Eu.courier-journal.com - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
52% 
Page quality
55% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
98% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.03 s
File size
158.80 kB
Words
280
Media files
16
Number of links
34 internal / 18 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home
The title contains the word Home! More content should be covered in the title.
The page title is too short. (55 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
The page title is only one word.
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is empty.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.courier-journal.com/
The canonical link points to a different domain.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en
Alternate/Hreflang Links
(Somewhat important)
There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
(Somewhat important)
There is no rel next meta tag on this page.
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Domain
(Somewhat important)
This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.
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

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width,initial-scale=1
HandheldFriendlyTrue
MobileOptimized320
apple-itunes-appapp-id=525811534, app-argument=https://www.courier-journal.com/home
theme-color#ffffff
descriptionEmpty
og:descriptionEmpty
langen
og:site_nameThe Courier-Journal
cleartypeon
x-ua-compatibleie=edge
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Only 1 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
There are only 280 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
The average number of words per sentence of 7.33 words is low.
25.7% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width,initial-scale=1" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 6 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
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)
No additional page markup was found.
HTTPS
(Somewhat important)
This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.
All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

Media list

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...0007-buses-04.jpg?crop=2741,1541,x129,y0JCPS over-disciplines Black students, federal review finds
...rop=4178,2350,x0,y0&quality=50&width=270'Friday Night Lights' for the girls: New HS flag football league set for kickoff
...p=4031,2269,x0,y377&quality=50&width=270Opinion: Here's a plan for spending public money on private schools
...357053007-USATSI_22086014.jpeg?crop=2633What time do Monday Night Football games start tonight?
...78007-20240910-jcps-cg-011.jpg?crop=4692Opinion: My young JCPS kids are struggling this school year
...3147-2642529307718439714-n.jpg?crop=1364Popular pizza chain closes only location in Louisville
...7518007-loud-sunday-53-sam.jpg?crop=2960Here's how many people attended the 2024 Louder Than Life
...75f9364f4b-PrimaryVoting_8.jpg?crop=3304Kentucky's voting registration deadline is in 1 week. What to know
...5433674007-usatsi-24349804.jpg?crop=2759First look at U of L vs. SMU: Odds, keys to game, players to watch, more
...5434172007-usatsi-24350146.jpg?crop=3076C.L.'s college football Week 6 picks against the spread: Will U of L cover?
.../PLOU/75354713007-img-8507.jpg?crop=1538Vote for the Louisville-area high school boys athlete of the week
...3c-0773e5edf27c-EmmaSHAgolf.png?crop=766Vote for the Louisville-area high school girls athlete of the week
...GW/71897027007-1848856236.jpeg?crop=1976How to watch Dolphins vs. Titans on Monday Night Football tonight
...160947007-USATSI_19164372.jpeg?crop=3200How to watch Lions vs. Seahawks on Monday Night Football tonight

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
There are no headings specified on the page. Headings are important for search engine optimization and help to structure your content.

Heading structure

No headings were found.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
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 18 external links on this page.
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https://eu.courier-journal.com/Anchor Skip to main content
https://eu.courier-journal.com/IMG-ALT The Courier-Journal
https://eu.courier-journal.com/Home
/news/News
/sports/Sports
/kentucky-derbyKentucky Derby
/entertainment/Entertainment
/opinion/Opinion
/lifestyle/Lifestyle
/media/latest/Videos/Photos
https://www.courier-journal.co...External Subdomain Obituaries
/weather/Weather
http://www.cjmediasource.com/External Subdomain Advertise With Us
/travel/Travel
http://louisvillecourierjourna...External Subdomain eNewspaper
http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-8...External Subdomain Archives
https://connect.courier-journa...External Subdomain Connect With Us
http://puzzles.usatoday.com/External Subdomain Crosswords
https://profile.courier-journa...External Subdomain Newsletters
/instagram/Instagram
/for-subscribers/For Subscribers
/contributor-content/Contributor Content
https://eu.courier-journal.com/Text duplicate IMG-ALT The Courier-Journal
/story/news/education/2024/09/...JCPS over-disciplines Black students, federal review finds
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/story/sports/preps/kentucky/2...'Friday Night Lights' for the girls: New HS flag football league set for kickoff
IMG-ALT 'Friday Night Lights' for the girls: New HS flag football league set for kickoff
/story/opinion/columnists/gert...Opinion: Here's a plan for spending public money on private schools
IMG-ALT Opinion: Here's a plan for spending public money on private schools
/story/entertainment/dining/re...Restaurants in Louisville saw 4 closures, 1 best in US in September Restaurants
/story/entertainment/events/th...Here's your guide to the 2024 USA TODAY Wine & Food Experience Things to Do
/story/entertainment/music/202...Our 5 favorite on-stage, behind-the-scenes moments at Louder Than Life music
/story/news/local/2024/09/30/s...AHOY, Louisville's new children's museum, to include retro shrimp boat local
/story/sports/nfl/2024/09/30/w...What time do Monday Night Football games start tonight? nfl
IMG-ALT What time do Monday Night Football games start tonight?
/story/opinion/contributors/20...Opinion: My young JCPS kids are struggling this school year Op-Ed
IMG-ALT Opinion: My young JCPS kids are struggling this school year
/story/entertainment/dining/re...Popular pizza chain closes only location in Louisville Restaurants
IMG-ALT Popular pizza chain closes only location in Louisville
/story/entertainment/music/202...Here's how many people attended the 2024 Louder Than Life music
IMG-ALT Here's how many people attended the 2024 Louder Than Life
/story/News/politics/elections...Kentucky's voting registration deadline is in 1 week. What to know elections
IMG-ALT Kentucky's voting registration deadline is in 1 week. What to know
/story/sports/college/louisvil...First look at U of L vs. SMU: Odds, keys to game, players to watch, more Cardinals
IMG-ALT First look at U of L vs. SMU: Odds, keys to game, players to watch, more
/story/sports/columnists/c-l-b...C.L.'s college football Week 6 picks against the spread: Will U of L cover? C L Brown
IMG-ALT C.L.'s college football Week 6 picks against the spread: Will U of L cover?
/story/sports/preps/kentucky/2...Vote for the Louisville-area high school boys athlete of the week Kentucky HS
IMG-ALT Vote for the Louisville-area high school boys athlete of the week
/story/sports/preps/kentucky/2...Vote for the Louisville-area high school girls athlete of the week Kentucky HS
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/story/sports/nfl/2024/09/30/w...How to watch Dolphins vs. Titans on Monday Night Football tonight nfl
IMG-ALT How to watch Dolphins vs. Titans on Monday Night Football tonight
/story/sports/nfl/2024/09/30/w...How to watch Lions vs. Seahawks on Monday Night Football tonight nfl
IMG-ALT How to watch Lions vs. Seahawks on Monday Night Football tonight
https://help.courier-journal.com/External Subdomain Help
https://cm.courier-journal.com...External Subdomain Terms of Service
https://cm.courier-journal.com...External Subdomain Subscription Terms & Conditions
https://cm.courier-journal.com...External Subdomain Privacy Policy
https://www.courier-journal.co...External Subdomain Site Map
http://cm.courier-journal.com/...External Subdomain Accessibility
http://cm.courier-journal.com/...External Subdomain Our Ethical Principles
https://www.gannett.com/respon...External Subdomain Responsible Disclosure
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http://www.facebook.com/courie...External Subdomain No Text
http://www.pinterest.com/couri...External Subdomain No Text

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://eu.courier-journal.com/"
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 excellent with 0.03 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (159 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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content-security-policyupgrade-insecure-requests
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External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 2,709 referring domains.
This page has 71,885 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,116 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

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Most important keywords

Following keywords were found. You can check the keyword optimization of this page for each keyword.

KeywordResultRecheck
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flag38%Check
Monday Night Football37%Check
Football League37%Check
College Football37%Check
Football Games37%Check
Monday Night Football tonight37%Check
Night36%Check
week36%Check
Kentucky36%Check

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