Thebaffler.com - SEO Checker

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Meta information
77% 
Page quality
45% 
Page structure
29% 
Link structure
36% 
Server
82% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.78 s
File size
137.80 kB
Words
946
Media files
21
Number of links
127 internal / 11 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The Baffler—The Journal That Blunts the Cutting Edge
The length of the page title is perfect. (490 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The Baffler is America’s leading voice of interesting and unexpected left-wing political criticism, cultural analysis, short stories, poems, and art. We publish five print issues annually, as well as online content every day of the cursed workweek.
The meta description is too long: 1480 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://thebaffler.com/
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
(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)
No favicon is linked in the HTML code.

Meta tags

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
There are 5 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate: “Sandhogs,” they called the laborers who built the tunnels leading int...
This page contains 946 words. That's ok.
32% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
9 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 10.11 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no" is provided.
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)
18 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
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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...oads/2019/04/100x100_Subscribe_thumb.jpgSubscribe Now!
...content/uploads/2023/08/bucket-hat-2.pngBaffler Store

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
The Baffler Homepage
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
There are 45 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 The Baffler Homepage
H1 From the Archives
H1 Latest
H1 Poems
H1 Fiction
H2 Big Story
H2 Top Rollout
H2 Israel and Palestine in Context
H2 Baffler Newsletter
H2 Baffler Newsletter Duplicate text
H2 Baffler Newsletter Duplicate text
H2 From the Magazine
H2 Online
H3 Signed Away
H3 School’s Out Forever
H3 Incendiary Kites
H3 Ghosts in the Mirror
H3 The Failure of Liberal Zionism
H3 A Rupture in Time
H3 Critical Counterinsurgents
H3 Toward an Intellectual History of Genocide in Gaza
H3 Waiting at Anchor
H3 Bunker Down
H3 The Unwinding
H3 Come to Harm
H3 You Had to Be There
H3 Illegitimate Concerns?
H3 Come to Harm Duplicate text
H3 Come to Harm Duplicate text
H3 You Had to Be There Duplicate text
H3 Illegitimate Concerns? Duplicate text
H3 Unsafe Bets
H3 Rust Belt Rebound
H3 Captain Claud
H3 I Have Secrets
H3 They Shoot Fudds, Don’t They?
H3 Build-a-Brrr
H3 All morning, tax evasion
H3 Clytemnestra
H3 Poem Inspired by Everything
H3 The Kwak Race
H3 The Lady in Red: The Exegesis of J. D. Van Cleef, Husband and Realtor
H3 The McNutter Brothers
H6 Subscribe Now!
H6 Baffler Store
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
18 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 11 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://thebaffler.com/Anchor Skip to content
https://thebaffler.com/No Text
/subscriptionsSubscribe
https://thebaffler.com/latestLatest
/current-issueCurrent Issue
https://thebaffler.com/issuesPast Issues
https://thebaffler.com/eventsEvents
https://thebaffler.com/aboutAbout
https://store.thebaffler.com/New window External Subdomain Store
https://thebaffler.com/donateDonate
/subscriptionsText duplicate Subscribe
https://thebaffler.com/latestText duplicate Latest
/current-issueText duplicate Current Issue
https://thebaffler.com/issuesText duplicate Past Issues
https://thebaffler.com/eventsText duplicate Events
https://thebaffler.com/aboutText duplicate About
https://store.thebaffler.com/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Store
https://thebaffler.com/donateText duplicate Donate
https://thebaffler.com/No Text
/outbursts/signed-away-novicSigned Away
/authors/sara-novicSara Nović
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/events/schools-out-foreverNo Text
/events/schools-out-foreverSchool’s Out Forever
/latest/incendiary-kites-harrisonNo Text
/latest/incendiary-kites-harrisonIncendiary Kites
/authors/will-harrisonWill Harrison
/latest/ghosts-in-the-mirror-p...No Text
/latest/ghosts-in-the-mirror-p...Ghosts in the Mirror
/authors/stephen-piccarellaStephen Piccarella
/israel-and-palestine-in-contextIsrael and Palestine in Context
/latest/the-failure-of-liberal...No Text
/latest/the-failure-of-liberal...The Failure of Liberal Zionism
/authors/david-klionDavid Klion
/latest/a-rupture-in-time-azizaNo Text
/latest/a-rupture-in-time-azizaA Rupture in Time
/authors/sarah-azizaSarah Aziza
/latest/critical-counterinsurg...No Text
/latest/critical-counterinsurg...Critical Counterinsurgents
/authors/harry-zehnerHarry Zehner
/latest/toward-an-intellectual...No Text
/latest/toward-an-intellectual...Toward an Intellectual History of Genocide in Gaza
/authors/esmat-elhalabyEsmat Elhalaby
https://thebaffler.com/issuesFrom the Magazine
/issues/no-76Current issue, no. 76
/issues/no-76No Text
/salvos/waiting-at-anchor-khaliliWaiting at Anchor
/authors/laleh-khaliliLaleh Khalili
/salvos/bunker-down-harnettBunker Down
/authors/emily-harnettEmily Harnett
/salvos/the-unwinding-covertThe Unwinding
/authors/bryce-covertBryce Covert
/from-the-archivesFrom the Archives
/salvos/dipping-extremely-low-...The luxuries of a major automobile press jaunt. The luxuries of a major automobile press jaunt.
/salvos/dipping-extremely-low-...No Text
/salvos/dipping-extremely-low-...Text duplicate The luxuries of a major automobile press jaunt. The luxuries of a major automobile press jaunt.
/salvos/dipping-extremely-low-...No Text
/salvos/dipping-extremely-low-...Dipping Extremely Low in the Lap of Corporate Luxury
/authors/bryant-urstadtBryant Urstadt
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/salvos/the-artificial-intelli...No Text
/salvos/the-artificial-intelli...Text duplicate “Sandhogs,” they called the laborers who built the tunnels leading into New York’s Penn Station at the beginning of the last century. Work distorted their hu...
/salvos/the-artificial-intelli...No Text
/salvos/the-artificial-intelli...The Artificial Intelligentsia
/authors/aaron-timmsAaron Timms
https://thebaffler.com/latestText duplicate Latest
/latest/come-to-harm-westNo Text
/latest/come-to-harm-westCome to Harm
/authors/adrian-nathan-westAdrian Nathan West
/latest/you-had-to-be-there-huNo Text
/latest/you-had-to-be-there-huYou Had to Be There
/authors/zoe-huZoë Hu
/latest/illegitimate-concerns-...No Text
/latest/illegitimate-concerns-...Illegitimate Concerns?
/authors/kevin-okothKevin Okoth
/latest/come-to-harm-westText duplicate Come to Harm
/authors/adrian-nathan-westText duplicate Adrian Nathan West
/latest/come-to-harm-westText duplicate Come to Harm
/authors/adrian-nathan-westText duplicate Adrian Nathan West
/latest/come-to-harm-westText duplicate Come to Harm
/authors/adrian-nathan-westText duplicate Adrian Nathan West
/latest/come-to-harm-westNo Text
/latest/you-had-to-be-there-huNo Text
/latest/you-had-to-be-there-huText duplicate You Had to Be There
/authors/zoe-huText duplicate Zoë Hu
/latest/illegitimate-concerns-...No Text
/latest/illegitimate-concerns-...Text duplicate Illegitimate Concerns?
/authors/kevin-okothText duplicate Kevin Okoth
https://thebaffler.com/latestOnline
/latest/unsafe-bets-northwoodUnsafe Bets
/authors/francis-northwoodFrancis Northwood
/latest/rust-belt-rebound-vass...Rust Belt Rebound
/authors/justin-h-vassalloJustin H. Vassallo
/latest/captain-claud-holterCaptain Claud
/authors/andrew-holterAndrew Holter
/latest/i-have-secrets-peckI Have Secrets
/authors/dale-peckDale Peck
/latest/they-shoot-fudds-dont-...They Shoot Fudds, Don’t They?
/authors/charles-mcfarlaneCharles McFarlane
/latest/build-a-brrr-gervaisBuild-a-Brrr
/authors/noah-caldwell-gervaisNoah Caldwell-Gervais
https://thebaffler.com/poemsPoems
/poems/all-morning-tax-evasion...All morning, tax evasion
/authors/ariel-yelenAriel Yelen
/poems/clytemnestra-zarinClytemnestra
/authors/cynthia-zarinCynthia Zarin
/poems/poem-inspired-by-everyt...Poem Inspired by Everything
/authors/anselm-berriganAnselm Berrigan
https://thebaffler.com/fictionFiction
/stories/the-kwak-race-draegerThe Kwak Race
/authors/manuela-draegerManuela Draeger
/fiction/the-lady-in-red-the-e...The Lady in Red: The Exegesis of J. D. Van Cleef, Husband and Realtor
/authors/adrian-van-youngAdrian Van Young
/fiction/the-mcnutter-brothers...The McNutter Brothers
/authors/michael-bibleMichael Bible
/about/newsletterNewsletters
https://thebaffler.com/donateText duplicate Donate
https://thebaffler.com/eventsText duplicate Events
/about/privacyPrivacy
https://store.thebaffler.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Store
https://thebaffler.com/subscribeText duplicate Subscribe
https://thebaffler.com/No Text
https://www.facebook.com/TheBa...External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/thebafflermagExternal No Text
https://thebaffler.com/No Text
/about/newsletterText duplicate Newsletters
https://thebaffler.com/donateText duplicate Donate
https://thebaffler.com/eventsText duplicate Events
/about/privacyText duplicate Privacy
https://store.thebaffler.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Store
https://thebaffler.com/subscribeText duplicate Subscribe
https://thebaffler.com/subscribeIMG-ALT Subscribe Now!
https://thebaffler.com/subscribeText duplicate Subscribe Now!
https://store.thebaffler.com/p...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Baffler Store
https://store.thebaffler.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Baffler Store
https://store.thebaffler.com/p...External Subdomain Bucket Hat / $30
https://www.facebook.com/TheBa...External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/thebafflermagExternal No Text

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://thebaffler.com/"
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 of 0.78 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 (138 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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This page has backlinks from 9,102 referring domains.
This page has 502,303 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 5,090 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /newsletter-confirmation/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

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The Baffler—The Journal That Blunts the Cutting Edge
The Baffler is America’s leading voice of interesting and unexpected left-wing political criticism, cultural analysis, short stories, poems, and art. We publish five print issues annually, as well as online content every day of the cursed workweek.

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