Groundup.org.za - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
83% 
Page structure
62% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
91% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.25 s
File size
116.50 kB
Words
943
Media files
20
Number of links
182 internal / 12 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
GroundUp: South African news that matters
The length of the page title is perfect. (390 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
GroundUp publishes original public interest news. We mainly cover education, health, sanitation, immigration and human rights stories.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (830 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
No canonical link is 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
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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
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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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viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
apple-mobile-web-app-capableyes
mobile-web-app-capableyes
descriptionGroundUp publishes original public interest news. We mainly cover education, health, sanitation, immigration and human rights stories.
langen
fb:app_id794347254025697
og:descriptionGroundUp publishes original public interest news. We mainly cover education, health, sanitation, immigration and human rights stories.
og:site_nameGroundUp News
og:urlhttps://groundup.org.za/
og:updated_time2024-08-17T14:06:00.650093+02:00
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
This page contains 943 words. That's ok.
33.4% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
6 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 12.89 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" 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 19 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)
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.

Media list

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...sibiya-20240815unnamed-3_extra_large.jpgSummary image for article
/static/agony/images/ask_athalie.webpAsk Athalie Banner
...esseviction-20240816-6v2a8150hr_huge.jpgSummary image for article
.../Third Party/gun_generic_extra_large.jpgSummary image for article
/media/targets/target_412.pngImage of target 412
...anqa Mbovane/police_van_extra_large.jpegSummary image for article
...hingtribunal-lh-20240815_extra_large.jpgSummary image for article
...tion-20240815-6v2a7775hr_extra_large.jpgSummary image for article
...rs/riyadh_karodia/kassel_extra_large.jpgSummary image for article
...ympic-rings-3169743_1920_extra_large.jpgSummary image for article
...rnardChirume_extra_large_extra_large.jpgSummary image for article
...aqamba_falithenjwa/uif2_extra_large.jpegSummary image for article
...yeld_diepkloof_shelter_1_extra_large.jpgSummary image for article
.../CCMA-AshrafHendricks-20161011_large.jpgSummary image for article
...e-mareciadamons-20240814_extra_large.jpgSummary image for article
...nqulonyakombi-2024081361_extra_large.jpgSummary image for article
...lonisi/birth_certificate_extra_large.jpgSummary image for article
...mages/PRESS-COUNCIL-LOGOS-FA-FAIR-FC.pngPress Council Logo

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.
There are 33 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 PRASA’s hiring and firing of CEO has cost R15-million and counting
H2 Fired security guards have been sleeping outside health department in Johannesburg for four months
H2 A reader asks: “Is it safe to buy an RDP house without a title deed?”
H2 Read our response
H2 Sign up for our weekly newsletter
H2 Pre-dawn operation moves homeless people off Cape Town’s streets
H2 Protesting residents shot outside KZN ward councillor’s house
H2 Target 399
H2 Sudoku 1357
H2 Quick links
H2 Man suspected of raping a disabled child is at large after police bungle arrest
H2 Stop new mining on West Coast, say fishers
H2 Homeless people removed from Cape Town’s city centre
H2 Bail denied for Cape Town attorney charged with attempted murder
H2 Dodgy multi-million rand Rio Olympics grant under investigation
H2 City of Cape Town says progress on rail devolution is too slow
H2 My three-month battle with the Unemployment Insurance Fund
H2 SA’s ‘rock libraries’ gain world acclaim
H2 In sickness and in health: What can workers expect from their employer if they are too sick to work?
H2 Security guard strike hits Western Cape SASSA offices
H2 Cost of taxi rank balloons from R5.8-million to more than R20-million
H2 Father unable to register his son because he is not the mother
H2 Most Read
H2 Our answers to your questions
H2 Latest reader letters
H3 The right of the child
H3 Rescheduling of appointments for 13th August
H3 Claiming UIF is one of, if not the worst, processes in SA
H3 Illness benefits "cancelled by assessor"?
H3 Home Affairs not adding me on my child's birth certificate
H4 Copyright
H4 Useful links
H4 Contact us
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.
56 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 5 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 12 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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https://groundup.org.za/IMG-ALT GroundUp Logo
https://groundup.org.za/Latest stories
/imagegallery/Gallery
/article/everything-you-need-k...Social grants guide
/article/everything-you-need-k...Housing guide
https://groundup.org.za/qanda/Answers to your questions
/correction/list/Corrections and updates
/category/video/Videos
/category/Feature/Features
/category/photo-essay/Photo essays
/category/groundview/Our editorials
/category/opinion_and_analysis/Opinion and analysis
https://groundup.org.za/author/Authors
https://groundup.org.za/topic/Topics and categories
/courtcases/Our Court Cases
/judgment/list/Reserved judgments
https://groundup.org.za/about/About
https://groundup.org.za/donate/Donate
/article/prasas-hiring-firing-...IMG-ALT Summary image for article
/article/prasas-hiring-firing-...PRASA’s hiring and firing of CEO has cost R15-million and counting
/author/459/Tania Broughton
/article/dismissed-security-gu...Text duplicate IMG-ALT Summary image for article
/article/dismissed-security-gu...Fired security guards have been sleeping outside health department in Johannesburg for four months
/author/187/Silver Sibiya
https://groundup.org.za/qanda/IMG-ALT Ask Athalie Banner
https://groundup.org.za/qanda/80/Read our response
https://eepurl.com/Or2a9External Sign up for our weekly newsletter
/article/pre-dawn-operation-mo...Text duplicate IMG-ALT Summary image for article
/article/pre-dawn-operation-mo...Pre-dawn operation moves homeless people off Cape Town’s streets
/author/364/Matthew Hirsch
/author/35/Ashraf Hendricks
/article/protesting-residents-...Text duplicate IMG-ALT Summary image for article
/article/protesting-residents-...Protesting residents shot outside KZN ward councillor’s house
/author/824/Joseph Bracken
/target/412IMG-ALT Image of target 412
/target/412Can you solve it?
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/judgment/Subdomain Notify us of a reserved or handed down judgment
/article/everything-you-need-k...All about social grants
/article/everything-you-need-k...All about state housing
https://groundup.org.za/qanda/Answers to questions about Home Affairs, grants, estates & more
/judgment/list/Subdomain Reserved judgments database
/topic/lotto/Dodgy Lottery
/imagegallery/Creative Commons Image Gallery
/topic/thabo-bester-prison-esc...Thabo Bester prison escape
/article/man-suspect-of-raping...Text duplicate IMG-ALT Summary image for article
/article/man-suspect-of-raping...Man suspected of raping a disabled child is at large after police bungle arrest
/author/11/Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
/article/stop-new-mining-on-we...Text duplicate IMG-ALT Summary image for article
/article/stop-new-mining-on-we...Stop new mining on West Coast, say fishers
/author/494/Liezl Human
/article/large-convoy-of-offic...Text duplicate IMG-ALT Summary image for article
/article/large-convoy-of-offic...Homeless people removed from Cape Town’s city centre
/author/364/Text duplicate Matthew Hirsch
/article/bail-denied-for-cape-...Text duplicate IMG-ALT Summary image for article
/article/bail-denied-for-cape-...Bail denied for Cape Town attorney charged with attempted murder
/author/872/Riyadh Karodia
/article/former-lottery-olympi...Text duplicate IMG-ALT Summary image for article
/article/former-lottery-olympi...Dodgy multi-million rand Rio Olympics grant under investigation
/author/341/Raymond Joseph
/article/city-of-cape-town-say...Text duplicate IMG-ALT Summary image for article
/article/city-of-cape-town-say...City of Cape Town says progress on rail devolution is too slow
/author/689/Sandiso Phaliso
/article/my-three-month-battle...Text duplicate IMG-ALT Summary image for article
/article/my-three-month-battle...My three-month battle with the Unemployment Insurance Fund
/author/873/Sean Houghton
/article/sas-rock-libraries-ga...Text duplicate IMG-ALT Summary image for article
/article/sas-rock-libraries-ga...SA’s ‘rock libraries’ gain world acclaim
/author/244/John Yeld
/article/in-sickness-in-health...Text duplicate IMG-ALT Summary image for article
/article/in-sickness-in-health...In sickness and in health: What can workers expect from their employer if they are too sick to work?
/author/459/Text duplicate Tania Broughton
https://groundup.org.za/author/3/GroundUp Staff
/article/security-guard-strike...Text duplicate IMG-ALT Summary image for article
/article/security-guard-strike...Security guard strike hits Western Cape SASSA offices
/author/508/Marecia Damons
/article/cost-of-taxi-rank-bal...Text duplicate IMG-ALT Summary image for article
/article/cost-of-taxi-rank-bal...Cost of taxi rank balloons from R5.8-million to more than R20-million
/author/11/Text duplicate Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
/article/father-unable-to-regi...Text duplicate IMG-ALT Summary image for article
/article/father-unable-to-regi...Father unable to register his son because he is not the mother
/author/861/Phumeza Halonisi
https://groundup.org.za/?page=2next
/?page=lastlast
/article/soweto-property-owner...Soweto property owners ask court to send Johannesburg officials to jail
/article/father-unable-to-regi...Text duplicate Father unable to register his son because he is not the mother
/article/cost-of-taxi-rank-bal...Text duplicate Cost of taxi rank balloons from R5.8-million to more than R20-million
/article/500-houses-left-unfin...Housing bungle in Eastern Cape
/article/pre-dawn-operation-mo...Text duplicate Pre-dawn operation moves homeless people off Cape Town’s streets
/qanda/970/How can I complain about rude staff at a private clinic?
/qanda/972/My R350 SASSA grant was approved last year but I haven't received any payments. Please help!
/qanda/968/How do I transfer ownership of a property built on land in the tribal area?
/qanda/969/Can I get my parent's RDP house if they passed away before getting the key?
/qanda/962/Do I have to transfer my late mother's property to my name before leaving it to someone in my will?
/article/father-unable-to-regi...Trivial anchor text
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/article/security-guard-strike...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
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/article/things-just-get-worse...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
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/article/workers-battling-to-c...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
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/article/father-unable-to-regi...Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
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https://creativecommons.org/External Creative Commons
https://presscouncil.org.za/External Subdomain Press Council
https://presscouncil.org.za/Co...External Subdomain Press Code
/copyright/Copyright policy
https://groundup.org.za/privacy/Privacy
https://eepurl.com/Or2a9External Text duplicate Sign up for our weekly newsletter
https://groundup.org.za/feeds/RSS feeds
https://www.facebook.com/Groun...External Subdomain Follow us on Facebook
https://twitter.com/GroundUp_NewsExternal Follow us on Twitter
https://www.instagram.com/grou...External Subdomain Follow us on Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/c/Grou...External Subdomain Subscribe to our Youtube channel
https://whatsapp.com/channel/0...External Join our WhatsApp group
https://goo.gl/a7ybi4New window External Google Maps
https://www.openstreetmap.org/...New window External Subdomain Anchor OpenStreetMap

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://groundup.org.za/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
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 0.25 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (117 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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servernginx/1.18.0 (Ubuntu)
dateSat, 17 Aug 2024 12:06:00 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
varyAccept-Encoding
expiresSat, 17 Aug 2024 12:16:00 GMT
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x-frame-optionsDENY
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
content-encodinggzip
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

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 2,995 referring domains.
This page has 46,220 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 2,018 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

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Robots.txt

# robots.txt for http://www.groundup.org.za/

User-agent: *
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /invoices/
Disallow: /preview/
Disallow: /prev_gen/
Disallow: /copy_article/
Disallow: /article_print/
Disallow: /commissions/

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