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Meta information
100% 
Page quality
92% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
86% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.52 s
File size
184.90 kB
Words
1575
Media files
63
Number of links
301 internal / 19 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The Santa Barbara Independent
The length of the page title is perfect. (291 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Founded in 1986, the Santa Barbara Independent is the leading source for news, arts & entertainment, and lifestyle coverage in the greater Santa Barbara area.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (982 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.independent.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
(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

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 1575 words. That's ok.
24.5% 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.
11 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 15.75 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 32 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
10 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)
This page uses Google authorship information without an image.
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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...24/04/IMG_4421-Large.jpeg?resize=850,530‘Santa Barbara News-Press’ Website Goes to ‘Local Kids’
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...ds/2024/04/Untitled-1.jpg?resize=850,530‘Do Something,’ Santa Barbara Sheriff Challenges Board of Supervisors
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...MAN-TRILOGY-10-Large.jpeg?resize=850,530Review | ‘The Lehman Trilogy’ Brings Artistry and Substance to an American Dream Destroyed
...Indy-4.583-x-6.166-in.png?resize=130,100La Boheme Solstice Sampler Class
...3/CGTQ-West-1.2-SJ-KC.jpg?resize=130,100Stars, Magic...Tango with The Gorczynski Tango Quart
...4/04/RR18_IGposter_v1.png?resize=130,100REEL ROCK Climbing Film Tour comes to I.V. Theater
...tsider_Art_web420x315.jpg?resize=130,100The Theatre Group at SBCC Presents “The Outsider”
...TLEWOMEN_LOGO_FULL_4C.jpg?resize=130,100American Theatre Guild Presents “Little Women”
...uffaro-loc-dawgs_JPG.webp?resize=130,100Loc Dawgs, Lizardsmouth, Mellon Caller
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...2024/03/the-charities.jpg?resize=130,100The Charities
...urday-1200x1200-Mar12.jpg?resize=130,100Car Seat and Booster Check Event
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...780791297_qoimp6hbj-1.jpg?resize=130,100Salsa Night
...oads/2024/04/sblive18.jpg?resize=380,220A Peek at S.B. Funk Zone Live
...ads/2024/04/MG_3545-1.jpg?resize=380,220The Blues and Greys at Santa Barbara’s SOhO Music Club
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...oads/2024/03/IMG_4892.jpg?resize=380,220DJ Duo Forester at Santa Barbara’s SOhO Music Club 
...2024/03/barn-owl-lede.jpg?resize=380,220Owl’s Well That Ends Well: Rescued Barn Owl Returned to Wilds of Goleta
...ads/2024/03/IMG_9931.jpeg?resize=380,220‘Gems of Nature’ Bring Out the Crowds for the 76th Annual Santa Barbara International Orchid Show
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.../04/Untitled-design-1.png?resize=130,100All Booked: Reader Spotlight: Brit
.../20200501-Homeless-01.jpg?resize=130,100Praise the Lord and Pass the Homeless Housing
...04-05-at-10.40.53-AM.jpeg?resize=130,100What’s Behind Low Turnout in Santa Barbara Democratic Primary
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...oads/2024/04/Fresno-2.png?resize=130,100Are Cars the Answer?
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...Granada2024_03-Large.jpeg?resize=130,100Review | Outstanding in the Fields, with Jazz-Colored Lining
...MAN-TRILOGY-10-Large.jpeg?resize=130,100Review | ‘The Lehman Trilogy’ Brings Artistry and Substance to an American Dream Destroyed
...024/04/PHOTO06-Large.jpeg?resize=130,100Review | ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ Is ‘Still’ Worth the Happening
.../2024/04/Untitled-1-2.jpg?resize=130,100Book Review | ‘Nothing Stays Put: The Life and Poetry of Amy Clampitt’ by Willard Spiegelman & ‘Jane Kenyon: The Making of a Poet’ by Dana Greene
.../04/219A9620-2-Large.jpeg?resize=850,530Piroshky Pies Popping Up at Brass Bear Brewing
...24/04/IMG_9913-Large.jpeg?resize=130,100Kings Carey Catches the Spark in Solvang
...0FE8640C0EF8_1_102_o.jpeg?resize=130,100Full Belly Files | Support Your Santa Barbara Winery Now!
...24/03/9R1A6224_9a5c03.jpg?resize=130,100Empty Bowl Gourmet Noodle Bar Celebrates 10 Years of Thai Noodling
...-Sophia-Pixley-Large.jpeg?resize=850,530Dos Pueblos Media and Journalism Students Shine at National Level
...-04-10-at-12.26.35-PM.png?resize=850,530San Marcos Boys’ Volleyball Holds Off Dos Pueblos in Five-Set Thriller
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...stella-mare-los-patos.jpg?resize=130,100French Second Empire Homes in Santa Barbara? Mais Oui!
...AdobeStock_328024819.jpeg?resize=130,100Can We Save the Planet from Plastics?
...BAORPres_MicheleAllyn.jpg?resize=130,100What the Proposed National Association of REALTORS® Settlement Means For You
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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 36 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H3 ‘Santa Barbara News-Press’ Website Goes to ‘Local Kids’
H3 Santa Barbara City Council Caps Cruise Ship Visits at 20 per Year
H3 ‘Do Something,’ Santa Barbara Sheriff Challenges Board of Supervisors
H3 Deltopia 2024 Sees Larger Crowds in Isla Vista, No Major Incidents
H3 Review | ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ Is ‘Still’ Worth the Happening
H3 Review | Outstanding in the Fields, with Jazz-Colored Lining
H3 Review | ‘The Lehman Trilogy’ Brings Artistry and Substance to an American Dream Destroyed
H3 multimedia Stories
H3 Arts & Entertainment
H3 Leslie Zemeckis’s Newest Documentary ‘Grandes Horizontales’ Screens in Exclusive Event
H3 Food & Drink
H3 Piroshky Pies Popping Up at Brass Bear Brewing
H3 Living
H3 Dos Pueblos Media and Journalism Students Shine at National Level
H3 Sports
H3 San Marcos Boys’ Volleyball Holds Off Dos Pueblos in Five-Set Thriller
H3 Real Estate
H3 The Continued Importance of REALTORS®: Navigating Post-NAR Settlement Realties
H3 The Print Issue
H3 Announcements
H3 Contribute
H3 Login
H4 A Peek at S.B. Funk Zone Live
H4 The Blues and Greys at Santa Barbara’s SOhO Music Club
H4 Santa Barbara Cyclist Meets ‘Double Everest’ Challenge
H4 DJ Duo Forester at Santa Barbara’s SOhO Music Club
H4 Owl’s Well That Ends Well: Rescued Barn Owl Returned to Wilds of Goleta
H4 ‘Gems of Nature’ Bring Out the Crowds for the 76th Annual Santa Barbara International Orchid Show
H4 A Black History Month Serenade
H4 League of Women Voters Hosts Candidate Forum for Santa Barbara County 3rd District Supervisor
H4 Readers’ Pictures and Videos Capture February Storm in Santa Barbara
H4 Introducing You Got This! An Indy Parenting Zoom Series | Episode 1: Sarah Powers
H6 Premiere Events
H6 Columns
H6 Opinions
H6 Letters
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.
There are 2 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are 19 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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/?s&category_name=infrastructureSubdomain Infrastructure
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/2024/04/03/tenants-fight-disp...Subdomain Tenants Fight Displacement in Santa Barbara’s West Beach Neighborhood
/?s&category_name=housingSubdomain Housing
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/2024/04/04/police-evacuate-ba...Subdomain Police Evacuate Bank of America in Downtown Santa Barbara Following Bomb Threat
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/2024/04/04/santa-barbara-man-...Subdomain Santa Barbara Man Who Shot at Teens Near Stevens Park Faces Prison Time, Civil Lawsuit
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