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Meta information
77% 
Page quality
54% 
Page structure
79% 
Link structure
68% 
Server
45% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.40 s
File size
25.40 kB
Words
612
Media files
20
Number of links
76 internal / 53 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
LA Observed front page
The length of the page title is perfect. (213 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
No canonical link is specified.
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)
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 character encoding is not specified in the HTTP header.
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

NameValue
generatorMovable Type Pro 4.25
langen
fb:admins697190907
og:titleLA Observed
og:typeblog
og:urlhttp://www.laobserved.com
og:imagehttp://www.laobserved.com/lao-logo.gif
og:site_nameLA Observed
og:descriptionLos Angeles media, politics, business and place
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
Only 2 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
This page contains 612 words. That's ok.
30.6% of the text are stop words.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 20 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No viewpoint tag is provided.
No 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 12 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)
The HTTPS protocol for secure data transmission is not used.

Media list

URLAlt attributeTitle
http://www.laobserved.com/lao-logo-blue.gifLA Observed logo
/assets/native-intell-button.gifnative-intell-button.gif
/veronique-button.gifveronique-button.gif
/boyarsky-button.gifboyarsky-button.gif
http://www.laobserved.com/gary-button.gifgary-button.gif
...um1-staff-grab-thumb-1736x1444-32260.jpgspectrum1-staff-grab.jpg
...2012/09/bill-300-thumb-300x207-15838.jpgbill-300.jpg
...anson-eyes-cover-thumb-451x301-32210.jpgmanson-eyes-cover.jpg
...he_present_photo-thumb-800x450-32337.jpgthe_present_photo.jpg
...anson-eyes-cover-thumb-451x301-32210.jpgmanson-eyes-cover.jpg
...doug-jeffe-mecoy-thumb-770x626-32120.jpgdoug-jeffe-mecoy.jpg
...p 7-13-20 - Copy-thumb-545x481-32340.jpgSoCalEd outage map 7-13-20 - Copy.JPG
...-ribboncutting -thumb-1200x863-32217.jpgLAO__coliseum-ribboncutting .jpg
http://www.laobserved.com/tch-ad.jpgTotal Choice Hosting

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.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H3 If you can't stand the heat...
H3 Fired up
H3 Talk to me
H3 'The Present'...and the fuzzy future of L.A. theater
H3 The sea is dying, the art lives
H3 The company of one
H3 Closing the social distance
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 (53) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
http://www.laobserved.com/Subdomain IMG-ALT LA Observed logo
https://twitter.com/LAObservedExternal LA Observed Twitter feed
https://twitter.com/LAObserved...External Tweets by LAObserved
http://www.nytimes.com/External Subdomain New York Times
http://www.washingtonpost.com/External Subdomain Washington Post
http://online.wsj.com/public/usExternal Subdomain Wall Street Journal
http://www.cnn.com/External Subdomain CNN
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/External Subdomain BBC
http://www.theguardian.com/usExternal Subdomain The Guardian
https://www.theatlantic.com/External Subdomain The Atlantic
http://www.foxnews.com/External Subdomain Fox News
http://www.msnbc.com/External Subdomain MSNBC
http://www.latimes.com/External Subdomain Los Angeles Times
http://www.dailynews.com/External Subdomain Daily News
https://www.kpcc.org/External Subdomain KPCC News
https://laist.com/External LAist
http://www.labusinessjournal.com/External Subdomain LA Business Journal
https://urbanize.city/la/External Urbanize LA
https://www.planningreport.com/External Subdomain The Planning Report
http://www.laopinion.com/External Subdomain La Opinión
http://www.ocregister.com/External Subdomain OC Register
http://cbs2.com/External 2
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/n...External Subdomain 4
http://www.ktla.com/External Subdomain 5
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/indexExternal Subdomain 7
http://www.myfoxla.com/External Subdomain 11
http://www.univision.com/los-a...External Subdomain 34
http://www.telemundo52.com/External Subdomain 52
https://calmatters.org/External CALmatters
https://www.politico.com/External Subdomain Politico
http://www.sacbee.com/External Subdomain Sacramento Bee
http://rtumble.com/External Rough and Tumble
http://money.cnn.com/media/External Subdomain CNN Media
http://www.niemanlab.org/External Subdomain Nieman Journalism Lab
https://www.poynter.org/news/External Subdomain Poynter
https://www.perfectreplica.io/External Subdomain Perfect
http://www.cjr.org/External Subdomain CJR
https://www.lamag.com/External Subdomain Los Angeles magazine
https://la.eater.com/External Subdomain Eater LA
https://www.kcrw.com/External Subdomain KCRW
https://www.kcet.org/External Subdomain KCET
https://www.lataco.com/"External Subdomain LA Taco
https://lareviewofbooks.org/External LA Review of Books
https://www.zocalopublicsquare...External Subdomain Zocalo Public Square
http://www.ladowntownnews.com/External Subdomain Downtown News
https://www.theeastsiderla.com/External Subdomain Eastsider
http://www.deadlinehollywoodda...External Subdomain Deadline
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/External Subdomain THR
http://www.variety.com/External Subdomain Variety
http://www.indiewire.com/External Subdomain IndieWire |
http://www.thewrap.com/External Subdomain The Wrap
https://theankler.com/External The Ankler
/intell-test/2020/07/if_you_ca...Subdomain IMG-ALT SoCalEd outage map 7-13-20 - Copy.JPG
/intell-test/2020/07/if_you_ca...Subdomain If you can't stand the heat...
/intell-test/2020/06/fired_up.phpSubdomain IMG-ALT Sunset2 6-25-20 - Copy.jpg
/intell-test/2020/06/fired_up.phpSubdomain Fired up
/intell-test/2020/06/talk_to_m...Subdomain Talk to me
/intell-test/2020/05/the_prese...Subdomain IMG-ALT the_present_photo.jpg
/intell-test/2020/05/the_prese...Subdomain 'The Present'...and the fuzzy future of L.A. theater
/intell-test/2020/05/the_sea_i...Subdomain IMG-ALT Slab City2 5-14-20 - Copy.JPG
/intell-test/2020/05/the_sea_i...Subdomain The sea is dying, the art lives
/intell-test/2020/03/the_compa...Subdomain IMG-ALT nps marmot2.jpg
/intell-test/2020/03/the_compa...Subdomain The company of one
/intell-test/2020/03/closing_t...Subdomain IMG-ALT Jewish Rye St. Patrick3 3-8-20 - Copy.jpg
/intell-test/2020/03/closing_t...Subdomain Closing the social distance
/intell-testSubdomain IMG-ALT native-intell-button.gif
http://www.laobserved.com/malibu/Subdomain IMG-ALT veronique-button.gif
/boyarskySubdomain IMG-ALT boyarsky-button.gif
/writers/garyleonard.phpSubdomain IMG-ALT gary-button.gif
/boyarsky/2019/12/i_drove_into...Subdomain Can Spectrum News 1 capture diverse L.A?
/intell/2019/11/my_herald_exam...Subdomain My Herald Examiner days
/intell/2019/09/goodbye_downto...Subdomain Goodbye, Downtown L.A.: One heck of a ride comes to an end
/intell/2019/08/jury_speaks_lo...Subdomain Jury speaks loudly in Simers v. The Los Angeles Times
/boyarsky/2019/08/one_of_the_m...Subdomain A top LA Times editor says task is "daunting"
/media.phpSubdomain Media page
/mediapeople.phpSubdomain Media people
/latimes.phpSubdomain LA Times
/television.phpSubdomain TV
/radio.phpSubdomain Radio
/magazines.phpSubdomain Magazines
/boyarsky/2020/01/one_of_the_m...Subdomain SB 50: It will be a fight to remember
/boyarsky/2019/11/the_philosop...Subdomain The Philosopher Mayor
/boyarsky/2019/11/_when_i_came...Subdomain USC's Crosstown: Saving L.A. by the numbers
/boyarsky/2019/10/if_we_dont_a...Subdomain Supervisor Barger worries about the homeless
/boyarsky/2019/09/larry_mantle...Subdomain Galperin's numbers fall short of telling homeless story
/politics.phpSubdomain Politics page
/writers/billboyarsky.phpSubdomain Bill Boyarsky columns
/intell/2019/08/book_excerpt_c...Subdomain Book excerpt: The press and the Charles Manson murders
/intell/2019/04/getting_into_s...Subdomain Getting into sheep shape in La Quinta
/archive/2019/04/in_on_merit_a...Subdomain 'In on merit' at USC
/intell/2019/03/fallen_tree.phpSubdomain Fallen tree
/intell/2019/02/view_property_...Subdomain Prepping for the super bloom at Anza-Borrego
/intell/2019/02/climate_change...Subdomain Climate change in the Coachella Valley
/place.phpSubdomain LA Observed Place page
/intell/2020/05/the_presentand...Subdomain Text duplicate 'The Present'...and the fuzzy future of L.A. theater
/intell/2020/05/the_sea_is_dyi...Subdomain Text duplicate The sea is dying, the art lives
/intell/2020/03/a_haunting_loo...Subdomain A haunting look back at the Weimar Republic
/intell/2020/02/meet_jane_doea...Subdomain Meet Jane Doe...and '$5 Shakespeare'
/intell/2020/01/breakouts_from...Subdomain Breakouts from Kennedy Center to Disney Hall
/arts.phpSubdomain LA Observed Arts page
/intell/2019/08/book_excerpt_c...Subdomain Text duplicate Book excerpt: The press and the Charles Manson murders
/intell/2019/07/toni_morrison_...Subdomain Toni Morrison in 2008
/intell/2019/02/rats_demon_cat...Subdomain Rats, demon cats and politicians from LA to Washington
/intell/2019/02/madeleine_albr...Subdomain Madeleine Albright
/intell/2018/10/kwame_anthony_...Subdomain Kwame Anthony Appiah
/books.phpSubdomain Books and Authors page
/boyarsky/2019/04/doug_jeffe_a...Subdomain Doug Jeffe: a remembrance
/archive/2018/07/jonathan_gold...Subdomain Jonathan Gold, LA's preeminent food writer, has died at 57
/intell/2018/07/joel_harlan.phpSubdomain Harlan Ellison, dangerous visionary
/boyarsky/2018/06/murray_froms...Subdomain Murray Fromson, a fighter to the end
/archive/2017/12/cory_iverson_...Subdomain Cory Iverson, 32, California firefighter dies on Thomas Fire
/obits.phpSubdomain Obits page and archive
/intell/2020/07/if_you_cant_st...Subdomain Text duplicate If you can't stand the heat...
/intell/2020/06/fired_up.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Fired up
/intell/2019/12/winter_white.phpSubdomain Winter white
/intell/2019/02/climate_change...Subdomain Text duplicate Climate change in the Coachella Valley
/intell/2017/06/pray_for_us.phpSubdomain Pray for us
/weather.phpSubdomain Weather and climate page
/intell/2019/08/coliseum_resto...Subdomain Coliseum restoration celebration
/intell/2019/08/jury_speaks_lo...Subdomain Text duplicate Jury speaks loudly in Simers v. The Los Angeles Times
/intell/2019/07/dodger_stadium...Subdomain Dodger Stadium unveiling
/intell/2019/03/partner_practi...Subdomain Partner practice makes perfect
/intell/2019/03/local_kid_make...Subdomain Local kid makes an impression at the BNP Paribas Open
/sports.phpSubdomain LA Observed Sports page
http://www.totalchoicehosting....External Subdomain IMG-ALT Total Choice Hosting
/pages/about-the-site.phpSubdomain About LA Observed
/masthead.phpSubdomain Masthead
/archives.phpSubdomain Archive
https://twitter.com/LAObservedExternal Twitter

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
The checked page does not redirect to another URL.
HTTP header
(Important)
The used PHP version is outdated and may be a security risk.
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is excellent with 0.40 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (25 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
x-powered-byPHP/5.3.29
content-encodinggzip
varyAccept-Encoding
content-typetext/html
dateWed, 14 May 2025 18:24:52 GMT
serverApache
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 69 referring domains.
This page has 865 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 65 different ip addresses.

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