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Meta information
99% 
Page quality
54% 
Page structure
29% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
67% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.93 s
File size
207.10 kB
Words
882
Media files
26
Number of links
146 internal / 6 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Addison Independent - Family-Owned Independent Newspaper
There are word repetitions in the page title.
The length of the page title is perfect. (565 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
Meta description
(Critically important)
Founded in 1946, the Addison Independent is a family-owned independent newspaper delivering local news for Addison County, Vermont.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (845 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.addisonindependent.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
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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 name is very long.
The domain is no subdomain.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
Page URL
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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
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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.

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 2 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate: A successful reconciliation effort between Ripton parents and their lo...
The average number of words per sentence of 30.56 words is high.
This page contains 882 words. That's ok.
25.6% of the text are stop words.
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
19 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=0" 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 18 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
26 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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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Ripton’s little school remains intact for now
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 Ripton’s little school remains intact for now
H1 Ripton’s little school remains intact for now Duplicate text
H2 Housing crisis presents obstacles, opportunities
H2 Recipe for a good life: Look for ‘the interesting’
H2 Retired police chief is now interim town manager
H2 Eagle running game wears down OV football
H2 Tiger volleyball improves to 6-2
H2 Tough week for local field hockey teams
H2 Opera Company of Middlebury presents ‘Scalia/Ginsburg’ & ‘The Interlopers’
H2 Take a short hike up Snake Mountain or Sunset Ledge
H2 Marrowbone in Lincoln is back Sept. 28 & 29
H2 Cleon Arthur Bigelow, 75, of Middlebury
H2 Helen Bigelow celebration of life
H2 Hilda Piper Burnham, 89, formerly of Cornwall
H2 Alfred Natalino Cassarino, 93, of Middlebury
H2 Robert Morgan Dean graveside service
H2 Elisabeth Ulla-Marta Aulen Holm, 83, of Middlebury
H2 Mary Evelyn ‘Betty’ Kipp, 92, formerly of Vergennes
H2 William Kenneth LaFountain Jr., 59
H2 Alan Irving Marston, 75, longtime Weybridge resident
H2 Janice Doreen Martell of Bristol
H2 Frank William ‘Bill’ Nicklaw, 76, of Leicester
H2 Allen L. Noble, 90, of New Haven
H2 Guest editorial: Get the facts on the Affordable Heat Act
H2 Community Forum: Protecting holy Earth is up to you
H2 Ways of Seeing: The quiet brilliance of Kamala Harris
H4 Read Past Articles by Month
H5 LATEST NEWS ARTICLES
H5 News
H5 News Duplicate text
H5 News Duplicate text
H5 LATEST SPORTS ARTICLES
H5 Sports
H5 Sports Duplicate text
H5 Sports Duplicate text
H5 PHOTOS OF THE WEEK
H5 LATEST ARTS & LEISURE ARTICLES
H5 Arts & Leisure
H5 Arts & Leisure Duplicate text
H5 Arts & Leisure Duplicate text
H5 OBITUARIES
H5 LATEST OPINION AND EDITORIALS
H5 Op/Ed
H5 Op/Ed Duplicate text
H5 Op/Ed Duplicate text
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some internal links have dynamic parameters. All internal URLs, which are not marked as nofollow, should not contain dynamic parameters.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
25 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are 6 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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/2024/09/26/housing-crisis-see...Subdomain the state’s approach to addressing its housing deficit needs to be multi-faceted and consi … (read more)
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/category/arts-leisure/Subdomain Arts & Leisure
/2024/09/26/opera-company-of-m...Subdomain Opera Company of Middlebury presents ‘Scalia/Ginsburg’ & ‘The Interlopers’
/2024/09/26/opera-company-of-m...Subdomain America is painfully divided, politically and socially. The nightly news is full of violen … (read more)
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/2024/09/26/take-a-short-hike-...Subdomain Take a short hike up Snake Mountain or Sunset Ledge
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/2024/09/26/marrowbone-in-linc...Subdomain Marrowbone in Lincoln is back Sept. 28 & 29
/2024/09/26/marrowbone-in-linc...Subdomain A beloved annual performance, Marrowbone was conceived, produced, and directed for over 20 … (read more)
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/2024/09/25/helen-bigelow-cele...Subdomain Helen Bigelow celebration of life
/2024/09/25/hilda-piper-burnha...Subdomain Hilda Piper Burnham, 89, formerly of Cornwall
/2024/09/25/alfred-natalino-ca...Subdomain Alfred Natalino Cassarino, 93, of Middlebury
/2024/09/25/robert-morgan-dean...Subdomain Robert Morgan Dean graveside service
/2024/09/25/elisabeth-ulla-mar...Subdomain Elisabeth Ulla-Marta Aulen Holm, 83, of Middlebury
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/2024/09/26/ways-of-seeing-the...Subdomain Ways of Seeing: The quiet brilliance of Kamala Harris
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This page redirects to "https://www.addisonindependent.com/"
HTTP header
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The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
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The page response time of 0.93 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 (207 kB).

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Addison Independent - Family-Owned Independent Newspaper
Founded in 1946, the Addison Independent is a family-owned independent newspaper delivering local news for Addison County, Vermont.

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