Seattletimes.com - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
80% 
Page quality
38% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
16% 
Server
96% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.44 s
File size
525.50 kB
Words
379
Media files
0
Number of links
197 internal / 39 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The Seattle Times | Local news, sports, business, politics, entertainment, travel, restaurants and opinion for Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 1272 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Local news, sports, business, politics, entertainment, travel, restaurants and opinion for Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (748 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.seattletimes.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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langen-us
twitter:widgets:autoloadoff
twitter:cardsummary
twitter:site@seattletimes
twitter:imagehttps://www.seattletimes.com/wp-content/themes/st_refresh/img/st-meta-twitter.png
fb:app_id2618768518177469
fb:pages38472826214
fb:admins2737159
og:imagehttps://www.seattletimes.com/wp-content/themes/st_refresh/img/st-meta-facebook.png
og:image:height200
og:image:width200
X-UA-CompatibleIE=edge,chrome=1
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
No paragraphs were detected.
There are only 379 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
8.4% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
The file size of the HTML document is very large (525.5 kB).
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" 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 8 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

No media files were found.

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
The H1 heading is empty
Headings
(Important)
There are no headings specified on the page. Headings are important for search engine optimization and help to structure your content.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Empty heading
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.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are too many external links (39) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.seattletimes.com/Anchor Skip to content
https://www.seattletimes.com/Subdomain A-TITLE The Seattle Times
https://www.seattletimes.com/Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE The Seattle Times
/tag/coronavirus/Subdomain Coronavirus
/seattle-news/Local News
/seattle-news/transportation/Traffic Lab
/seattle-news/law-justice/Law & Justice
/seattle-news/politics/Local Politics
/seattle-news/education/Education
/education-lab/Education Lab
/seattle-news/eastside/Eastside
/seattle-news/climate-lab/Subdomain Climate Lab
/seattle-news/environment/Environment
/seattle-news/health/Health
/seattle-news/data/Data
/seattle-news/mental-health/Mental Health
/seattle-news/homeless/Project Homeless
/seattle-news/times-watchdog/Times Watchdog
/business/Business & Tech
/business/boeing-aerospace/Boeing & Aerospace
/business/amazon/Amazon
/business/microsoft/Microsoft
/business/technology/Technology
/business/real-estate/Real Estate
/business/economy/Economy
/tag/artificial-intelligence/Subdomain Artificial Intelligence
/nation-world/Nation & World
/nation-world/nation-politics/Nation & World Politics
/nation-world/oddities/Oddities
/sports/Sports
/sports/seahawks/Seahawks
/sports/mariners/Mariners
/sports/uw-huskies/Huskies
/sports/wsu-cougars/Cougars
/sports/storm/Storm
/sports/kraken/Kraken
/sports/sounders/Sounders
/sports/reign/Reign
/sports/high-school/High School Sports
/sports/sports-on-tv-radio-2/On TV/Radio
/entertainment/Entertainment
/entertainment/movies/Movies
/entertainment/books/Books
/entertainment/music/Music
/entertainment/theater/Theater
/entertainment/classical-music/Classical Music
/entertainment/tv/TV/Streaming
/entertainment/comics/Comics
/entertainment/games/Games & Puzzles
/horoscopes/Subdomain Horoscopes
/life/Life
/life/food-drink/Food & Drink
/life/travel/Travel & Outdoors
/life/wellness/Wellness
/life/pets/Pets
/category/rant-and-rave/Subdomain Rant & Rave
/pacific-nw-magazine/Pacific NW Magazine
/homes-real-estateHomes & Real Estate
/opinion/Opinion
/opinion/editorials/Editorials
/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/Letters to the Editor
/author/david-horsey/David Horsey
/tag/free-press/Subdomain Free Press
/video/Video
A-TITLE Video
/photo-video/Photography
https://obituaries.seattletime...External Subdomain Obituaries
/obituaries/News Obituaries
https://obituaries.seattletime...External Subdomain Paid Obituaries
/latest/Subdomain Latest
/newsletters/Newsletters
https://replica.seattletimes.com/External Subdomain Print Replica
/todays-times/Subdomain Today’s Paper
/tag/inside-the-times/Subdomain Inside The Times
https://theticket.seattletimes...External Subdomain The Ticket
/explore/Explore
http://jobs.seattletimes.com/External Subdomain Jobs
https://www.bestinthepnw.com/External Subdomain Best in the PNW
/seattle-news/weather/Weather
/todays-paperToday's Paper
/newslettersText duplicate Newsletters
https://secure.seattletimes.co...External Subdomain Log In
/subscribe/signup-offers?subso...Subscribe
https://www.seattletimes.com/Subdomain Text duplicate A-TITLE The Seattle Times
/seattle-news/Local
A-TITLE Seattle News
/business/Biz
A-TITLE Seattle Business
/nation-world/Nation
/sports/Text duplicate Sports
A-TITLE Seattle Sports
/entertainment/Text duplicate Entertainment
A-TITLE Seattle Entertainment
/life/Text duplicate Life
A-TITLE Seattle Life
/homes-real-estate/Homes
/opinion/Text duplicate Opinion
A-TITLE Seattle Opinion
https://theticket.seattletimes...External Subdomain Text duplicate The Ticket
http://jobs.seattletimes.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Jobs
/explore/Text duplicate Explore
/seattle-news/Text duplicate Local
/tag/coronavirus/Subdomain Text duplicate Coronavirus
/seattle-news/transportation/Text duplicate Traffic Lab
/seattle-news/homeless/Text duplicate Project Homeless
/seattle-news/law-justice/Text duplicate Law & Justice
/seattle-news/politics/Text duplicate Local Politics
/seattle-news/education/Text duplicate Education
/education-lab/Text duplicate Education Lab
/seattle-news/eastside/Text duplicate Eastside
/seattle-news/environment/Text duplicate Environment
/seattle-news/northwest/Northwest
/seattle-news/data/Text duplicate Data
/seattle-news/health/Text duplicate Health
/seattle-news/times-watchdog/Text duplicate Times Watchdog
/seattle-news/mental-health/Text duplicate Mental Health
/tag/inside-the-times/Subdomain Text duplicate Inside The Times
/obituaries/Text duplicate News Obituaries
/photo-video/Photo & Video
/nation-world/Text duplicate Nation & World
/nation-world/nation-politics/Politics
/nation-world/oddities/Text duplicate Oddities
/business/Business
/business/boeing-aerospace/Boeing
/business/amazon/Text duplicate Amazon
/tag/artificial-intelligence/Subdomain Text duplicate Artificial Intelligence
/business/microsoft/Text duplicate Microsoft
/business/technology/Text duplicate Technology
/business/economy/Text duplicate Economy
/business/real-estate/Text duplicate Real Estate
/sports/Text duplicate Sports
/sports/seahawks/Text duplicate Seahawks
/sports/mariners/Text duplicate Mariners
/sports/uw-huskies/Text duplicate Huskies
/sports/wsu-cougars/Text duplicate Cougars
/sports/storm/Text duplicate Storm
/sports/kraken/Text duplicate Kraken
/sports/sounders/Text duplicate Sounders
/sports/reign/Text duplicate Reign
/sports/high-school/High Schools
/author/matt-calkinsMatt Calkins
/author/mike-vorelMike Vorel
/sports/sports-on-tv-radio-2/Text duplicate On TV/Radio
/entertainment/Text duplicate Entertainment
/entertainment/movies/Text duplicate Movies
/entertainment/books/Text duplicate Books
/entertainment/music/Text duplicate Music
/entertainment/theater/Text duplicate Theater
/entertainment/classical-music/Text duplicate Classical Music
/entertainment/tv/Text duplicate TV/Streaming
/entertainment/comics/Text duplicate Comics
/entertainment/games/Text duplicate Games & Puzzles
/horoscopes/Subdomain Text duplicate Horoscopes
/life/Text duplicate Life
/pacific-nw-magazine/Text duplicate Pacific NW Magazine
/life/food-drink/Text duplicate Food & Drink
/life/wellness/Text duplicate Wellness
/life/home-decor/Home & Decor
/life/pets/Text duplicate Pets
/category/rant-and-rave/Subdomain Text duplicate Rant & Rave
/author/bethany-jean-clementBethany Jean Clement
/life/travel/Travel
/life/outdoors/Outdoors
/category/northwest-hikes/Subdomain Northwest Hikes
/category/travel-in-washington...Subdomain Washington
/category/travel-to-oregon/Subdomain Oregon
/category/travel-to-british-co...Subdomain B.C.
/category/travel-to-hawaii/Subdomain Hawaii
/opinion/Text duplicate Opinion
/opinion/editorials/Text duplicate Editorials
/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/Letters
/category/op-eds/Subdomain Op-Eds
/author/david-horsey/Text duplicate David Horsey
/author/kate-riley/Kate Riley
/author/brier-dudley/Brier Dudley
/author/alex-fryer/Alex Fryer
/author/carlton-winfrey/Carlton Winfrey
/author/claudia-rowe/Claudia Rowe
/tag/free-press/Subdomain Text duplicate Free Press
/newsroom-staff/Columnists
/author/gene-balk-fyi-guyFYI Guy
/author/gabriel-campanario-sea...Seattle Sketcher
/author/danny-westneat/Danny Westneat
/author/naomi-ishisaka/Subdomain Naomi Ishisaka
/author/jon-talton/Jon Talton
https://www.bestinthepnw.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Best in the PNW
https://theticket.seattletimes...External Subdomain Text duplicate The Ticket
http://jobs.seattletimes.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Jobs
http://autos.seattletimes.com/External Subdomain Autos
/explore/nwhomes/Homes Listings
http://classifieds.seattletime...External Subdomain Classifieds
https://obituaries.seattletime...External Subdomain Text duplicate Paid Obituaries
/explore/Text duplicate Explore
/sponsored/Sponsored Posts
http://company.seattletimes.co...External Subdomain Seattle Times Store
/contact/Subdomain Contact
/help/FAQs
https://secure.seattletimes.co...External Subdomain Subscriber Services
https://secure.seattletimes.co...External Subdomain Text duplicate Print Replica
/todays-times/Subdomain Text duplicate Today’s Paper
https://itunes.apple.com/us/ap...External Subdomain iOS App
https://play.google.com/store/...External Subdomain Android App
/latest/Subdomain Text duplicate Latest
/seattle-news/weather/Text duplicate Weather
/todays-paperText duplicate Today's Paper
/newslettersText duplicate Newsletters
https://secure.seattletimes.co...External Subdomain Text duplicate Log In
/subscribe/signup-offers?subso...Text duplicate Subscribe
/type/link/Subdomain COMPANY
https://company.seattletimes.c...External Subdomain About
/contact/Subdomain Text duplicate Contact
https://company.seattletimes.c...External Subdomain Careers
https://stux.wufoo.com/forms/p...External Subdomain Permissions
/newsroom-staff/Subdomain Newsroom Staff
/type/link/Subdomain COMMUNITY
https://nie.seattletimes.com/External Subdomain Newspapers in Education
https://ffn.seattletimes.com/External Subdomain Fund for Those in Need
https://company.seattletimes.c...External Subdomain Investigative Journalism Fund
/type/link/Subdomain Advertise
https://mediasolutions.seattle...External Subdomain Media Solutions
https://contentstudio.seattlet...External Subdomain ST Content Studio
https://classifieds.seattletim...External Subdomain Text duplicate Classifieds
https://jobs.seattletimes.com/...External Subdomain Text duplicate Jobs
https://autos.seattletimes.com/External Subdomain Text duplicate Autos
https://obituaries.seattletime...External Subdomain Text duplicate Obituaries
/type/link/Subdomain SUBSCRIPTION
/subscribe/signup-offers/?subs...Text duplicate Subscribe
https://secure.seattletimes.co...External Subdomain My Account
https://replica.seattletimes.com/External Subdomain Print Replica Login
/todays-times/Subdomain Text duplicate Today’s Paper
https://company.seattletimes.c...External Subdomain Mobile Apps
/help/Subdomain Help/FAQ
/type/link/Subdomain CONNECT
/newsletters/Subdomain Manage Newsletters
https://www.facebook.com/seatt...New window External Subdomain Facebook
https://twitter.com/seattletimesNew window External Twitter
/rss-feeds/Subdomain RSS
https://seattletimes.newsbank....External Subdomain Newspaper Archive Access
/notices/copyright.htmlCopyright © 2024 The Seattle Times
/notices/privacy.htmlPrivacy Statement
/notices/privacy.htmlNotice At Collection
/notices/privacy.htmlDo Not Sell My Personal Information
/notices/terms.htmlTerms of Service

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.seattletimes.com/"
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 of 0.44 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 very large (526 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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servernginx
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strict-transport-securitymax-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
content-security-policydefault-src https: 'unsafe-eval' 'unsafe-inline' data: 'self' blob:; connect-src wss: https: ; object-src 'self' blob: ;
content-encodinggzip
x-varnish102816
accept-rangesbytes
content-length80677
cache-controlmax-age=60
expiresWed, 18 Sep 2024 22:17:22 GMT
dateWed, 18 Sep 2024 22:16:22 GMT
varyAccept-Encoding
set-cookie80 Characters
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 57,096 referring domains.
This page has 2,927,515 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 33,963 different ip addresses.

Links from Wikipedia

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Robots.txt

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# use subject to our Terms of Service here:
# https://www.seattletimes.com/notices/terms.html.
# Use of any device, tool, or process designed to data mine or scrape the content
# using automated means is prohibited without prior written permission from
# The Seattle Times Company. Prohibited uses include but are not limited to:
#the development of any software, machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI),
# and/or large language models (LLMs).
# Contact https://www.seattletimes.com/notices/copyright.html for assistance.
Sitemap: https://www.seattletimes.com/?st-sitemap=index

User-agent: *
Disallow: /cgi-bin
Disallow: /st_above_fold_block/
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Disallow: /81279359/
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Disallow: /life-top-stories/
Disallow: /cap-ami-bentov/
Disallow: /survey-confirmation/
Disallow: /search/?similarto=
Disallow: */page/
Disallow: /wall-mobile/
Disallow: /subscription/
Disallow: /wp-json/
Disallow: /wp-json-cached/
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /*?attachment_id

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Local news, sports, business, politics, entertainment, travel, restaurants and opinion for Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.

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