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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
95% 
Page quality
59% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
81% 
Server
75% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.75 s
File size
95.30 kB
Words
366
Media files
26
Number of links
52 internal / 10 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Sarnia News Today
The page title is too short. (175 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Discover the latest events, stories and breaking news in Sarnia on Sarnia News Today. Stay informed with our reliable coverage. Call +519-541-6397 now!
The length of the meta description is perfect. (950 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)
lang_detected
lang_given_html
lang_servercountry
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)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
There are only 366 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
27% of the text are stop words.
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 19.11 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width" 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)
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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/drawer/closures.svgClosures - Drawer Item
/drawer/weather.svgWeather - Drawer Item
/drawer/podcast.svgPodcasts - Drawer Item
/drawer/ballot.svgPoll - Drawer Item
/drawer/contact.svgContact - Drawer Item
/logos/socials/facebook.svgfacebook
/logos/socials/twitter_2.svgtwitter
...wstoday.ca/i/K9wRvWeB/355/205&w=750&q=75Former Lambton County Warden Bill Weber and Lambton County Warden Kevin Marriott (Photo by: Lindsay Newman/ Blackburn Media)
...wstoday.ca/i/4qgQvNer/355/205&w=750&q=75The Sarnia Sting sign defenceman Jack O'Brien - Dec. 4/24 (Photo courtesy of Sarnia Sting)
...wstoday.ca/i/X944vw9B/355/205&w=750&q=75Councillor Steve Pinsonneault. (Photo courtesy of the Municipality of Chatham-Kent)
...wstoday.ca/i/A9BKbYql/355/205&w=750&q=75St. Clair Township Fire pumper. Photo courtesy of St. Clair Township Fire Facebook page.
...wstoday.ca/i/0k2PEg9b/355/205&w=750&q=75Photo courtesy of the OPP via Twitter.
...wstoday.ca/i/We3VMykr/355/205&w=750&q=75Sarnia Police headquarters on Christina Street. 2 February 2023. (Photo by Blackburn Media Sarnia)
...wstoday.ca/i/8eXwp4kR/355/205&w=750&q=75Christmas light photo courtesy of © Can Stock Photo / zoooom
...wstoday.ca/i/A9QZd4q5/355/205&w=750&q=75(BlackburnNews.com file photo by Jason Viau)
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...ogos/blackburn-media-logo.png&w=640&q=75Blackburn media logo
/logos/socials/facebook.svgfacebook
/logos/socials/twitter_2.svgtwitter
https://sarnianewstoday.ca/logos/cfgxfm.svg99.9 The Fox
https://sarnianewstoday.ca/logos/chksfm.svgCool 106.3
https://sarnianewstoday.ca/logos/chokfm.svg103.9 CHOK

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 Lambton County elects warden, deputy warden
H2 Sting boost defence with signing of BCHL blueliner
H2 Steve Pinsonneault acclaimed as PC candidate in Lambton-Kent-Middlesex
H2 Minor fire extinguished quicky in St. Clair Township
H2 Snow squalls possible in parts of Lambton County
H2 Homeowner confronts break in suspect
H2 Covering cars in Christmas lights is illegal: police
H2 Two charged in Windsor break-and-enter
H2 Major upgrades planned for Durham's Riverside Park
H2 Over $80K donated to help pay for new X-ray machine for CKHA
H2 Province boosts dementia services in Grey-Bruce
H3 Regional News
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.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 10 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://sarnianewstoday.ca/IMG-ALT sarnia
/category/newsNews
/weatherWeather
/closuresClosures
/category/sportsSports
/podcastsPodcastsheadphones_icon
/weather-1°C | 31°F
https://sarnianewstoday.ca/Top Stories
IMG-ALT Top Stories - Drawer Item
/category/newsLocal News
/region/chathamChatham
/region/midwesternMidwestern Ontario
/region/windsorWindsor
/category/sportsText duplicate Sports
/category/agricultureAgriculture
https://chok.com/real-estateExternal Real Estate Guide
/closuresText duplicate Closures
IMG-ALT Closures - Drawer Item
/weatherText duplicate Weather
IMG-ALT Weather - Drawer Item
/podcastsPodcasts
IMG-ALT Podcasts - Drawer Item
https://sarnianewstoday.ca/pollPoll
IMG-ALT Poll - Drawer Item
/contactContact
IMG-ALT Contact - Drawer Item
/contactSubmit A News Tip
/contactAdvertise
https://www.facebook.com/Sarni...External Subdomain IMG-ALT facebook
https://twitter.com/sarnianews...External IMG-ALT twitter
/sarnia/news/2024/12/04/lambto...Lambton County elects warden, deputy warden
IMG-ALT Former Lambton County Warden Bill Weber and Lambton County Warden Kevin Marriott (Photo by: Lindsay Newman/ Blackburn Media)
/category/newsText duplicate News
/sarnia/news/2024/12/04/sting-...Sting boost defence with signing of BCHL blueliner
IMG-ALT The Sarnia Sting sign defenceman Jack O'Brien - Dec. 4/24 (Photo courtesy of Sarnia Sting)
/category/newsText duplicate News
/sarnia/news/2024/12/04/steve-...Steve Pinsonneault acclaimed as PC candidate in Lambton-Kent-Middlesex
IMG-ALT Councillor Steve Pinsonneault. (Photo courtesy of the Municipality of Chatham-Kent)
/category/newsText duplicate News
/sarnia/news/2024/12/04/minor-...Minor fire extinguished quicky in St. Clair Township
IMG-ALT St. Clair Township Fire pumper. Photo courtesy of St. Clair Township Fire Facebook page.
/category/newsText duplicate News
/sarnia/news/2024/12/04/snow-s...Snow squalls possible in parts of Lambton County
IMG-ALT Photo courtesy of the OPP via Twitter.
/category/newsText duplicate News
/sarnia/news/2024/12/04/homeow...Homeowner confronts break in suspect
IMG-ALT Sarnia Police headquarters on Christina Street. 2 February 2023. (Photo by Blackburn Media Sarnia)
/category/newsText duplicate News
/sarnia/news/2024/12/04/coveri...Covering cars in Christmas lights is illegal: police
IMG-ALT Christmas light photo courtesy of © Can Stock Photo / zoooom
/category/newsText duplicate News
/windsor/news/2024/12/04/two-c...Two charged in Windsor break-and-enter
/region/windsorText duplicate Windsor
/windsor/news/2024/12/04/two-c...IMG-ALT (BlackburnNews.com file photo by Jason Viau)
/midwestern/news/2024/12/04/ma...Major upgrades planned for Durham's Riverside Park
/region/midwesternMidwestern
/midwestern/news/2024/12/04/ma...No Text
/chatham/news/2024/12/04/over-...Over $80K donated to help pay for new X-ray machine for CKHA
/region/chathamText duplicate Chatham
/chatham/news/2024/12/04/over-...No Text
/midwestern/news/2024/12/04/pr...Province boosts dementia services in Grey-Bruce
/region/midwesternText duplicate Midwestern
/midwestern/news/2024/12/04/pr...No Text
https://blackburnmedia.ca/External IMG-ALT Blackburn media logo
https://www.facebook.com/Sarni...External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT facebook
https://twitter.com/sarnianews...External Text duplicate IMG-ALT twitter
https://foxfm.com/External IMG-ALT 99.9 The Fox
https://sarnia.coolradio.ca/External Subdomain IMG-ALT Cool 106.3
https://chok.com/External IMG-ALT 103.9 CHOK
/contactText duplicate Contact
https://blackburnmedia.ca/acce...External Accessibility
/contactSubmit A Tip
/contactText duplicate Advertise
/terms-of-useTerms of use
/privacy-policyPrivacy policy

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
redirect_isaredirect
HTTP header
(Important)
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.75 seconds is longer than the recommended limit of 0.4 seconds. A high response time unnecessarily slows down search engine crawling and results in bad user experience as well.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (95 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 780 referring domains.
This page has 26,668 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 244 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

No links from Wikipedia were found.

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