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Meta information
78% 
Page quality
80% 
Page structure
67% 
Link structure
61% 
Server
95% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.49 s
File size
119.80 kB
Words
587
Media files
12
Number of links
90 internal / 26 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Home • NC Newsline
The page title is too short. (188 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
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)
https://ncnewsline.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
(Somewhat important)
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
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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)
Only 2 paragraph/s was/were found on this page.
This page contains 587 words. That's ok.
24.5% 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 25 words is good.
Frames
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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 12 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
4 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
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

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...80246-scaled-e1741104680670-1024x768.jpgUnion demonstrators with signs reading “I Am Not A Robot” and “Vote Yes” rally across the street from an Amazon shipping facility.
...uploads/2025/05/marjorietaylorgreene.jpgU.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks about her bill renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America"
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Page structure

H1 heading
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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 31 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 Latest From The Newsroom
H2 Commentary
H2 The Pulse
H2 More News
H2 Stories and voices that matter
H2 States Newsroom
H2 Fair. Fearless. Free.
H3 NC House gears up for budget talks, with higher state worker raises in mind
H3 Momnibus Act aims to improve maternal health nationally despite budget cuts
H3 Amazon labor organizers challenge union election loss, alleging employer coercion
H4 Trump again tries to defund NPR and PBS, sparking a new congressional battle
H4 Federal appeals court panel grills attorneys for North Carolina over felon voting statute
H4 Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to end humanitarian protections for migrants from 4 nations
H4 North Carolina legislature has passed key ‘crossover’ deadline. Catch up on bills’ progress.
H4 NC House approves camping ban bill despite concerns about costs, criminalizing homelessness
H4 FEMA leader ousted, one day after publicly opposing agency’s elimination
H4 New state elections board embarrasses with shameful treatment of executive director
H4 NC’s election integrity and the GOP
H4 The conservative war on science continues in Raleigh
H4 Judge Griffin’s concession in Supreme Court contest doesn’t undo the damage he inflicted
H4 Advocates for improved breast cancer detection draw unlikely allies as bill clears NC House
H4 Lawmakers, faith leaders stress gun safety as permitless concealed carry bills advance
H4 Jefferson Griffin concedes in Supreme Court election
H4 Bill banning camping on public property continues march through the legislature
H4 Gulf of Mexico to be renamed ‘Gulf of America’ under bill passed by U.S. House
H4 Congressional budget agency projects sweeping Medicaid cutbacks in states under GOP plans
H4 Federal judge: Deportations to Libya, Saudi Arabia would ‘clearly violate’ court order
H4 NC Senate approves 20 bills in final votes before crossover deadline
H4 NC Housing Coalition joins nationwide challenge to AmeriCorps funding cuts
H4 ABOUT US
H6 Democracy Toolkit //
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.
2 links don't have an anchor text.
There are 3 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are too many external links (26) on this page.

Found links on this page

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/category/podcasts/Podcasts
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https://ncnewsline.com/No Text
https://statesnewsroom.com/New window External Part of States Newsroom
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https://www.instagram.com/ncne...New window External Subdomain No Text
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/author/elisha-brown/Elisha Brown
A-TITLE Posts by Elisha Brown
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/2025/05/10/north-carolina-ama...Amazon labor organizers challenge union election loss, alleging employer coercion
/author/bkingdollar/Brandon Kingdollar
A-TITLE Posts by Brandon Kingdollar
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/author/jennifer-shutt/Jennifer Shutt
A-TITLE Posts by Jennifer Shutt
/2025/05/09/federal-appeals-co...Federal appeals court panel grills attorneys for North Carolina over felon voting statute
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A-TITLE Posts by Brandon Kingdollar
/2025/05/09/repub/trump-asks-u...Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to end humanitarian protections for migrants from 4 nations
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A-TITLE Posts by Ariana Figueroa
/2025/05/09/north-carolina-leg...North Carolina legislature has passed key ‘crossover’ deadline. Catch up on bills’ progress.
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A-TITLE Posts by Galen Bacharier
/2025/05/09/nc-house-approves-...NC House approves camping ban bill despite concerns about costs, criminalizing homelessness
/author/gchildress/Greg Childress
A-TITLE Posts by Greg Childress
/2025/05/08/repub/fema-leader-...FEMA leader ousted, one day after publicly opposing agency’s elimination
/author/jennifer-shutt/Text duplicate Jennifer Shutt
A-TITLE Posts by Jennifer Shutt
https://ncnewsline.com/subscribeGET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE
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/2025/05/12/new-state-election...New state elections board embarrasses with shameful treatment of executive director
/author/rob/Rob Schofield
A-TITLE Posts by Rob Schofield
/2025/05/12/ncs-election-integ...NC’s election integrity and the GOP
/author/johnc/John Cole
A-TITLE Posts by John Cole
/2025/05/09/the-conservative-w...The conservative war on science continues in Raleigh
/author/rob/Text duplicate Rob Schofield
A-TITLE Posts by Rob Schofield
/2025/05/08/judge-griffins-con...Judge Griffin’s concession in Supreme Court contest doesn’t undo the damage he inflicted
/author/rob/Text duplicate Rob Schofield
A-TITLE Posts by Rob Schofield
https://ncnewsline.com/commentaryTrivial anchor text
READ MORE
https://ncnewsline.com/briefsThe Pulse
/briefs/advocates-for-improved...Advocates for improved breast cancer detection draw unlikely allies as bill clears NC House
/author/clayton-henkel/Clayton Henkel
A-TITLE Posts by Clayton Henkel
/briefs/lawmakers-faith-leader...Lawmakers, faith leaders stress gun safety as permitless concealed carry bills advance
/author/czhu/Christine Zhu
A-TITLE Posts by Christine Zhu
/briefs/jefferson-griffin-conc...Jefferson Griffin concedes in Supreme Court election
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A-TITLE Posts by Rob Schofield
/briefs/bill-banning-camping-o...Bill banning camping on public property continues march through the legislature
/author/gchildress/Text duplicate Greg Childress
A-TITLE Posts by Greg Childress
https://ncnewsline.com/briefsText duplicate Trivial anchor text
READ MORE
/donate/?oa_referrer=frontpageboxYOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT
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/2025/05/08/repub/gulf-of-mexi...Gulf of Mexico to be renamed ‘Gulf of America’ under bill passed by U.S. House
/author/shauneen-miranda/Shauneen Miranda
A-TITLE Posts by Shauneen Miranda
/2025/05/08/repub/congressiona...IMG-ALT an empty hospital bed
/2025/05/08/repub/congressiona...Congressional budget agency projects sweeping Medicaid cutbacks in states under GOP plans
/author/jennifer-shutt/Text duplicate Jennifer Shutt
A-TITLE Posts by Jennifer Shutt
/2025/05/08/repub/immigration-...IMG-ALT Deported migrants queue to receive an essential items bag during the arrival of a group of deported Salvadorans at Gerencia de Atención al Migrante
/2025/05/08/repub/immigration-...Federal judge: Deportations to Libya, Saudi Arabia would ‘clearly violate’ court order
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A-TITLE Posts by Ariana Figueroa
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/2025/05/08/nc-senate-approves...NC Senate approves 20 bills in final votes before crossover deadline
/author/czhu/Text duplicate Christine Zhu
A-TITLE Posts by Christine Zhu
/author/bkingdollar/Text duplicate Brandon Kingdollar
A-TITLE Posts by Brandon Kingdollar
/2025/05/08/nc-housing-coaliti...No Text
/2025/05/08/nc-housing-coaliti...NC Housing Coalition joins nationwide challenge to AmeriCorps funding cuts
/author/gchildress/Text duplicate Greg Childress
A-TITLE Posts by Greg Childress
https://ncnewsline.com/newsText duplicate Trivial anchor text
READ MORE
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https://www.ncsbe.gov/votingNew window External Subdomain Voter resources
https://ncleg.gov/New window External Follow legislation at the General Assembly
https://ncleg.gov/FindYourLegi...New window External Find/contact your state legislators and U.S. representative
https://www.senate.gov/states/...New window External Subdomain Contact your U.S. senator
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HTTP redirects
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Performance
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The page response time of 0.49 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 (120 kB).

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This page has 33,027 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 405 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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