Eu.indystar.com - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
87% 
Page quality
58% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
98% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.02 s
File size
161.20 kB
Words
292
Media files
17
Number of links
31 internal / 22 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The Indianapolis Star
The page title is too short. (193 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The Indianapolis Star
The meta description is too short. (193 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length) Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.indystar.com/
The canonical link points to a different domain.
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)
This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.
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
viewportwidth=device-width,initial-scale=1
HandheldFriendlyTrue
MobileOptimized320
apple-itunes-appapp-id=331907339
google-play-appapp-id=com.gannett.local.library.news.indystar
descriptionThe Indianapolis Star
og:descriptionThe Indianapolis Star
langen
og:site_nameThe Indianapolis Star
cleartypeon
x-ua-compatibleie=edge
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Only 1 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
There are only 292 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
26.4% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 21 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width,initial-scale=1" 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 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
...apolis/636273521409919539-009-chicks.JPG'Good Bones: New Beginnings' starts with Martinsville lakehouse reno
...p=2226,1253,x0,y873&quality=50&width=270Bath & Body Works to drop new Stranger Things Chapter 2 collection
...rop=4930,2774,x4,y0&quality=50&width=270Indianapolis 'the perfect host' to celebrate WNBA in 2025 All-Star Game
...p=1340,1332,x379,y0&quality=50&width=135Here's how we can bring free, universal preschool to Indiana
...p=5266,5265,x806,y0&quality=50&width=135HS football: 2024 IndyStar Super Team offense
...p=2549,2548,x573,y0&quality=50&width=1353 keys for Fever to finish season in WNBA playoffs
...p=2514,2515,x0,y184&quality=50&width=135Colts camp: Anthony Richardson, Michael Pittman Jr. torch Cardinals
...rop=667,666,x200,y0&quality=50&width=135AGT results show: Did Richard Goodall advance to the semifinals?
...p=1311,1311,x688,y0&quality=50&width=135Hall of Fame coach dies: 'They threw away the mold with Larry Angle.'
...08/21/lightbars.jpg?quality=50&width=135Ex-Indy-area high school wrestling coach arrested for child seduction
...p=3727,3726,x839,y0&quality=50&width=135Nostalgic for McDonald's collectible glasses? Don't be.
...=3693,3692,x1751,y0&quality=50&width=135IREAD results show Indiana schools improving. See how your school did
...op=1984,1986,x0,y29&quality=50&width=135Yes, those are gold and silver medals in hallways of Carmel High
...?crop=667,666,x0,y0&quality=50&width=135Terre Haute janitor covers Michael Bolton hit on 'America's Got Talent'
...eb/universal/icons/icon-instagram_24.pnginstagram logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
There are no headings specified on the page. Headings are important for search engine optimization and help to structure your content.

Heading structure

No headings were found.
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 22 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://eu.indystar.com/Anchor Skip to main content
https://eu.indystar.com/IMG-ALT The Indianapolis Star
https://eu.indystar.com/Home
https://eu.indystar.com/news/News
/news/hamilton/North
https://eu.indystar.com/sports/Sports
/things-to-do/Things To Do
https://eu.indystar.com/opinion/Opinion
https://www.indystar.com/obitu...External Subdomain Obituaries
https://www.indystar.com/enews...External Subdomain eNewspaper
http://www.indystarmedia.com/External Subdomain Advertise with Us
https://indystar.newspapers.com/External Subdomain Archives
http://puzzles.usatoday.com/External Subdomain Crosswords
https://www.usatoday.com/comics/External Subdomain Comics
https://profile.indystar.com/n...External Subdomain Newsletters
https://connect.indystar.com/External Subdomain Connect With Us
/for-subscribers/For Subscribers
/contributor-content/Contributor Content
/news/israel-war-hamas/Israel War
/lifestyle/home-garden-ideas/Home & Garden Ideas
https://eu.indystar.com/Text duplicate IMG-ALT The Indianapolis Star
/story/entertainment/2024/08/1...'Good Bones: New Beginnings' starts with Martinsville lakehouse reno
IMG-ALT 'Good Bones: New Beginnings' starts with Martinsville lakehouse reno
/story/money/2024/08/15/bath-a...Bath & Body Works to drop new Stranger Things Chapter 2 collection
IMG-ALT Bath & Body Works to drop new Stranger Things Chapter 2 collection
/story/sports/basketball/wnba/...Indianapolis 'the perfect host' to celebrate WNBA in 2025 All-Star Game
IMG-ALT Indianapolis 'the perfect host' to celebrate WNBA in 2025 All-Star Game
/story/sports/college/indiana/...IU football receiver Donaven McCulley is ready to play angry IU
/story/sports/nfl/colts/2024/0...Marvin Harrison Jr. chases identity in the place his dad became a star Colts
/story/news/local/hamilton-cou...'Complete disaster': Westfield rejects over 100 townhomes near Grand Park westfield
/story/entertainment/dining/20...It's (finally) cooling down. Here are 11 place to dine outside. Out To Eat
/story/opinion/2024/08/15/univ...Here's how we can bring free, universal preschool to Indiana Opinion
IMG-ALT Here's how we can bring free, universal preschool to Indiana
/story/sports/high-school/all-...HS football: 2024 IndyStar Super Team offense ALL-USA
IMG-ALT HS football: 2024 IndyStar Super Team offense
/story/sports/basketball/wnba/...3 keys for Fever to finish season in WNBA playoffs Fever
IMG-ALT 3 keys for Fever to finish season in WNBA playoffs
/story/sports/nfl/colts/2024/0...Colts camp: Anthony Richardson, Michael Pittman Jr. torch Cardinals Colts
IMG-ALT Colts camp: Anthony Richardson, Michael Pittman Jr. torch Cardinals
/story/entertainment/2024/08/1...AGT results show: Did Richard Goodall advance to the semifinals? Things To Do
IMG-ALT AGT results show: Did Richard Goodall advance to the semifinals?
/story/sports/high-school/2024...Hall of Fame coach dies: 'They threw away the mold with Larry Angle.' High School
IMG-ALT Hall of Fame coach dies: 'They threw away the mold with Larry Angle.'
/story/news/crime/2024/08/14/c...Ex-Indy-area high school wrestling coach arrested for child seduction Public Safety
IMG-ALT Ex-Indy-area high school wrestling coach arrested for child seduction
/story/entertainment/2024/08/1...Nostalgic for McDonald's collectible glasses? Don't be. Things To Do
IMG-ALT Nostalgic for McDonald's collectible glasses? Don't be.
/story/news/education/2024/08/...IREAD results show Indiana schools improving. See how your school did Education
IMG-ALT IREAD results show Indiana schools improving. See how your school did
/story/sports/high-school/2024...Yes, those are gold and silver medals in hallways of Carmel High High School
IMG-ALT Yes, those are gold and silver medals in hallways of Carmel High
/story/entertainment/2024/08/1...Terre Haute janitor covers Michael Bolton hit on 'America's Got Talent' Things To Do
IMG-ALT Terre Haute janitor covers Michael Bolton hit on 'America's Got Talent'
https://help.indystar.com/External Subdomain Help
https://cm.indystar.com/terms/External Subdomain Terms of Service
https://cm.indystar.com/about-...External Subdomain Subscription Terms & Conditions
https://cm.indystar.com/privacy/External Subdomain Privacy Policy
https://www.indystar.com/sitemap/External Subdomain Site Map
http://cm.indystar.com/accessi...External Subdomain Accessibility
http://cm.indystar.com/ethical...External Subdomain Our Ethical Principles
https://www.gannett.com/respon...External Subdomain Responsible Disclosure
http://cm.indystar.com/your-pr...External Subdomain Your Privacy Choices
https://www.facebook.com/india...External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/indystarExternal No Text
http://instagram.com/indystar/External IMG-ALT instagram logo
http://www.linkedin.com/compan...External Subdomain No Text
http://www.pinterest.com/indys...External Subdomain No Text

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
The checked page does not redirect to another URL.
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 is excellent with 0.02 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (161 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
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x-robots-tagnoindex, nofollow
gannett-debug-pathregion: east
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accept-rangesbytes
dateThu, 15 Aug 2024 14:42:14 GMT
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x-served-bycache-fra-etou8220145-FRA
x-cacheHIT
x-cache-hits1
x-timerS1723732934.186044,VS0,VE1
set-cookie66 Characters
varyAccept-Encoding
content-length36883
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 3,358 referring domains.
This page has 53,953 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,651 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

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High36%Check
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