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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
72% 
Page quality
48% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
92% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.03 s
File size
155.10 kB
Words
254
Media files
16
Number of links
15 internal / 30 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The Columbus Dispatch: Local News, Politics & Sports in Columbus, OH
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 652 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Get the latest breaking news, sports, entertainment and obituaries in Columbus, OH from The Columbus Dispatch.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (704 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.dispatch.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
theme-color#ffffff
descriptionGet the latest breaking news, sports, entertainment and obituaries in Columbus, OH from The Columbus Dispatch.
og:descriptionGet the latest breaking news, sports, entertainment and obituaries in Columbus, OH from The Columbus Dispatch.
langen
og:site_nameThe Columbus Dispatch
cleartypeon
x-ua-compatibleie=edge
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
Only 1 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
There are only 254 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
22.4% 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.
The average number of words per sentence of 24 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width,initial-scale=1" is provided.
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

URLAlt attributeTitle
...-police-cruiser.jpg?crop=1056,594,x0,y88Neo-Nazis march through Columbus' Short North Saturday
...p=4499,2531,x0,y234&quality=50&width=270OSU overcomes slow start to roll over Northwestern 31-7 at Wrigley
...p=4499,2531,x0,y234&quality=50&width=270Instant opinions: Ohio State's Will Howard hits long ball bull's-eye
...59971007-osu-24-nor-ac-007.JPG?crop=3000PHOTOS: Buckeyes play Northwestern at Wrigley
...2b8-columbus-police-cruiser.jpg?crop=440Second juvenile suspect arrested in connection with Nov. 3 homicide
...EB_Guns_Project_Thur_ac_09.JPG?crop=2400One killed in early morning shooting on East Side
...t-columbus-blue-jackets-30.jpg?crop=35893 takeaways from the Blue Jackets' rout over Penguins
...6352497007-usatsi-24771955.jpg?crop=41296 takeaways: What sunk Ohio State in physical loss at Texas A&M?
...OD/76351620007-football-55.JPG?crop=2450What happened in OHSAA football regional semifinals? Friday takeaways
.../NCOD/76225822007-adult-slf.jpg?crop=375Garden: How to spot invasive spotted lanternfly eggs
...est-african-dance-institute.jpg?crop=834West African culture to be expressed through dance at Lincoln Theatre
...capitol-christmas-tree-2023.jpg?crop=464Sneak peek: Check out the US Capitol Christmas Tree at COSI
...oorts-feeder-jim-mc-cormac.jpg?crop=2001Nature: Anna's hummingbird makes a rare appearance in Ohio
...46355007-032024-lottery-02.JPG?crop=4966Ohio Lottery Mega Millions, Pick 3 Midday winning numbers for Nov. 15, 2024

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 too many external links (30) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://eu.dispatch.com/Anchor Skip to main content
https://eu.dispatch.com/IMG-ALT The Columbus Dispatch
https://eu.dispatch.com/Home
https://eu.dispatch.com/news/News
https://eu.dispatch.com/sports/Sports
/entertainment/Entertainment
/lifestyle/Lifestyle
https://eu.dispatch.com/opinion/Opinion
https://eu.dispatch.com/business/Business
https://www.dispatch.com/obitu...External Subdomain Obituaries
https://eu.dispatch.com/weatherWeather
https://puzzles.usatoday.com/External Subdomain Crosswords
https://www.usatoday.com/comics/External Subdomain Comics
https://cm.dispatch.com/e-edit...External Subdomain eNewspaper
/for-subscribers/For Subscribers
/contributor-content/Contributor Content
/news/israel-war-hamas/Israel War
https://eu.dispatch.com/Text duplicate IMG-ALT The Columbus Dispatch
https://www.dispatch.com/story...External Subdomain Neo-Nazis march through Columbus' Short North Saturday
IMG-ALT Neo-Nazis march through Columbus' Short North Saturday
https://www.dispatch.com/story...External Subdomain OSU overcomes slow start to roll over Northwestern 31-7 at Wrigley
IMG-ALT OSU overcomes slow start to roll over Northwestern 31-7 at Wrigley
https://www.dispatch.com/story...External Subdomain Instant opinions: Ohio State's Will Howard hits long ball bull's-eye
IMG-ALT Instant opinions: Ohio State's Will Howard hits long ball bull's-eye
https://www.dispatch.com/story...External Subdomain Have you heard of dry pot? It's on the menu at a new Chinese eatery dining
https://www.dispatch.com/story...External Subdomain Near-miss collision inspired Westerville man's picture-a-day quest local
https://www.dispatch.com/story...External Subdomain Here's where Ohioans' Jan. 6 prosecutions cases stand courts
https://www.dispatch.com/story...External Subdomain OSU vs. Northwestern: College football fans react to Wrigley Field showdown football
https://www.dispatch.com/pictu...External Subdomain PHOTOS: Buckeyes play Northwestern at Wrigley football
IMG-ALT PHOTOS: Buckeyes play Northwestern at Wrigley
https://www.dispatch.com/story...External Subdomain Second juvenile suspect arrested in connection with Nov. 3 homicide crime
IMG-ALT Second juvenile suspect arrested in connection with Nov. 3 homicide
https://www.dispatch.com/story...External Subdomain One killed in early morning shooting on East Side crime
IMG-ALT One killed in early morning shooting on East Side
https://www.dispatch.com/story...External Subdomain 3 takeaways from the Blue Jackets' rout over Penguins columbus blue jackets
IMG-ALT 3 takeaways from the Blue Jackets' rout over Penguins
https://www.dispatch.com/story...External Subdomain 6 takeaways: What sunk Ohio State in physical loss at Texas A&M? basketball
IMG-ALT 6 takeaways: What sunk Ohio State in physical loss at Texas A&M?
https://www.dispatch.com/story...External Subdomain What happened in OHSAA football regional semifinals? Friday takeaways football
IMG-ALT What happened in OHSAA football regional semifinals? Friday takeaways
https://www.dispatch.com/story...External Subdomain Garden: How to spot invasive spotted lanternfly eggs nature-wildlife
IMG-ALT Garden: How to spot invasive spotted lanternfly eggs
https://www.dispatch.com/story...External Subdomain West African culture to be expressed through dance at Lincoln Theatre dance
IMG-ALT West African culture to be expressed through dance at Lincoln Theatre
https://www.dispatch.com/story...External Subdomain Sneak peek: Check out the US Capitol Christmas Tree at COSI events
IMG-ALT Sneak peek: Check out the US Capitol Christmas Tree at COSI
https://www.dispatch.com/story...External Subdomain Nature: Anna's hummingbird makes a rare appearance in Ohio nature-wildlife
IMG-ALT Nature: Anna's hummingbird makes a rare appearance in Ohio
/story/news/local/2024/11/15/o...Ohio Lottery Mega Millions, Pick 3 Midday winning numbers for Nov. 15, 2024 local
IMG-ALT Ohio Lottery Mega Millions, Pick 3 Midday winning numbers for Nov. 15, 2024
https://help.dispatch.com/External Subdomain Help
https://cm.dispatch.com/terms/External Subdomain Terms of Service
https://cm.dispatch.com/about-...External Subdomain Subscription Terms & Conditions
https://cm.dispatch.com/privacy/External Subdomain Privacy Policy
https://www.dispatch.com/sitemap/External Subdomain Site Map
http://cm.dispatch.com/accessi...External Subdomain Accessibility
http://cm.dispatch.com/ethical...External Subdomain Our Ethical Principles
https://www.gannett.com/respon...External Subdomain Responsible Disclosure
http://cm.dispatch.com/your-pr...External Subdomain Your Privacy Choices

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://eu.dispatch.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 (155 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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content-encodinggzip
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
content-security-policyupgrade-insecure-requests
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accept-rangesbytes
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set-cookie66 Characters
varyAccept-Encoding
content-length33375
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http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 3,388 referring domains.
This page has 286,732 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,652 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

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