Thescore.com - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
100% 
Page quality
38% 
Page structure
92% 
Link structure
91% 
Server
59% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.73 s
File size
890.40 kB
Words
297
Media files
9
Number of links
47 internal / 19 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Sports News | NFL NHL MLB NBA & more | theScore.com
The length of the page title is perfect. (520 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Top News & Rumors for Football, Basketball, Baseball, Hockey, Soccer & More
The length of the meta description is perfect. (488 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)
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)
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
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google-site-verificationWHL02URiqh7UHOzRkgsUZzloEHa6suq6EBCn4m5JFGw
descriptionTop News & Rumors for Football, Basketball, Baseball, Hockey, Soccer & More
langen
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:site@theScore
twitter:titleSports News | NFL NHL MLB NBA & more
twitter:descriptionTrending News & Rumors for Football, Basketball, Baseball, Hockey, Soccer & More
twitter:image/static/vectors/thescore-logo.svg
fb:app_id124052647629735
og:site_nametheScore.com
og:titleSports News | NFL NHL MLB NBA & more
og:typearticle
og:urlEmpty
og:localeen_CA
og:imageEmpty
og:image:secure_urlEmpty
og:image:typeimage/jpeg
og:image:width1200
og:image:height630
og:descriptionTrending News & Rumors for Football, Basketball, Baseball, Hockey, Soccer & More
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
No paragraphs were detected.
There are only 297 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
16.2% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
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)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
The file size of the HTML document is very large (890.4 kB).
A viewport "initial-scale=1.0, width=device-width" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 6 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
/static/vectors/the-score-logo.svgtheScore
/static/images/app-store-footer.pngApp Store
/static/images/google-play.pngGoogle Play
/static/vectors/the-score-footer-logo.svgtheScore
...tic/vectors/thescore-bet-footer-logo.svgtheScore Bet
/static/vectors/e-sports-footer-logo.svgtheScore eSports
/static/vectors/penn-gaming-logo-v2.svgPenn Entertainment's logo
/static/vectors/eA-Icon.svgThis icon serves as a link to download the eSSENTIAL Accessibility assistive technology app for individuals with physical disabilities. It is featured as part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion.
/static/vectors/penn-gaming-logo-v2.svgPenn Entertainment's logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Top News
The H1 heading is too short (8 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Top News
H2 HEADLINES
H2 RELATED NEWS
H2 Top Leagues
H2 Company
H2 Follow Us
H2 Products
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
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 19 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.thescore.com/Anchor Skip to content
https://www.thescore.com/No Text
https://www.thescore.com/TOP NEWS
/mlb/news/3059060/ohtani-hits-...Ohtani hits walk-off grand slam to become 6th player in 40-40 club
https://www.thescore.com/mlb/newsmlb
/wta/news/3053626/reset-coco-g...Reset: Coco Gauff seeking answers ahead of US Open title defense
/nfl/news/3059063/chargers-pla...Chargers players crawl through ceiling panel to escape stuck hotel elevator
/ncaaf/news/3058944/report-big...Report: Big 12 eyeing UConn for possible expansion
/ncaaf/news/3058935/deion-wont...Deion won't take questions from local journalist after 'personal attacks'
/nflfan/news/2932377/thescores...theScore's 2024 Fantasy Football Draft Kit
/mlb/news/3058823/vottos-hall-...Votto's Hall of Fame assessment, Skenes' innings, and 7 more...
https://www.thescore.com/mlb/newsText duplicate mlb
/mlb/news/3058933/d-backs-mont...D-Backs' Montgomery: Boras 'butchered' my free agency
https://www.thescore.com/mlb/newsText duplicate mlb
/mlb/news/3058881/jansen-to-ap...Jansen to appear in same game for both Blue Jays, Red Sox
https://www.thescore.com/mlb/newsText duplicate mlb
/nhl/news/3058849/predators-tr...Predators trade Askarov to Sharks in 4-player deal
https://www.thescore.com/nhl/newsnhl
/nfl/news/3058842/cardinals-za...Cardinals' Zay Jones suspended 5 games
https://www.thescore.com/nfl/newsnfl
/mlb/news/3058762/votto-candid...Votto candid about retirement decision: 'I was washed'
https://www.thescore.com/mlb/newsText duplicate mlb
/lpga/news/3058620/korda-regai...Korda regains dominant form to lead Women's British Open by ...
/lpga/newslpga
/nfl/news/3058782/new-hall-of-...New Hall of Fame rules could speed up Belichick's possible i...
https://www.thescore.com/nfl/newsText duplicate nfl
/ncaaf/news/3058734/saban-sec-...Saban: SEC title game pick was 'reverse rat poison' for Alab...
/ncaaf/newsncaaf
/nhl/news/3058738/ahl-implemen...AHL implementing mandatory neck protection
https://www.thescore.com/nhl/newsText duplicate nhl
/nfl/news/3058721/bears-acquir...Bears acquire Darrell Taylor from Seahawks
https://www.thescore.com/nfl/newsText duplicate nfl
/mlb/news/3058678/yankees-acti...Yankees activate Chisholm from IL
https://www.thescore.com/mlb/newsText duplicate mlb
/pga/news/3058681/matsuyama-wi...Matsuyama withdraws from BMW Championship due to back injury
https://www.thescore.com/pga/newspga
/mlb/news/3053251/mlb-roundtab...MLB Roundtable: WS favorites, bubble teams' chances, deadlin...
https://www.thescore.com/mlb/newsText duplicate mlb
/nfl/news/3056419/how-the-nfl-...How the NFL aims to return excitement to kickoffs
https://www.thescore.com/nfl/newsText duplicate nfl
https://www.thescore.com/IMG-ALT theScore
https://thescore.app.link/uKPv...External Subdomain IMG-ALT App Store
https://thescore.app.link/KDCc...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Google Play
https://www.thescore.com/nba/newsNBA Basketball
https://www.thescore.com/nfl/newsNFL Football
https://www.thescore.com/nhl/newsNHL Hockey
https://www.thescore.com/mlb/newsMLB Baseball
/ncaab/newsNCAA Mens Basketball
https://www.scoremediaandgamin...External Subdomain About Us
https://thescoresupport.zendes...External Subdomain Support
https://news.scoremediaandgami...External Subdomain News
https://www.scoremediaandgamin...External Subdomain Careers
https://twitter.com/theScoreExternal Twitter
https://www.facebook.com/theScoreExternal Subdomain Facebook
https://instagram.com/thescoreExternal Instagram
https://www.tiktok.com/@thescoreExternal Subdomain TikTok
https://thescore.com/Text duplicate IMG-ALT theScore
https://thescore.bet/External IMG-ALT theScore Bet
https://thescoreesports.com/External IMG-ALT theScore eSports
https://www.pennentertainment....External Subdomain IMG-ALT Penn Entertainment's logo
https://thescoresupport.zendes...External Subdomain Copyright © 2024 theScore. All Rights Reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.
https://thescoresupport.zendes...External Subdomain Privacy Policy
https://thescoresupport.zendes...External Subdomain Terms of Use
https://thescoresupport.zendes...External Subdomain Accessibility Policies
https://www.essentialaccessibi...External Subdomain IMG-ALT This icon serves as a link to download the eSSENTIAL Accessibility assistive technology app for individuals with physical disabilities. It is featured as par...
https://www.pennentertainment....External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Penn Entertainment's logo
A-TITLE Penn Entertainment

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.thescore.com/"
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 0.73 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 very large (890 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateSat, 24 Aug 2024 13:56:38 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
x-powered-byExpress
varyAccept-Encoding
x-served-bythescore_web
x-varnish8163917 8197989
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via1.1 varnish (Varnish/6.6)
x-cacheHIT
x-cache-hits10
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
cf-cache-statusDYNAMIC
set-cookie257 Characters
servercloudflare
cf-ray8b83d8cdc8735d90-FRA
content-encodinggzip
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
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 9,229 referring domains.
This page has 177,914 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 5,912 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

No valid Robots.txt file was found.

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Sports News | NFL NHL MLB NBA & more | theScore.com
Top News & Rumors for Football, Basketball, Baseball, Hockey, Soccer & More

Most important keywords

Following keywords were found. You can check the keyword optimization of this page for each keyword.

KeywordResultRecheck
NEWS77%Check
Top News72%Check
Sports News65%Check
theScore60%Check
mlb46%Check
nfl46%Check
nhl46%Check
Football46%Check
NBA46%Check
Basketball46%Check
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