings-and-goings-ar...No Text
/2024/08/comings-and-goings-ar...Comings and goings: Arizona Public Media appoints chief engineer, WBUR names ‘Morning Edition’ host ...
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/author/julian-wyllie/Text duplicate Julian Wyllie
A-TITLE Read All Posts By Julian Wyllie
https://current.org/tag/obits/Obituaries
A-TITLE Read Posts in the Obituaries category
/2024/08/michael-ziegler-stati...No Text
/2024/08/michael-ziegler-stati...Michael Ziegler, station exec who guided WSKG through digital transition, dies at 85
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/author/staff-of-wskg/Staff of WSKG
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/2024/08/pbs-and-apts-advocate...A-TITLE Permalink to PBS and APTS advocate for pubcasters in proposed FCC local content incentive
/category/system-policy/Text duplicate System/Policy
A-TITLE Read Posts in the System/Policy category
/2024/08/pbs-and-apts-advocate...PBS and APTS advocate for pubcasters in proposed FCC local content incentive
A-TITLE Permalink to PBS and APTS advocate for pubcasters in proposed FCC local content incentive
/author/austin-fuller/Austin Fuller
A-TITLE Read All Posts By Austin Fuller
/2024/08/how-these-new-station...A-TITLE Permalink to How these new station leaders are expanding community service while managing change
/category/people/Text duplicate People
A-TITLE Read Posts in the People category
/2024/08/how-these-new-station...How these new station leaders are expanding community service while managing change
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/author/austin-fuller/Text duplicate Austin Fuller
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/author/mike-janssen/Mike Janssen
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/2024/08/how-public-media-can-...A-TITLE Permalink to How public media can balance AI innovation and public trust
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/2024/08/how-public-media-can-...How public media can balance AI innovation and public trust
A-TITLE Permalink to How public media can balance AI innovation and public trust
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A-TITLE Read All Posts By Davar Ardalan
/category/people/Text duplicate People
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/2024/08/comings-and-goings-ga...No Text
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/about-this-site/privacy-policy/Privacy policy
/terms-and-conditions/Terms and conditions
https://current.org/rss-feeds/RSS feeds
https://largo.inn.org/External Subdomain Largo WordPress Theme
https://inn.org/External Institute for Nonprofit News
https://current.org/Anchor Back to top ↑

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://current.org/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is slow (1.03 seconds). The response time should be less than 0.4 seconds. Slow websites are bad for search engine bots and also result in bad user experience.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (137 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

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This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 4,181 referring domains.
This page has 445,524 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 2,412 different ip addresses.

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