Japantimes.co.jp - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
42% 
Page structure
64% 
Link structure
70% 
Server
88% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
2.11 s
File size
196.90 kB
Words
403
Media files
22
Number of links
128 internal / 20 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The Japan Times - News On Japan, Business News, Opinion, Sports, Entertainment And More
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 848 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Latest news on Japan: business, politics, commentary, sports, culture, life and more
The length of the meta description is perfect. (515 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Language defined in meta tags: 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

NameValue
ROBOTSindex,follow
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DC.descriptionLatest news on Japan: business, politics, commentary, sports, culture, life and more
DC.date2024-02-29
DC.date.issued2024-02-29
DC.creatorThe Japan Times
DC.publisherThe Japan Times
DC.languageen
langen
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twitter:descriptionLatest news on Japan: business, politics, commentary, sports, culture, life and more
twitter:site@japantimes
twitter:creator@japantimes
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og:titleNews on Japan, Business News, Opinion, Sports, Entertainment and More
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og:typewebsite
og:descriptionLatest news on Japan: business, politics, commentary, sports, culture, life and more
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og:site_nameThe Japan Times
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
No paragraphs were detected.
There are only 403 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
21.6% 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)
Multiple viewport tags are given. There should only be one.
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 6 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-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 8 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
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/theme_japantimes/images/search_icon.svgSearch
/theme_japantimes/images/logo.svgThe Japan Times
/theme_japantimes/images/user_icon.svgLogin
/theme_japantimes/images/loggedin_icon.svgMy Account
/theme_japantimes/images/burger_icon.svgMenu
/theme_japantimes/images/search_icon.svgSearch
/theme_japantimes/images/weather/35.pngTokyo Weather
/theme_japantimes/images/logo.svgThe Japan Times
/theme_japantimes/images/slogan.svgThe Independent Voice in Asia
/theme_japantimes/images/user_icon.svgLogin
/theme_japantimes/images/loggedin_icon.svgMy Account
/theme_japantimes/images/search_icon.svgSearch
/theme_japantimes/images/logo-white-2.pngThe Japan Times
/theme_japantimes/images/search_icon.svgSearch
...02/28/283182.jpg&w=600&q=100&f=jpg&t=1.2Prime Minister Fumio Kishida tells reporters that he plans to attend a Lower House ethics committee hearing, in Tokyo on Wednesday.Prime Minister Fumio Kishida tells reporters that he plans to attend a Lower House ethics committee hearing, in Tokyo on Wednesday.
...02/28/283182.jpg&w=800&q=100&f=jpg&t=1.2Prime Minister Fumio Kishida tells reporters that he plans to attend a Lower House ethics committee hearing, in Tokyo on Wednesday.Prime Minister Fumio Kishida tells reporters that he plans to attend a Lower House ethics committee hearing, in Tokyo on Wednesday.
/theme_japantimes/images/fb-footer.svgFacebook
/theme_japantimes/images/send_icon.svgSIGN ME UP
/theme_japantimes/images/fb-footer.svgFacebook
/theme_japantimes/images/send_icon.svgSIGN ME UP
/theme_japantimes/images/logo-white-2.pngThe Japan Times

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Home page
The H1 heading is too short (9 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Home page
H2 OPINION
H5 In your social network
H5 In your inbox
H5 In your social network Duplicate text
H5 In your inbox Duplicate text
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 20 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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/sub/print/Print
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/weather/3℃ TOKYO
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/archive/2024/02/29/February 29, 2024
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/Text duplicate IMG-ALT The Japan Times
A-TITLE The Japan Times
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sub/Text duplicate Subscribe
A-TITLE Subscribe
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sub/Text duplicate Digital
A-TITLE Digital Subscribe
/sub/print/Text duplicate Print
A-TITLE Print Subscribe
/archive/2024/02/29/Text duplicate February 29, 2024
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/tag/ishikawa_earthquake/Noto earthquake
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/podcast/deep-dive/Deep Dive Podcast
A-TITLE Deep Dive Podcast
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A-TITLE The Japan Times
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A-TITLE Digital Subscribe
/sub/print/Text duplicate Print
A-TITLE Print Subscribe
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A-TITLE Noto earthquake
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A-TITLE Nikkei surge
/tag/LDP/Text duplicate LDP
A-TITLE LDP
/latest-news/Subdomain Text duplicate Latest News
A-TITLE Latest News
/podcast/deep-dive/Text duplicate Deep Dive Podcast
A-TITLE Deep Dive Podcast
https://epaper.japantimes.co.jp/New window Nofollow External Subdomain Today's print edition
A-TITLE Today's Print Edition
/sub/print/Home Delivery
A-TITLE HOME DELIVERY
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/news/japan/politics/Politics
A-TITLE Politics
/news/japan/society/Society
A-TITLE Society
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A-TITLE Crime & Legal
/news/world/science-health/Text duplicate Science & Health
A-TITLE Science & Health
/news/world/society/Text duplicate Society
A-TITLE Society
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A-TITLE Politics
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A-TITLE Stage
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A-TITLE Entertainment news
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/community/how-tos/How-tos
A-TITLE How-tos
/community/our-lives/Our Lives
A-TITLE Our Lives
/my-account/My Account
A-TITLE My Account
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sub/Subscribe for more access
A-TITLE Subscribe for more access
/news/2024/02/28/japan/politic...Subdomain IMG-ALT Prime Minister Fumio Kishida tells reporters that he plans to attend a Lower House ethics committee hearing, in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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/news/japan/politics/Text duplicate Politics
A-TITLE Politics
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A-TITLE Gabriele Ninivaggi
/author/174/eric-johnston/Subdomain Eric Johnston
A-TITLE Eric Johnston
/news/2024/02/28/japan/politic...Subdomain In addition to Kishida, five senior LDP members will face the committee in front of a fully-open session of the Lower House on Thursday and Friday.
A-TITLE Kishida says he will attend ethics committee hearing on funds scandal
/news/2024/02/28/japan/politic...Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Prime Minister Fumio Kishida tells reporters that he plans to attend a Lower House ethics committee hearing, in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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/author/748/bobby-ghosh/Subdomain Bobby Ghosh
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/commentary/2024/02/28/world/r...Subdomain A total 'de-Hamasification' of Gaza may be a bad idea
A-TITLE A total 'de-Hamasification' of Gaza may be a bad idea
/commentary/2024/02/28/world/r...Subdomain A peace plan needs to reckon with many difficult questions: Who will rebuild Gaza; who will pay for reconstruction and who will adjudicate any war crimes.
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A-TITLE Tobias Bunde
/author/4309/sophie-eisentraut/Subdomain Sophie Eisentraut
A-TITLE Sophie Eisentraut
/commentary/2024/02/28/world/l...Subdomain No one wins in a lose-lose world
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/commentary/2024/02/28/world/l...Subdomain Fragmentation of the world economy could derail growth, especially in low-income countries, turning zero-sum thinking into a self-fulfilling prophecy.
A-TITLE No one wins in a lose-lose world
/author/453/sayuri-shirai/Subdomain Sayuri Shirai
A-TITLE Sayuri Shirai
/commentary/2024/02/27/japan/n...Subdomain What explains the recent surge in Japanese stock prices?
A-TITLE What explains the recent surge in Japanese stock prices?
/commentary/2024/02/27/japan/n...Subdomain Japan needs for increase domestic capital investment, technological innovation and sound risk-taking to improve long-term competitiveness.
A-TITLE What explains the recent surge in Japanese stock prices?
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/subSUBSCRIBE
A-TITLE Subscribe
https://twitter.com/japantimesNew window Nofollow External A-TITLE Twitter
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window Nofollow External Subdomain A-TITLE Linkedin
https://www.instagram.com/thej...New window Nofollow External Subdomain A-TITLE Instagram
https://www.facebook.com/theja...New window Nofollow External Subdomain IMG-ALT Facebook
A-TITLE Facebook
/email-newslettersSIGN ME UP
IMG-ALT SIGN ME UP
A-TITLE Sign Up
/sub/print/Print subscriptions
A-TITLE Print subscriptions
/sub/groups/Group subscriptions
A-TITLE Group subscriptions
/sub/studentsNew window Subdomain Student subscription
A-TITLE Student subscription
https://info.japantimes.co.jp/...New window External Subdomain JT Digital Archives
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https://epaper.japantimes.co.jp/New window External Subdomain Epaper Edition
A-TITLE Epaper Edition
/feed/RSS feeds
A-TITLE RSS feeds
/about-us/site-support/Support
A-TITLE Support
https://support.japantimes.co....New window External Subdomain FAQs
A-TITLE FAQs
/about-us/link-policy/Link policy
A-TITLE Link policy
/republishing/Subdomain Republishing
A-TITLE Republishing
/contact-us/Subdomain Contact us
A-TITLE Contact us
/about-us/Subdomain Company info
A-TITLE Company info
/about-us/privacy/Privacy policy
A-TITLE Privacy policy
/about-us/link-policy/Text duplicate Link policy
A-TITLE Link policy
/category/announcements/Announcements
A-TITLE Announcements
/about-us/work-with-us/Work with us
A-TITLE Work with us
/advertise/Subdomain Advertise with us
A-TITLE Advertise with us
/about-us/press/Press releases
A-TITLE Press releases
https://alpha.japantimes.co.jp/New window External Subdomain The Japan Times Alpha
A-TITLE The Japan Times Alpha
https://bookclub.japantimes.co...New window External Subdomain JT Bookclub
A-TITLE JT Bookclub
https://jobs.japantimes.com/New window External Subdomain The Japan Times Jobs
A-TITLE The Japan Times Jobs
https://info.japantimes.co.jp/...New window External Subdomain Education In Japan
A-TITLE Education In Japan
https://info.japantimes.co.jp/...New window External Subdomain Classifieds
A-TITLE Classifieds
/tender-announcement-advertise...Subdomain Public notices
A-TITLE Public notices
https://disaster.japantimes.co...New window External Subdomain Disaster information
A-TITLE Disaster information
/comfacts/Subdomain Comfacts
A-TITLE Comfacts
https://sustainable.japantimes...New window External Subdomain Sustainable Japan
A-TITLE Sustainable Japan
https://authentic-japan-select...New window External Subdomain Destination Restaurants
A-TITLE Destination Restaurants
/satoyama-consortium/Subdomain Satoyama Consortium
A-TITLE Satoyama Consortium
/esg-consortium/Subdomain ESG Consortium
A-TITLE ESG Consortium
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/subText duplicate SUBSCRIBE
A-TITLE Subscribe
https://twitter.com/japantimesNew window Nofollow External Text duplicate A-TITLE Twitter
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Linkedin
https://www.instagram.com/thej...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE Instagram
https://www.facebook.com/theja...New window Nofollow External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Facebook
A-TITLE Facebook
/email-newslettersText duplicate SIGN ME UP
IMG-ALT SIGN ME UP
A-TITLE Sign Up
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/Text duplicate IMG-ALT The Japan Times
A-TITLE The Japan Times

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/"
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 very slow (2.11 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 6 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
This page only loads 1 CSS files. That's ok.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (197 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

Blacklists
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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 49,734 referring domains.
This page has 3,835,971 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 32,594 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

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