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Meta information
80% 
Page quality
92% 
Page structure
16% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.25 s
File size
208.40 kB
Words
1205
Media files
31
Number of links
171 internal / 3 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Montana's Independent Source for Statewide News - Montana Free Press
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 661 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Fact-based news and data reporting from Montana's leading digital-first newsroom. Independent, reader-supported journalism in the public interest.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (905 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
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There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://montanafreepress.org/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-us
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en-us
Alternate/Hreflang Links
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There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
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There is no rel next meta tag on this page.
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Domain
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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 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
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The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
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The favicon is linked correctly.

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Page quality

Content
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This page contains 1205 words. That's ok.
27.4% 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.
13 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 16.33 words is good.
Frames
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This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
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A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
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The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 24 tags for this page.
Image SEO
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4 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
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There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.
Additional markup
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HTTPS
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This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.
All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

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Page structure

H1 heading
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Home
The H1 heading contains the words Home! Use important keywords instead.
The H1 heading consists of only one word. There should be more information given.
The H1 heading is too short (4 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
There are 38 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

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H1 Home
H2 News you can trust — By Montanans, for Montanans
H2 FWP web dashboard lets users track grizzly bear deaths
H2 New Montanans more red than blue
H2 Legislature closing access to behind-the-scenes bill influences
H2 Latest Headlines
H2 2024 Election Coverage
H2 Missoula’s rules restricting camping on city property cause confusion, frustration
H2 Four things to know about NorthWestern Energy’s newest rate hike request
H2 Sausage season 2024: spicy Italian
H2 Kamala Harris back on Montana’s overseas ballot
H2 Helena resident creates nonprofit continuing her mission to feed students, families
H2 Patriots Run Project on the run
H2 About that ‘white farmer’ ad
H2 How fire remakes Montana’s landscapes
H2 From the state Constitution to the Missouri River shoreline, Arlyne Reichert helped shape Montana
H2 State lawmakers zero in on education funding, OPI spending
H2 Kalispell revokes permit for Flathead’s only low-barrier shelter
H2 911 calls reveal impact of heat waves on rural seniors
H2 Newsletters
H2 About
H2 Join
H2 Sign In
H3 The history hidden in the new lives of fire lookouts
H3 Fact-check: Democrat Jon Tester misleads on Republican Tim Sheehy’s abortion stance
H3 J.D. Hall guilty of embezzlement, ordered to pay restitution to former church
H3 Court upholds finding that Montana clinic submitted false asbestos claims
H3 Deadly high blood pressure during pregnancy is on the rise
H3 Montana’s undercard U.S. House race
H3 PAC spending on Montana Senate race tops $44 million
H3 Three constitutional initiatives’ long legal road to the ballot
H3 Ryan Busse’s mission to convert Republican voters
H3 Housing and the western district House race
H3 Gov. Gianforte’s foundation has given away $57 million since 2017. Here’s where it went.
H3 The local news you need to start your week.
H4 We're writing Montana's future together — support MTFP today!
H4 SPECIAL PROJECTS
H4 NEWS
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Some anchor texts are used more than once.
3 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 3 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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