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Meta information
80% 
Page quality
46% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
67% 
Server
70% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.21 s
File size
81.90 kB
Words
337
Media files
12
Number of links
78 internal / 18 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
First Things | America’s Most Influential Journal of Religion & Public Life
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 642 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Published by The Institute of Religion and Public Life, First Things is an educational institute aiming to advance a religiously informed public philosophy.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (931 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.firstthings.com/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
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)
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)
No paragraphs were detected.
There are only 337 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
18.7% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 10 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width,minimum-scale=1,initial-scale=1.0" 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 7 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
1 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)
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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data:[...] Base64Close Signup Modal
data:[...] Base64Print Subscription
data:[...] Base64Close Signup Modal
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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H3 Peter J. Leithart
H3 Luke Goodrich
H3 Mark Bauerlein
H3 George Weigel
H3 Leilani Mueller
H3 Jonathon Van Maren
H3 John Wilson
H3 Featured Authors
Some internal links have dynamic parameters. All internal URLs, which are not marked as nofollow, should not contain dynamic parameters.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 18 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
/donate?trk=NAVSubdomain donation
A-TITLE Make a donation to First Things
https://ssl.drgnetwork.com/eco...External Subdomain forgot password?
https://ssl.drgnetwork.com/eco...External Subdomain register
https://www.firstthings.com/Anchor Close
A-TITLE Hide login form
/donate?trk=tbarSubdomain IMG-ALT Donate to First Things
A-TITLE Donate to First Things
https://www.firstthings.com/A-TITLE Go to the Home Page
https://www.firstthings.com/Anchor Login
A-TITLE Log in to your account
https://ssl.drgnetwork.com/eco...External Subdomain Activate
A-TITLE Sign up for an account
https://twitter.com/firstthing...New window External A-TITLE Follow us on X
https://www.facebook.com/First...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Find us on Facebook
https://www.youtube.com/c/firs...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE Subscribe and follow us on Youtube
https://www.firstthings.com/rssNew window A-TITLE Subscribe to our RSS feed
/subscribeSubdomain Subscribe
A-TITLE Subscribe
/current-editionSubdomain Print Edition
A-TITLE In this issue
/subscribeSubdomain Text duplicate Subscribe
A-TITLE Subscribe
https://www.firstthings.com/issueSubdomain Issues Archive
A-TITLE Issues Archive
/programsSubdomain Programs
A-TITLE Programs
/eventsSubdomain Events
A-TITLE Events
/intellectual-retreatsSubdomain Intellectual Retreats
A-TITLE Intellectual Retreats
/erasmus-lecturesSubdomain Erasmus Lectures
A-TITLE Erasmus Lectures
/roftersSubdomain ROFTERS
A-TITLE ROFTERS
/junior-fellowsSubdomain Junior Fellows
A-TITLE Junior Fellows
/dc-lectureSubdomain D.C. Lecture
A-TITLE D.C. Lecture
/evangelicals-and-catholics-to...Subdomain Evangelicals & Catholics Together
A-TITLE Evangelicals & Catholics Together
https://www.firstthings.com/mediaSubdomain Media
A-TITLE Media
/media?filter=videoVideo
A-TITLE Video
/media?filter=podcastPodcasts
A-TITLE Podcasts
/authorSubdomain Authors
A-TITLE Authors
https://www.firstthings.com/storeStore
A-TITLE Store
https://www.firstthings.com/aboutSubdomain About
A-TITLE About First Things
/endorsementsSubdomain Testimonials
A-TITLE Testimonials
/advertisingSubdomain Advertising
A-TITLE Advertising
/submissionsSubdomain Submissions
A-TITLE Submissions
/customer-serviceSubdomain Customer Service
A-TITLE Customer Service
/mastheadSubdomain Masthead
A-TITLE Masthead
/annual-reportSubdomain Annual Report
A-TITLE Annual Report
/contact-usSubdomain Contact Us
A-TITLE Contact Us
/newsletterSubdomain E-Newsletters
A-TITLE Email Newsletters
/donate?trk=NAVSubdomain Donate
A-TITLE Support First Things
https://firstthings.com/donateGive Now
A-TITLE Give Now
/editors-circleSubdomain Editor’s Circle
A-TITLE Editor’s Circle
/richard-john-neuhaus-societySubdomain RJN Society
A-TITLE RJN Society
/ways-to-giveSubdomain Ways to Give
A-TITLE Ways to Give
/web-exclusivesSubdomain Web Exclusives
A-TITLE Web Exclusives
/blogs/firstthoughtsSubdomain First Thoughts
A-TITLE First Thoughts
/web-exclusivesText duplicate Web Exclusives
A-TITLE Web Exclusives
/current-editionFrom the Print Edition
A-TITLE From the Print Edition
https://www.firstthings.com/mediaText duplicate Media
A-TITLE From the Archives
/current-editionIMG-ALT First Things Journal
A-TITLE Latest Issue
/subscribeText duplicate Subscribe
A-TITLE Subscribe
/current-editionLatest Issue
A-TITLE Latest Issue
/donate?trk=sbarSubdomain Support First Things
A-TITLE Support First Things
/web-exclusives/2024/04/can-we...Peter J. Leithart
A-TITLE Read Article
https://www.twitter.com/PLeithartNew window External Subdomain @PLeithart
A-TITLE Follow PLeithart on Twitter
/web-exclusives/2024/04/can-we...Can We Make the World a Better Place?
A-TITLE Read Article
/web-exclusives/2024/04/stoppi...Luke Goodrich
A-TITLE Read Article
/web-exclusives/2024/04/stoppi...Stopping the Transgender Conveyor Belt
A-TITLE Read Article
/blogs/firstthoughts/2024/04/f...Mark Bauerlein
A-TITLE Read Article
/blogs/firstthoughts/2024/04/f...Film and Faith
A-TITLE Read Article
/web-exclusives/2024/04/though...George Weigel
A-TITLE Read Article
/web-exclusives/2024/04/though...Thoughts on Dignitas Infinita
A-TITLE Read Article
/web-exclusives/2024/04/mother...Leilani Mueller
A-TITLE Read Article
/web-exclusives/2024/04/mother...Mother Scholar
A-TITLE Read Article
/web-exclusives/2024/04/what-i...Jonathon Van Maren
A-TITLE Read Article
/web-exclusives/2024/04/what-i...What I Saw At Corrie Ten Boom’s Hiding Place
A-TITLE Read Article
/web-exclusives/2024/04/rumina...John Wilson
A-TITLE Read Article
https://www.twitter.com/jwilso...New window External Subdomain @jwilson1812
A-TITLE Follow jwilson1812 on Twitter
/web-exclusives/2024/04/rumina...Ruminations on the Early Church
A-TITLE Read Article
https://ssl.drgnetwork.com/eco...Nofollow External Subdomain IMG-ALT Print Subscription
A-TITLE Subscribe
https://ssl.drgnetwork.com/eco...Nofollow External Subdomain Text duplicate Subscribe
A-TITLE Subscribe to First Things
https://www.firstthings.com/Anchor Most Comments
A-TITLE See the articles with the most comments
/mastheadAbout Us
A-TITLE Read more about us
/mastheadText duplicate Masthead
A-TITLE See our masthead
https://www.firstthings.com/issueArchives
A-TITLE Go through the archives
/roftersDiscussion Circles
A-TITLE Look for ROFTERS in your state
https://www.firstthings.com/storeText duplicate Store
A-TITLE Check out our Store
/submissionsText duplicate Submissions
A-TITLE Guidelines for Article Submissions
/subscribeSubscriptions
A-TITLE Subscribe to First Things
https://ssl.drgnetwork.com/eco...New window External Subdomain Digital & Print Packages
A-TITLE Get a digital & print subscription package
https://ssl.drgnetwork.com/eco...New window External Subdomain Digital Package
A-TITLE Get a digital subscription
/student-subscriptionStudent Subscriptions
A-TITLE Get a student subscription
https://ssl.drgnetwork.com/eco...New window External Subdomain Gift Subscriptions
A-TITLE Gift a subscription
https://ssl.drgnetwork.com/eco...New window External Subdomain Manage Your Subscriptions
A-TITLE Access your subscription account
/blogs/firstthoughtsBlogs
A-TITLE Read our blogs
/blogs/firstthoughtsText duplicate First Thoughts
A-TITLE Read articles in First Thoughts
/contact-usText duplicate Contact Us
A-TITLE Send us a message
/customer-serviceNew window Text duplicate Customer Service
A-TITLE Customer Service Info
/advertisingPrint & Web Advertising Sales
A-TITLE Advertise with First Things
/mastheadEditorial Office
A-TITLE Editorial Office Contact Info
/terms-conditionsView our privacy policy here.
A-TITLE Read our Privacy Policy
https://www.firstthings.com/Anchor Text duplicate Login
A-TITLE Log in to your account
https://ssl.drgnetwork.com/eco...External Subdomain Sign Up
A-TITLE Sign up for an account
https://twitter.com/firstthing...New window External Text duplicate A-TITLE Follow us on X
https://www.facebook.com/First...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Find us on Facebook
https://www.youtube.com/c/firs...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Subscribe and follow us on Youtube
https://www.firstthings.com/rssNew window Text duplicate A-TITLE Subscribe to our RSS feed

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.firstthings.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 slow (1.21 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.
This page loads 10 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
This page only loads 2 CSS files. That's ok.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (82 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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dateFri, 26 Apr 2024 11:52:29 GMT
serverApache
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload
set-cookie88 Characters
varyAccept-Encoding
content-encodinggzip
cache-controlmax-age=0
expiresFri, 26 Apr 2024 11:52:29 GMT
x-ua-compatibleIE=edge
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-frame-optionsDENY
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
content-length17460
content-typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/1.1

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 12,319 referring domains.
This page has 2,948,144 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 7,157 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

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