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Meta information
70% 
Page quality
93% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
18% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.25 s
File size
258.70 kB
Words
1687
Media files
40
Number of links
238 internal / 35 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Chicago Reader
The page title is too short. (147 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Chicago's alternative nonprofit newsroom. City Life, News & Investigations, Columns & Opinion, Music, Arts & Culture, Film, Food & Drink. Things to do. Nonprofit Guide. Online and print advertising opportunities.
The meta description is too long: 1302 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://chicagoreader.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
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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 is no subdomain.
The domain length is good.
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
(Nice to have)
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.

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 1687 words. That's ok.
27.3% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
21 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 14.82 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 34 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
3 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
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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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...e1729707369600.jpg?resize=1200,800&ssl=1Coronation offers a dystopic view of the end game of patriarchy
...e1729705103730.jpg?resize=1200,801&ssl=1Dystopian equality
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...RGBJPEG-scaled.jpg?resize=1200,900&ssl=1Becoming Paula Modersohn-Becker
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...and-Nina_social.jpg?resize=800,600&ssl=1A dog’s day out
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...3_7f52a38303_h.jpg?resize=1200,900&ssl=1 ‘A common sense problem’ 
...2024/10/dist-5.png?resize=1200,900&ssl=1The Reader’s cheat sheet to the 2024 Chicago school board elections
...in-Final_social.jpg?resize=800,600&ssl=1Scrapyard dead
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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
There is no H1 heading specified.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
There are 56 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 ONE WEEK LEFT FOR BEST OF CHICAGO NOMINATIONS
H2 Some Like It Hot sizzles on tour
H2 theater
H2 Latest Stories
H2 Dixon Romeo – These All Our Kids – The Sit Down hosted by Shawnee Dez
H2 Jacob Kaplan–"Madison Square Hate" – The Ben Joravsky Show
H2 Get the latest issue of the Chicago Reader
H2 Nick Gravenites deserves the same shine as his rock-star friends
H2 Alex E. Chávez transforms tradition on his debut solo album
H2 How to file a complaint against a Chicago police officer
H2 Blue Line blues
H2 Justyna Haluch is the zapiekanka queen of Schiller Woods
H2 News & INVESTIGATIONS
H2 Columns & Opinion
H2 Film
H2 Arts & Culture
H2 Stark comedy
H2 Bottle Fly offers a ‘swampy recipe for queer drama’
H2 Music
H2 CITY LIFE
H2 Food & Drink
H2 Sponsored
H3 Brothers on a boat
H3 Coronation offers a dystopic view of the end game of patriarchy
H3 Dystopian equality
H3 El Hongo Magico’s fungal-forward threads entangle the next Monday Night Foodball
H3 Damager celebrate rock ’n’ roll camaraderie with Forever or Else
H3 Becoming Paula Modersohn-Becker
H3 What is a poll worker?
H3 A dog’s day out
H3 The darkly funny illustrations of Xomeless
H3 ‘A common sense problem’
H3 The Reader’s cheat sheet to the 2024 Chicago school board elections
H3 Scrapyard dead
H3 A note on our Occult Issue
H3 Dead Chicago
H3 Listen to The Ben Joravsky Show
H3 The horror, the horror
H3 Review: Woman of the Hour
H3 Save the Children is saved at CIFF
H3 Jocey y Las Mariachis is a charmer
H3 Babes in the woods
H3 Poets in prose
H3 Heavy Chicago returns with a diverse multigenerational bill
H3 Nineties Japanese trip-hop artist Poison Girl Friend finally comes to Chicago
H3 Stevie Wonder celebrates love, unity, and democracy at the United Center
H3 Metaphysical Shops of Chicago
H3 Kinky canvassing
H3 A black moon rises over Avondale when Piñatta returns to the next Monday Night Foodball
H3 Pepperoni, hot honey, and ricotta pizza at Novel Pizza Cafe
H3 An excerpt from TAXI GIRL, a novel by Maria Schreiber
H3 Demystifying Acupuncture provides answers for the curious skeptic
H3 Help the United Negro College Fund provide scholarships to Illinois students by playing the $200,000! Bingo Tripler!
H3 At the California Clipper, everyone is welcome
H3 Bright Endeavors provides a guiding light for young mothers in Chicago
H3 Art Design Chicago platforms local perspectives and histories through diverse exhibitions and events
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 (35) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://chicagoreader.com/bestNOMINATE NOW
/newsletters-signup/Newsletters
https://donorbox.org/supportch...External Donate
/best-of-chicago-voting/BEST OF CHICAGO
https://chicagoreader.com/news/NEWS
https://chicagoreader.com/life/CITY LIFE
/columns-opinion/COLUMNS & OPINION
/columns-opinion/on-culture/On Culture: Deanna Isaacs
/columns-opinion/on-prisons/On Prisons: Anthony Ehlers
/columns-opinion/on-politics/On Politics: Ben Joravsky
/columns-opinion/opinion/Opinion
/columns-opinion/podcasts/the-...The Sit Down hosted by Shawnee Dez
/columns-opinion/podcasts/ben-...The Ben Joravsky Show
https://chicagoreader.com/music/MUSIC
/earlywarnings-music-listings-...Early Warnings
/music/concert-preview/Concert Previews
/music/music-review/Music Reviews
/music/gossip-wolf/Gossip Wolf
/chicagoans-of-note/Chicagoans of Note
/music/the-secret-history-of-c...The Secret History of Chicago Music
/music/city-of-win-music-chicago/City of Win
/music/music-feature/Music Features
/community-calendar-event-list...Music listings community calendar
/section/arts-culture/ARTS & CULTURE
/section/theater/Theater
/arts-culture/theater/stages-o...Stages of Survival
/arts-culture/ghost-light/Ghost Light by Kerry Reid
/arts-culture/dance/Dance
/section/visual-arts/Visual arts
https://chicagoreader.com/books/Books
/reader-partners/poetry-founda...Poetry Corner
/community-calendar-event-list...Arts listings community calendar
/film-tv/FILM & TV
https://chicagoreader.com/food/FOOD & DRINK
/reader/about/ABOUT
/reader/print-distribution-map/Find a print copy
https://store.chicagoreader.com/External Subdomain Reader Store
http://classifieds.chicagoread...External Subdomain Classifieds
https://store.chicagoreader.co...External Subdomain Print subscriptions
/advertise/Advertise
https://twitter.com/Chicago_Re...External Twitter
https://www.facebook.com/chica...External Subdomain Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/chic...External Subdomain Instagram
https://chicagoreader.com/feedRSS
https://chicagoreader.com/Anchor Skip to content
https://chicagoreader.com/IMG-ALT Chicago Reader
https://chicagoreader.com/Text duplicate Chicago Reader
/newsletters-signup/Text duplicate Newsletters
https://donorbox.org/supportch...External Text duplicate Donate
https://donorbox.org/supportch...External Text duplicate Donate
/best-of-chicago-voting/Text duplicate BEST OF CHICAGO
https://chicagoreader.com/news/Text duplicate NEWS
https://chicagoreader.com/life/Text duplicate CITY LIFE
/columns-opinion/Text duplicate COLUMNS & OPINION
/columns-opinion/on-culture/Text duplicate On Culture: Deanna Isaacs
/columns-opinion/on-prisons/Text duplicate On Prisons: Anthony Ehlers
/columns-opinion/on-politics/Text duplicate On Politics: Ben Joravsky
/columns-opinion/opinion/Text duplicate Opinion
/columns-opinion/podcasts/the-...Text duplicate The Sit Down hosted by Shawnee Dez
/columns-opinion/podcasts/ben-...Text duplicate The Ben Joravsky Show
https://chicagoreader.com/music/Text duplicate MUSIC
/earlywarnings-music-listings-...Text duplicate Early Warnings
/music/concert-preview/Text duplicate Concert Previews
/music/music-review/Text duplicate Music Reviews
/music/gossip-wolf/Text duplicate Gossip Wolf
/chicagoans-of-note/Text duplicate Chicagoans of Note
/music/the-secret-history-of-c...Text duplicate The Secret History of Chicago Music
/music/city-of-win-music-chicago/Text duplicate City of Win
/music/music-feature/Text duplicate Music Features
/community-calendar-event-list...Text duplicate Music listings community calendar
/section/arts-culture/Text duplicate ARTS & CULTURE
/section/theater/Text duplicate Theater
/arts-culture/theater/stages-o...Text duplicate Stages of Survival
/arts-culture/ghost-light/Text duplicate Ghost Light by Kerry Reid
/arts-culture/dance/Text duplicate Dance
/section/visual-arts/Text duplicate Visual arts
https://chicagoreader.com/books/Text duplicate Books
/reader-partners/poetry-founda...Text duplicate Poetry Corner
/community-calendar-event-list...Text duplicate Arts listings community calendar
/film-tv/Text duplicate FILM & TV
https://chicagoreader.com/food/Text duplicate FOOD & DRINK
/reader/about/Text duplicate ABOUT
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https://store.chicagoreader.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Reader Store
http://classifieds.chicagoread...External Subdomain Text duplicate Classifieds
https://store.chicagoreader.co...External Subdomain Text duplicate Print subscriptions
/advertise/Text duplicate Advertise
https://chicagoreader.com/📰 Get the latest issue
/best-of-chicago-voting/🏆 Best of: Nominations open!
/2024-school-board-elections-g...✅ School board voting guide
/contests-giveaways-sweepstake...🎟️ Win tix to The Magic Parlour
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/arts-culture/theater/theater-...IMG-ALT Some Like It Hot sizzles on tour
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/author/kerry-reid/Kerry Reid
/arts-culture/theater/theater-...IMG-ALT Brothers on a boat
/arts-culture/theater/theater-...Theater Review
/arts-culture/theater/theater-...Text duplicate Brothers on a boat
/author/katie-powers/Katie Powers
/arts-culture/theater/theater-...IMG-ALT Coronation offers a dystopic view of the end game of patriarchy
/arts-culture/theater/theater-...Text duplicate Theater Review
/arts-culture/theater/theater-...Text duplicate Coronation offers a dystopic view of the end game of patriarchy
/author/kerry-reid/Text duplicate Kerry Reid
/arts-culture/theater/theater-...IMG-ALT Dystopian equality
/arts-culture/theater/theater-...Text duplicate Theater Review
/arts-culture/theater/theater-...Text duplicate Dystopian equality
/author/emily-mcclanathan/Emily McClanathan
/archive/Latest Stories
/food-drink/monday-night-foodb...IMG-ALT El Hongo Magico’s fungal-forward threads entangle the next Monday Night Foodball
/food-drink/monday-night-foodb...Monday Night Foodball
/food-drink/monday-night-foodb...Text duplicate El Hongo Magico’s fungal-forward threads entangle the next Monday Night Foodball
/author/mike-sula/Mike Sula
/music/gossip-wolf/damager-for...IMG-ALT Damager celebrate rock ’n’ roll camaraderie with Forever or Else
/music/gossip-wolf/Text duplicate Gossip Wolf
/music/gossip-wolf/damager-for...Text duplicate Damager celebrate rock ’n’ roll camaraderie with Forever or Else
/author/tyra-nicole-triche/Tyra Nicole Triche
/author/leor-galil/Leor Galil
/arts-culture/paula-modersohn-...IMG-ALT Becoming Paula Modersohn-Becker
/arts-culture/Arts & Culture
/arts-culture/paula-modersohn-...Text duplicate Becoming Paula Modersohn-Becker
/author/kerry-reid/Text duplicate Kerry Reid
/news-politics/poll-worker-ele...IMG-ALT What is a poll worker?
/news-politics/News & Politics
/news-politics/poll-worker-ele...Text duplicate What is a poll worker?
/author/layla-brown-clark/Layla Brown-Clark
/city-life/feature-city-life/u...IMG-ALT A dog’s day out
/city-life/feature-city-life/Feature
/city-life/feature-city-life/u...Text duplicate A dog’s day out
/author/shira-friedman-parks/Shira Friedman-Parks
/arts-culture/illustrations-of...IMG-ALT The darkly funny illustrations of Xomeless
/arts-culture/Text duplicate Arts & Culture
/arts-culture/illustrations-of...Text duplicate The darkly funny illustrations of Xomeless
/author/lori-waxman/Lori Waxman
/columns-opinion/podcasts/the-...New window The Sit Down with Shawnee Dez
https://rss.art19.com/episodes...New window Nofollow External Subdomain No Text
https://art19.com/shows/the-si...New window Nofollow External Text duplicate The Sit Down hosted by Shawnee Dez
https://rss.art19.com/episodes...External Subdomain Dixon Romeo – These All Our Kids 36:30
https://rss.art19.com/episodes...External Subdomain Olu – Somewhere Anywhere 43:04
/columns-opinion/podcasts/ben-...New window Text duplicate The Ben Joravsky Show
https://art19.com/shows/the-be...New window Nofollow External No Text
https://art19.com/shows/the-be...New window Nofollow External Text duplicate The Ben Joravsky Show
https://art19.com/shows/the-be...External Jacob Kaplan–"Madison Square Hate" 01:01:58
https://art19.com/shows/the-be...External David Faris–Swinging States 48:37
https://art19.com/shows/the-be...External Jason McGrath—Poll Troubles 01:02:03
https://art19.com/shows/the-be...External Alderman Matt Martin—Paying the Bills 01:03:35
https://art19.com/shows/the-be...External Rummana Hussain—Trump Scares Bezos 01:03:48
/tag/vol-54-no-4/New window Get the latest issue of the Chicago Reader
https://www.joemills.com/External Subdomain Joe Mills
https://www.joemills.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Joe Mills
/issues/volume-54-4/New window View/Download the PDF
/tag/vol-54-no-4/New window Read the Issue
https://chicagoreader.com/mapNew window Find a print copy of the Reader.
/music/the-secret-history-of-c...Text duplicate The Secret History of Chicago Music
/music/the-secret-history-of-c...Nick Gravenites deserves the same shine as his rock-star friends
/author/steve-krakow/Steve Krakow
https://chicagoreader.com/music/Music
/music/alex-chavez-sonorous-pr...Alex E. Chávez transforms tradition on his debut solo album
/author/sandra-trevino/Sandra Treviño
/news-politics/Text duplicate News & Politics
/news-politics/file-police-com...How to file a complaint against a Chicago police officer
/author/dmb-d-m-brown/DMB (D-M Brown)
/news-politics/Text duplicate News & Politics
/news-politics/cta-blue-line-s...Blue Line blues
/author/reema-saleh/Reema Saleh
/food-drink/food-drink-feature/Food & Drink Feature
/food-drink/food-drink-feature...Justyna Haluch is the zapiekanka queen of Schiller Woods
/author/mike-sula/Text duplicate Mike Sula
/news-politics/News & INVESTIGATIONS
/news-politics/missing-persons...IMG-ALT ‘A common sense problem’
/news-politics/missing-persons...Text duplicate ‘A common sense problem’
/author/sam-stecklow-invisible...Sam Stecklow, Invisible Institute
/2024-school-board-elections-g...IMG-ALT The Reader’s cheat sheet to the 2024 Chicago school board elections
/2024-school-board-elections-g...Text duplicate The Reader’s cheat sheet to the 2024 Chicago school board elections
/author/adminnewspack/Text duplicate Chicago Reader
/news-politics/von-zirngibl-re...IMG-ALT Scrapyard dead
/news-politics/von-zirngibl-re...Text duplicate Scrapyard dead
/author/paul-dailing/Paul Dailing
/columns-opinion/Columns & Opinion
/columns-opinion/staff-notes/a...IMG-ALT A note on our Occult Issue
/columns-opinion/staff-notes/a...Text duplicate A note on our Occult Issue
/author/charli-renken-2/Charli Renken
/columns-opinion/on-culture/gr...IMG-ALT Dead Chicago
/columns-opinion/on-culture/gr...Text duplicate Dead Chicago
/author/deanna-isaacs/Deanna Isaacs
/columns-opinion/podcasts/ben-...IMG-ALT Listen to The Ben Joravsky Show
/columns-opinion/podcasts/ben-...Text duplicate Listen to The Ben Joravsky Show
/author/ben-joravsky/Ben Joravsky
https://chicagoreader.com/film/Film
/film/the-moviegoer/music-box-...IMG-ALT The horror, the horror
/film/the-moviegoer/music-box-...Text duplicate The horror, the horror
/author/kathleen-sachs/Kat Sachs
/film/movie-review/review-woma...IMG-ALT Review: Woman of the Hour
/film/movie-review/review-woma...Text duplicate Review: Woman of the Hour
/author/noah-berlatsky/Noah Berlatsky
/film/movie-feature/save-the-c...IMG-ALT Save the Children is saved at CIFF
/film/movie-feature/save-the-c...Text duplicate Save the Children is saved at CIFF
/author/aaron-cohen/Aaron Cohen
/arts-culture/Text duplicate Arts & Culture
/arts-culture/theater/theater-...IMG-ALT Jocey y Las Mariachis is a charmer
/arts-culture/theater/theater-...Text duplicate Jocey y Las Mariachis is a charmer
/author/kerry-reid/Text duplicate Kerry Reid
/arts-culture/theater/theater-...IMG-ALT Babes in the woods
/arts-culture/theater/theater-...Text duplicate Babes in the woods
/author/marissa-oberlander/Marissa Oberlander
/arts-culture/theater/theater-...IMG-ALT Poets in prose
/arts-culture/theater/theater-...Text duplicate Poets in prose
/author/kerry-reid/Text duplicate Kerry Reid
/arts-culture/theater/theater-...IMG-ALT Stark comedy
/arts-culture/theater/theater-...Text duplicate Stark comedy
/author/kerry-reid/Text duplicate Kerry Reid
/arts-culture/theater/theater-...IMG-ALT Bottle Fly offers a ‘swampy recipe for queer drama’
/arts-culture/theater/theater-...Text duplicate Bottle Fly offers a ‘swampy recipe for queer drama’
/author/kimzyn-campbell/Kimzyn Campbell
/earlywarnings/Text duplicate IMG-ALT Early Warnings
/community-calendar-event-list...IMG-ALT Music Listings
/community-calendar-event-list...IMG-ALT Arts Listings
/community-calendar-event-list...IMG-ALT Event Calendar
https://chicagoreader.com/music/Text duplicate Music
/music/concert-preview/heavy-c...IMG-ALT Heavy Chicago returns with a diverse multigenerational bill
/music/concert-preview/heavy-c...Text duplicate Heavy Chicago returns with a diverse multigenerational bill
/author/monica-kendrick/Monica Kendrick
/music/concert-preview/poison-...IMG-ALT Nineties Japanese trip-hop artist Poison Girl Friend finally comes to Chicago
/music/concert-preview/poison-...Text duplicate Nineties Japanese trip-hop artist Poison Girl Friend finally comes to Chicago
/author/joshua-kim/Joshua Kim
/music/concert-preview/stevie-...IMG-ALT Stevie Wonder celebrates love, unity, and democracy at the United Center
/music/concert-preview/stevie-...Text duplicate Stevie Wonder celebrates love, unity, and democracy at the United Center
/author/cristalle-bowen/Cristalle Bowen
/city-life/Text duplicate CITY LIFE
/city-life/feature-city-life/m...IMG-ALT Metaphysical Shops of Chicago
/city-life/feature-city-life/m...Text duplicate Metaphysical Shops of Chicago
/author/charli-renken-2/Text duplicate Charli Renken
/author/amber-huff/Amber Huff
/city-life/election-2024-vote-...IMG-ALT Kinky canvassing
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