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Meta information
92% 
Page quality
70% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
48% 
Server
46% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.84 s
File size
53.10 kB
Words
728
Media files
30
Number of links
82 internal / 46 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Freakonomics - The hidden side of everything
The length of the page title is perfect. (407 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Freakonomics - The hidden side of everything
The length of the meta description is perfect. (407 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://freakonomics.com/
The specified canonical link points to a different page.
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 prev meta tag on this page.
Rel next URL https://freakonomics.com/page/2/
The rel next and prev tags are set correctly.
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
This page contains 728 words. That's ok.
33.1% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
11 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 12.3 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 11 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-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 15 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
5 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

URLAlt attributeTitle
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...023/10/HowToSucceedAtFailing-350x350.jpgSeries logo
...tent/uploads/2023/01/EoET-sm-350x350.jpgSeries logo
...nt/uploads/2022/05/PIMA-logo-350x350.jpgSeries logo
...nt/uploads/2022/05/PIMA-logo-350x350.jpgEpisode image
...1/FreakonomicsRadio-CoverArt-350x350.jpgEpisode image
...Screenshot-2023-05-14-073422-350x350.pngEpisode image
...nt/uploads/2022/05/PIMA-logo-350x350.jpgEpisode image
...ontent/uploads/2021/07/feature_img_1.pngFreakonomics Radio
...nt/uploads/2021/07/PeopleAdmire-Logo.pngPeople I (Mostly) Admire
...ads/2023/01/3000x3000-EoET-1024x1024.jpgThe Economics of Everyday Things
...ds/2021/07/FreakonomicsBookClub-logo.pngThe Freakonomics Radio Book Club
...ontent/uploads/2021/07/feature_img_1.pngNo alt attribute provided
...nt/uploads/2021/07/PeopleAdmire-Logo.pngNo alt attribute provided
...ads/2023/01/3000x3000-EoET-1024x1024.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...ds/2021/07/FreakonomicsBookClub-logo.pngNo alt attribute provided
...16/01/Freakonomics-Paperback-232x350.jpgFreakonomicsFreakonomics
...2016/01/SuperFreak-Paperback-233x350.jpgSuperFreakonomicsSuperFreakonomics
...Think-like-a-Freak-Paperback-232x350.jpgThink Like a FreakThink Like a Freak
...hen-To-Rob-A-Bank-Hard-Cover-230x350.jpgWhen to Rob a BankWhen to Rob a Bank
...freakonomics_2021/images/logo_footer.pngNo alt attribute provided
Audio URL
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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
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 26 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H2 Follow on
H2 Follow on Duplicate text
H2 Follow on Duplicate text
H2 More Episodes
H2 Follow on Duplicate text
H2 Follow on Duplicate text
H2 Follow on Duplicate text
H2 Follow on Duplicate text
H2 Freakonomics Radio Network Newsletter
H2 The Freakonomics Radio Network
H2 Follow on Duplicate text
H2 Follow on Duplicate text
H2 Follow on Duplicate text
H2 Follow on Duplicate text
H2 More From Our Network
H2 How to Listen
H2 Freakonomics Radio Network Newsletter Duplicate text
H2 The Books
H3 Search the Site
H3 How to Succeed at Failing, Part 1: The Chain of Events (Update)
H3 Roller Coasters
H3 Abraham Verghese Thinks Medicine Can Do Better (Update)
H3 The Deadliest Virus in Human History
H3 When Did We All Start Watching Documentaries?
H3 Closed Captions
H3 A Solution to America’s Gun Problem
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 too many external links (46) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.freakonomics.com/IMG-ALT Freakonomics logo
A-TITLE Return to homepage
/podcasts/Podcasts
/series/freakonomics-radio/Freakonomics Radio
/series/nsq/No Stupid Questions
/series/people-i-mostly-admire/People I (Mostly) Admire
/series/everyday-thingsThe Economics of Everyday Things
/series/freakonomics-radio-boo...The Freakonomics Radio Book Club
/topicsSpecial Series
/previous-shows/Older Shows
/get-started-with-freakonomics...Recommendations
/plus/Subscription
/liveshows/Live Shows
/series/hours/On the Radio
https://freakonomics.com/books/Books
https://www.podswag.com/collec...New window External Subdomain Shop
https://freakonomics.com/about/About
/about/the-hosts/The Hosts
/about/the-team/The Team
/about/how-to-listen/How to Listen
/about/faq/FAQ
/about/jobs/JOBS
https://freakonomics.com/blog/Blog
https://freakonomics.com/contact/Contact
/podcast/how-to-succeed-at-fai...IMG-ALT Series logo
A-TITLE View full episode
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/...New window External Subdomain Apple Podcasts
https://open.spotify.com/show/...New window External Subdomain Spotify
https://pca.st/podcast/d81fbcb...External Pocket Casts
http://youtube.com/@freakonomicsExternal YouTube
/podcast/how-to-succeed-at-fai...How to Succeed at Failing, Part 1: The Chain of Events (Update)
/podcast/roller-coasters/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Series logo
A-TITLE View full episode
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/...External Subdomain Text duplicate Apple Podcasts
https://open.spotify.com/show/...External Subdomain Text duplicate Spotify
https://pca.st/podcast/e5521d0...External Text duplicate Pocket Casts
https://www.youtube.com/playli...External Subdomain Text duplicate YouTube
/podcast/roller-coasters/Roller Coasters
/podcast/abraham-verghese-thin...Text duplicate IMG-ALT Series logo
A-TITLE View full episode
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Apple Podcasts
https://open.spotify.com/show/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Spotify
https://pca.st/podcast/dd74aeb...External Text duplicate Pocket Casts
https://www.youtube.com/playli...External Subdomain Text duplicate YouTube
/podcast/abraham-verghese-thin...Abraham Verghese Thinks Medicine Can Do Better (Update)
/podcast/the-deadliest-virus-i...IMG-ALT Episode image
A-TITLE View full episode
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Apple Podcasts
https://open.spotify.com/show/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Spotify
https://pca.st/podcast/dd74aeb...External Text duplicate Pocket Casts
https://www.youtube.com/playli...External Subdomain Text duplicate YouTube
/podcast/the-deadliest-virus-i...The Deadliest Virus in Human History
/podcast/when-did-we-all-start...Text duplicate IMG-ALT Episode image
A-TITLE View full episode
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Apple Podcasts
https://open.spotify.com/show/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Spotify
https://pca.st/podcast/d81fbcb...External Text duplicate Pocket Casts
http://youtube.com/@freakonomicsExternal Text duplicate YouTube
/podcast/when-did-we-all-start...When Did We All Start Watching Documentaries?
/podcast/closed-captions/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Episode image
A-TITLE View full episode
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/...External Subdomain Text duplicate Apple Podcasts
https://open.spotify.com/show/...External Subdomain Text duplicate Spotify
https://pca.st/podcast/e5521d0...External Text duplicate Pocket Casts
https://www.youtube.com/playli...External Subdomain Text duplicate YouTube
/podcast/closed-captions/Closed Captions
/podcast/a-solution-to-america...Text duplicate IMG-ALT Episode image
A-TITLE View full episode
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Apple Podcasts
https://open.spotify.com/show/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Spotify
https://pca.st/podcast/dd74aeb...External Text duplicate Pocket Casts
https://www.youtube.com/playli...External Subdomain Text duplicate YouTube
/podcast/a-solution-to-america...A Solution to America’s Gun Problem
/series/freakonomics-radio/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Freakonomics Radio
A-TITLE Freakonomics Radio
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Apple Podcasts
https://open.spotify.com/show/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Spotify
https://pca.st/podcast/d81fbcb...External Text duplicate Pocket Casts
http://youtube.com/@freakonomicsExternal Text duplicate YouTube
/series/people-i-mostly-admire/Text duplicate IMG-ALT People I (Mostly) Admire
A-TITLE People I (Mostly) Admire
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Apple Podcasts
https://open.spotify.com/show/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Spotify
https://pca.st/podcast/dd74aeb...External Text duplicate Pocket Casts
https://www.youtube.com/playli...External Subdomain Text duplicate YouTube
/series/everyday-things/Text duplicate IMG-ALT The Economics of Everyday Things
A-TITLE The Economics of Everyday Things
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/...External Subdomain Text duplicate Apple Podcasts
https://open.spotify.com/show/...External Subdomain Text duplicate Spotify
https://pca.st/podcast/e5521d0...External Text duplicate Pocket Casts
https://www.youtube.com/playli...External Subdomain Text duplicate YouTube
/series/freakonomics-radio-boo...Text duplicate IMG-ALT The Freakonomics Radio Book Club
A-TITLE The Freakonomics Radio Book Club
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/...External Subdomain Text duplicate Apple Podcasts
https://open.spotify.com/show/...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Spotify
/series/freakonomics-radio/A-TITLE View series archive
/podcast/will-3-summers-of-lin...Episode 631 Will 3 Summers of Lincoln Make it to Broadway?
/podcast/is-it-a-theater-piece...Episode EXTRA Is It a Theater Piece or a Psychological Experiment? (Update)
/series/people-i-mostly-admire/Text duplicate A-TITLE View series archive
/podcast/helping-people-die/Episode 155 Helping People Die
/podcast/yul-kwon-dont-try-to-...Episode 13 Yul Kwon: “Don’t Try to Change Yourself All at Once.” (Update)
/series/everyday-things/Text duplicate A-TITLE View series archive
/podcast/locksmiths/Episode 89 Locksmiths
/podcast/fortune-cookies/Episode 88 Fortune Cookies
/series/freakonomics-radio-boo...Text duplicate A-TITLE View series archive
/podcast/is-professional-licen...Episode 621 Is Professional Licensing a Racket?
/podcast/how-to-make-something...Episode 25 How to Make Something from Nothing
/about/how-to-listen/Learn more about how to listen
A-TITLE Learn more about how to listen
/books/IMG-ALT Freakonomics
/books/IMG-ALT SuperFreakonomics
/books/IMG-ALT Think Like a Freak
/books/IMG-ALT When to Rob a Bank
/podcasts/Text duplicate Podcasts
/series/freakonomics-radio/Text duplicate Freakonomics Radio
/series/nsq/Text duplicate No Stupid Questions
/series/people-i-mostly-admire/Text duplicate People I (Mostly) Admire
/series/everyday-thingsText duplicate The Economics of Everyday Things
/series/freakonomics-radio-boo...Text duplicate The Freakonomics Radio Book Club
/topicsText duplicate Special Series
/previous-shows/Text duplicate Older Shows
/get-started-with-freakonomics...Text duplicate Recommendations
/plus/Text duplicate Subscription
/liveshows/Text duplicate Live Shows
/series/hours/Text duplicate On the Radio
https://freakonomics.com/books/Text duplicate Books
https://www.podswag.com/collec...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Shop
https://freakonomics.com/about/Text duplicate About
/about/the-hosts/Text duplicate The Hosts
/about/the-team/Text duplicate The Team
/about/how-to-listen/Text duplicate How to Listen
/about/faq/Text duplicate FAQ
/about/jobs/Text duplicate JOBS
https://freakonomics.com/blog/Text duplicate Blog
https://freakonomics.com/contact/Text duplicate Contact
https://www.freakonomics.com/A-TITLE Return to homepage
https://twitter.com/freakonomicsNew window External Twitter
A-TITLE Twitter
https://www.facebook.com/freak...New window External Subdomain Facebook
A-TITLE Facebook
/privacy-policy/Privacy Policy
/terms/Terms of Service
/privacy-policy/Text duplicate Privacy Policy

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.freakonomics.com/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The web server version is sent within the HTTP header.
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time of 0.84 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.
This page loads 11 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 11 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (53 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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connectionkeep-alive
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http_versionHTTP/1.1

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 52 referring domains.
This page has 137 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 45 different ip addresses.

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