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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
79% 
Page quality
76% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
47% 
Server
87% 
External factors
27% 
SEO Score
Response time
2.08 s
File size
198.90 kB
Words
489
Media files
17
Number of links
84 internal / 34 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
INDYtoday | Your Resource for All Things Indianapolis, IN - INDYtoday
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 629 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
INDYtoday is Your Resource for the Best of What You Need to Know About Indianapolis, IN – Curated, Condensed & Delivered to Your Inbox & Social Feeds.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (964 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://indytoday.6amcity.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)
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

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 489 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
25.8% 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.
8 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 17.08 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
Multiple viewport tags are given. There should only be one.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, minimum-scale=1, maximum-scale=5" 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 10 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
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
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...5b2819de328c6/indy-topphonesubmodule.pngINDYtoday phone
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...9d8/chuttersnap-xjlshl0hiik-unsplash.jpgEV charging cable plugged into a car
...e4e049746d522cf3682c4/grand-universe.jpgINDYtoday: INDY_Westfield Grand Universe planetarium_FEB25
...615201420-4179139074337594901-n-1080.jpgA loaf of sourdough bread on a wood table
...779369318-3558133337818946937-n-1080.jpgalchemist
...49073b7d941e188bb33c/mansion-society.jpgA coffee with swan latte art
...66228486040373-3892032929888258678-n.jpgINDYtoday: INDY_Goodfellas Pizza_OCT23
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...498b9885384e504124c/nicole-hernandez.jpgNicole-Hernandez-Headshot-INDY
...4684a2fbe1ae652ba355662/shea-stapley.pngShea Stapley.png
...6e429efa7f7/red-games-crossword-hero.pngRed-Games_Crossword-Hero.png
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...78990dd77/red-games-word-search-hero.pngRed-Games_Word Search-Hero.png
...c3b65d208ec/400x200-webhp-logos-indy.pngINDY 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.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Advertise with us.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
9 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 too many external links (34) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
/businessSubdomain Business
/citySubdomain City
/cultureSubdomain Culture
/eventsSubdomain Events
/foodSubdomain Food
/historySubdomain History
/real-estateSubdomain Real Estate
/sportsSubdomain Sports
/travel-and-outdoorsSubdomain Travel and Outdoors
/wellnessSubdomain Wellness
/city-guideSubdomain City Guides
/city-guide/liveSubdomain Live
/city-guide/workSubdomain Work
/city-guide/playSubdomain Play
/eventsSubdomain Text duplicate Events
https://jobs.6amcity.com/New window External Subdomain Jobs
/gamesSubdomain Games
https://6amcity.com/the-buyNew window External The Buy
https://advertise.6amcity.com/New window External Subdomain Advertise
https://www.instagram.com/thei...New window External Subdomain instagram
https://www.facebook.com/theIN...New window External Subdomain facebook
https://www.linkedin.com/showc...New window External Subdomain linkedin
https://indytoday.6amcity.com/IMG-ALT INDY Logo
/businessSubdomain Text duplicate Business
/citySubdomain Text duplicate City
/cultureSubdomain Text duplicate Culture
/eventsSubdomain Text duplicate Events
/foodSubdomain Text duplicate Food
/historySubdomain Text duplicate History
/real-estateSubdomain Text duplicate Real Estate
/sportsSubdomain Text duplicate Sports
/travel-and-outdoorsSubdomain Text duplicate Travel and Outdoors
/wellnessSubdomain Text duplicate Wellness
/city-guideSubdomain Text duplicate City Guides
/city-guide/liveSubdomain Text duplicate Live
/city-guide/workSubdomain Text duplicate Work
/city-guide/playSubdomain Text duplicate Play
/eventsSubdomain Text duplicate Events
https://jobs.6amcity.com/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Jobs
/gamesSubdomain Text duplicate Games
https://6amcity.com/the-buyNew window External Text duplicate The Buy
https://advertise.6amcity.com/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Advertise
https://www.instagram.com/thei...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate instagram
https://www.facebook.com/theIN...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate facebook
https://www.linkedin.com/showc...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate linkedin
/latest-newsletterSubdomain 💌 Latest Newsletter: 🗞️ Noblesville’s record-breaking project + less chocolate in Indy?
/city-guide/play/hiking-guide-...Subdomain IMG-ALT A waterfall with a person in front of it
/city-guide/playSubdomain Text duplicate Play
/city-guide/play/hiking-guide-...Subdomain Happy trails: Our guide to hiking around Indy
/transportation/charge-up-at-t...Subdomain IMG-ALT EV charging cable plugged into a car
/transportationSubdomain Airports and Transportation
/transportation/charge-up-at-t...Subdomain Charge up at these electric vehicle charging stations
https://6amcity.com/author/nhe...External Nicole Hernandez
/development/westfields-billio...Subdomain IMG-ALT INDYtoday: INDY_Westfield Grand Universe planetarium_FEB25
/developmentSubdomain Development
/development/westfields-billio...Subdomain Westfield’s $1.2 billion Grand Universe is a go
https://6amcity.com/author/sst...External Shea Stapley
/food/join-the-sourdough-revol...Subdomain IMG-ALT A loaf of sourdough bread on a wood table
/foodSubdomain Text duplicate Food
/food/join-the-sourdough-revol...Subdomain Join the sourdough revolution in Indy
/businessSubdomain No Text
/citySubdomain No Text
/cultureSubdomain No Text
/eventsSubdomain No Text
/foodSubdomain No Text
/historySubdomain No Text
/real-estateSubdomain No Text
/sportsSubdomain No Text
/travel-and-outdoorsSubdomain No Text
/city-guide/play/new-coming-so...Subdomain IMG-ALT alchemist
/city-guide/playSubdomain Text duplicate Play
/city-guide/play/new-coming-so...Subdomain New and coming-soon restaurants in Indy
/city-guide/live/local-coffee-...Subdomain IMG-ALT A coffee with swan latte art
/city-guide/liveSubdomain Text duplicate Live
/city-guide/live/local-coffee-...Subdomain Local coffee shops outnumber Starbucks in Indianapolis
https://6amcity.com/author/nhe...External Text duplicate Nicole Hernandez
/city-guide/live/best-pizza-in...Subdomain IMG-ALT INDYtoday: INDY_Goodfellas Pizza_OCT23
/city-guide/liveSubdomain Text duplicate Live
/city-guide/live/best-pizza-in...Subdomain 15 places to get your pizza fix in Indianapolis
/city-guide/play/date-night-id...Subdomain IMG-ALT INDYtoday: INDY_Fountain Square Theater_JUN24
/city-guide/playSubdomain Text duplicate Play
/city-guide/play/date-night-id...Subdomain Date night ideas for every type of Hoosier
/city-guideSubdomain Explore 50+ guides
https://6amcity.com/author/nhe...External IMG-ALT Nicole-Hernandez-Headshot-INDY
https://6amcity.com/author/nhe...External Text duplicate Nicole Hernandez
https://6amcity.com/author/nhe...External Senior City Editor, INDYtoday
https://6amcity.com/author/sst...External IMG-ALT Shea Stapley.png
https://6amcity.com/author/sst...External Text duplicate Shea Stapley
https://6amcity.com/author/sst...External City Editor
/games/crossword-puzzleSubdomain IMG-ALT Red-Games_Crossword-Hero.png
/gamesSubdomain Text duplicate Games
/games/crossword-puzzleSubdomain Crossword Puzzle
/games/wordrowSubdomain IMG-ALT Red-Games_WordroW-Hero.png
/gamesSubdomain Text duplicate Games
/games/wordrowSubdomain WordroW
/games/wordflowerSubdomain IMG-ALT Red-Games_Wordflower-Hero.png
/gamesSubdomain Text duplicate Games
/games/wordflowerSubdomain Wordflower
/games/word-searchSubdomain IMG-ALT Red-Games_Word Search-Hero.png
/gamesSubdomain Text duplicate Games
/games/word-searchSubdomain Word Search
/gamesSubdomain Play now
https://advertise.6amcity.com/New window External Subdomain Advertise with us.
https://advertise.6amcity.com/New window External Subdomain Branded Content + Display
https://6amcity.com/self-servi...New window External Text duplicate Events
https://indytoday.6amcity.com/Text duplicate IMG-ALT INDY Logo
/subscribeSubdomain Subscribe
https://advertise.6amcity.com/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Advertise
/newsletter-archiveSubdomain Newsletter Archive
https://6amcity.com/New window External About Us
https://6amcity.com/jobs/New window External Careers
https://6amcity.com/contact/New window External Contact Us
https://6amcity.com/legal-term...New window External Legal
https://6amcity.com/legal-term...New window External Privacy Policy
https://twitter.com/theINDYtodayNew window External twitter
https://www.instagram.com/theI...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate instagram
https://www.facebook.com/theIN...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate facebook
https://www.linkedin.com/showc...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate linkedin

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://indytoday.6amcity.com/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is very slow (2.08 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 (199 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This page has only a few links from other websites.
This page only has backlinks from 9 referring domains.
This page only has 17 backlinks.
This page only has few backlinks from 9 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Crawl-delay: 10
Disallow: /cms/
Disallow: /_debug/
Disallow: /_preview
Disallow: /cms/preview
User-agent: anthropic-ai
Disallow: /
User-agent: Claude-Web
Disallow: /
User-agent: CCbot
Disallow: /
User-agent: FacebookBot
Disallow: /
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Disallow: /
User-agent: GPTBot
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INDYtoday71%Check
Indianapolis61%Check
Things Indianapolis54%Check
City48%Check
best46%Check
inbox46%Check
social46%Check
Live46%Check
things45%Check
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