Current.org - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
81% 
Page structure
29% 
Link structure
61% 
Server
86% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.17 s
File size
149.40 kB
Words
686
Media files
20
Number of links
112 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 686 words. That's ok.
26.2% 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.
8 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 16.64 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)
17 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 How journalists can shape society through ethical storytelling
H2 ‘Nova’ marks 50 years with blend of new and old programming about engineering, space
H2 SAG-AFTRA files unfair labor practice charge against Chicago Public Media
H2 Three years in, the Recording Inclusivity Initiative is still fighting to diversify classical radio
H2 House subcommittee recommends more funding for Next Generation Warning System
H2 CPB’s first post-pandemic analysis of stations finds stagnating radio revenue, drop in TV income
H2 Jac Venza, founder of public TV’s ‘Great Performances,’ dies at 97
H2 Detroit PBS lands $7.5M matching gift as it plans new campus
H2 Louisville Public Media lays off eight staff amid budget shortfall
H2 Kwame Alexander created a poem about public media with help from ‘Viewers Like You’
H2 Stations in Alabama, Texas and Alaska receive $1.3 million from Next Gen Warning System
H2 Nebraska Public Media receives donation of online news sites
H3 People on the Move
H3 Featured Jobs
H3 Categories
H3 Archives
H3 Search Current
H5 Programs/Content
H5 By Kathy Lu, Journalist and Founder (Audiencibility) | 23 hours ago
H5 By Owen Auston-Babcock, Editorial Intern | June 7, 2024
H5 Oregon Public Broadcasting taps CNN’s Rachel Smolkin as CEO
H5 Comings and goings: Dan Lothian named editor of GBH newsroom, NPR appoints deputy managing editor of digital ...
H5 System/Policy
H5 By Tyler Falk, Reporter | June 5, 2024
H5 Classical music
H5 By Marah Eakin, Freelance Contributor | June 4, 2024
H5 System/Policy Duplicate text
H5 By Julian Wyllie, Reporter | June 4, 2024
H5 System/Policy Duplicate text
H5 By Julian Wyllie, Reporter | June 4, 2024 Duplicate text
H5 Obituaries
H5 By Julian Wyllie, Reporter | June 3, 2024
H5 Development
H5 By Austin Fuller, Reporter | June 3, 2024
H5 System/Policy Duplicate text
H5 By Tyler Falk, Reporter | May 31, 2024
H5 System/Policy Duplicate text
H5 By Julian Wyllie, Reporter | May 31, 2024
H5 Tech
H5 By Julian Wyllie, Reporter | May 30, 2024
H5 System/Policy Duplicate text
H5 By Austin Fuller, Reporter | May 29, 2024
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
4 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
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https://current.org/tag/layoffsLayoffs
/tag/generative-ai/AI and Pubmedia
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/2021/07/public-media-salary-s...Public Media Salaries
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https://current.org/webinars/Webinars
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/author/owen-auston-babcock/Owen Auston-Babcock
A-TITLE Read All Posts By Owen Auston-Babcock
/category/people/People on the Move
/2024/06/oregon-public-broadca...No Text
/2024/06/oregon-public-broadca...Oregon Public Broadcasting taps CNN’s Rachel Smolkin as CEO
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/2024/06/comings-and-goings-da...Comings and goings: Dan Lothian named editor of GBH newsroom, NPR appoints deputy managing editor of digital ...
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/author/tylerfalk/Tyler Falk
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/2024/06/three-years-in-the-re...A-TITLE Permalink to Three years in, the Recording Inclusivity Initiative is still fighting to diversify classical radio
/tag/classical-music/Classical music
A-TITLE Read Posts in the Classical music category
/2024/06/three-years-in-the-re...Three years in, the Recording Inclusivity Initiative is still fighting to diversify classical radio
A-TITLE Permalink to Three years in, the Recording Inclusivity Initiative is still fighting to diversify classical radio
/author/marah-eakin/Marah Eakin
A-TITLE Read All Posts By Marah Eakin
/2024/06/house-subcommittee-re...A-TITLE Permalink to House subcommittee recommends more funding for Next Generation Warning System
/category/system-policy/Text duplicate System/Policy
A-TITLE Read Posts in the System/Policy category
/2024/06/house-subcommittee-re...House subcommittee recommends more funding for Next Generation Warning System
A-TITLE Permalink to House subcommittee recommends more funding for Next Generation Warning System
/author/julian-wyllie/Julian Wyllie
A-TITLE Read All Posts By Julian Wyllie
/2024/06/cpbs-first-post-pande...A-TITLE Permalink to CPB’s first post-pandemic analysis of stations finds stagnating radio revenue, drop in TV income
/category/system-policy/Text duplicate System/Policy
A-TITLE Read Posts in the System/Policy category
/2024/06/cpbs-first-post-pande...CPB’s first post-pandemic analysis of stations finds stagnating radio revenue, drop in TV income
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/author/julian-wyllie/Text duplicate Julian Wyllie
A-TITLE Read All Posts By Julian Wyllie
/2024/06/jac-venza-founder-of-...A-TITLE Permalink to Jac Venza, founder of public TV’s ‘Great Performances,’ dies at 97
https://current.org/tag/obits/Obituaries
A-TITLE Read Posts in the Obituaries category
/2024/06/jac-venza-founder-of-...Jac Venza, founder of public TV’s ‘Great Performances,’ dies at 97
A-TITLE Permalink to Jac Venza, founder of public TV’s ‘Great Performances,’ dies at 97
/author/julian-wyllie/Text duplicate Julian Wyllie
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/2024/06/detroit-pbs-lands-7-5...A-TITLE Permalink to Detroit PBS lands $7.5M matching gift as it plans new campus
/category/development/Text duplicate Development
A-TITLE Read Posts in the Development category
/2024/06/detroit-pbs-lands-7-5...Detroit PBS lands $7.5M matching gift as it plans new campus
A-TITLE Permalink to Detroit PBS lands $7.5M matching gift as it plans new campus
/author/austin-fuller/Austin Fuller
A-TITLE Read All Posts By Austin Fuller
/category/system-policy/Text duplicate System/Policy
A-TITLE Read Posts in the System/Policy category
/2024/05/louisville-public-med...No Text
/2024/05/louisville-public-med...Louisville Public Media lays off eight staff amid budget shortfall
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/author/tylerfalk/Text duplicate Tyler Falk
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/category/system-policy/Text duplicate System/Policy
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/2024/05/kwame-alexander-creat...Kwame Alexander created a poem about public media with help from ‘Viewers Like You’
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/2024/05/stations-in-alabama-t...A-TITLE Permalink to Stations in Alabama, Texas and Alaska receive $1.3 million from Next Gen Warning System
/category/tech/Text duplicate Tech
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/2024/05/stations-in-alabama-t...Stations in Alabama, Texas and Alaska receive $1.3 million from Next Gen Warning System
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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
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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 (1.17 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 (149 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
This website is not classified "for adult only".
This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 5,636 referring domains.
This page has 412,354 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 2,354 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 1366 shares and comments on Facebook.

Robots.txt

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