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Meta information
100% 
Page quality
33% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
61% 
Server
49% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.31 s
File size
540.20 kB
Words
802
Media files
20
Number of links
83 internal / 14 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The latest startup news and analysis from Europe | Sifted
The length of the page title is perfect. (514 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The latest startup news, analysis and in-depth reporting on Europe's founders, investors and operators. Backed by the Financial Times.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (831 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
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 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

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width
robotsindex,follow
descriptionThe latest startup news, analysis and in-depth reporting on Europe's founders, investors and operators. Backed by the Financial Times.
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twitter:site@siftedeu
twitter:creator@siftedeu
og:titleThe latest startup news and analysis from Europe | Sifted
og:descriptionThe latest startup news, analysis and in-depth reporting on Europe's founders, investors and operators. Backed by the Financial Times.
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
The average number of words per sentence of 68 words is high.
This page contains 802 words. That's ok.
25.2% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
3 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.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
This page loads 21 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is very large (540.2 kB).
A viewport "width=device-width" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 16 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
7 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)
No additional page markup was found.
HTTPS
(Somewhat important)
The HTTPS protocol for secure data transmission is not used.

Media list

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...assets.com/60124/1689076939-rss-feed.svgRSS Feed LogoRSS Feed Logo
...f_2.webp?auto=format&fit=max&w=3840&q=75A photo of the Atomico team
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...work.jpg?auto=format&fit=max&w=3840&q=75No alt attribute provided
...ible.jpg?auto=format&fit=max&w=3840&q=75No alt attribute provided
...nder.jpg?auto=format&fit=max&w=3840&q=75Picture of Lena Hackelöer, CEO and founder of Brite Payments
...-1-1.jpg?auto=format&fit=max&w=3840&q=75No alt attribute provided
...aled.jpg?auto=format&fit=max&w=3840&q=75Milda Mitkutė is wearing a white shirt and smiling
...blur.png?auto=format&fit=max&w=3840&q=30No alt attribute provided
...1500.png?auto=format&fit=max&w=3840&q=75No alt attribute provided
...ings.png?auto=format&fit=max&w=3840&q=75No alt attribute provided
...al-2.png?auto=format&fit=max&w=3840&q=75IN-PERSON/ If these walls could talk: Tackling the work-life conundrum for European startups event image
...rgb.png?auto=format&fit=max&w=3840&q=100Sponsor logo
...s-assets.com/60124/1697443751-x-logo.svgX LogoX Logo
...assets.com/60124/1689076682-linkedin.svgLinkedIn LogoLinkedIn Logo
...assets.com/60124/1689076874-facebook.svgFacebook LogoFacebook Logo
...assets.com/60124/1689076939-rss-feed.svgRSS Feed LogoRSS Feed Logo

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
On startup Europe,for startup Europe
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 43 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 On startup Europe,for startup Europe
H2 Top stories
H2 Top stories Duplicate text
H2 Atomico raises $1.24bn to back European startups from Series A and beyond
H2 SoftBank reveals the European AI startups it’s got its eyes on
H2 SoftBank’s 11 European investments since the start of 2023
H2 “The first robotic leg with muscles”: breakthrough announced by European researchers
H2 Advertisement
H2 Deals
H2 Doccla raises a £35m Series B to scale its virtual ward in France and DACH
H2 N26-backer Redalpine closes seventh fund of $200m
H2 Ex-Checkout.com duo raise $4.5m to help platform companies streamline their payments
H2 Thomson Reuters buys UK AI legaltech startup as market heats up
H2 All the latest articles
H2 How to not overhire
H2 Interested in expanding into MENA? Here's how to get access
H2 Billionaires’ body scans: Will longevity clinics ever hit the high-street?
H2 Almost two thirds of startup employees say managers are unprepared to take on the role
H2 First ‘project Vinted’, then ‘project kids’: What’s next for Milda Mitkute, Vinted’s cofounder?
H2 Sign up to Sifted Newsletters
H2 Deep dive with Sifted insights
H2 Merch wars: Why spacetechs are moonlighting as lifestyle brands
H2 Where it’s hard to invest for VCs right now, according to Balderton's Suranga Chandratillake
H2 Community
H2 Podcasts
H3 News
H3 Insights
H3 Newsletters
H3 Events
H3 Company
H3 Sifted Pro
H3 Products
H3 Community Duplicate text
H3 Analysis
H3 Briefings
H3 Reports
H3 Rankings
H3 Upcoming Talks
H3 IN-PERSON/ If these walls could talk: Tackling the work-life conundrum for European startups
H3 Company Duplicate text
H3 Sifted Pro Duplicate text
H3 Products Duplicate text
H3 Community Duplicate text
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.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 14 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
http://sifted.eu/No Text
http://sifted.eu/podcastsPodcasts
http://sifted.eu/No Text
http://sifted.eu/podcastsText duplicate Podcasts
http://sifted.eu/searchSearch
http://sifted.eu/aboutAbout
http://sifted.eu/careersCareers
http://sifted.eu/advertisingAdvertising
https://sifted.eu/controllership/Controllership
http://sifted.eu/cookie-policyCookie Policy
http://sifted.eu/privacy-policyPrivacy policy
/ai-code-of-conductAI Code of Conduct
http://sifted.eu/terms-of-useTerms of use
http://sifted.eu/subscribeSubscribe
/pro/briefings/about~/Briefings
/pro/subscriber-events~/Subscriber Events
http://sifted.eu/scout~/Scout
http://sifted.eu/newsletters~/Newsletters
http://sifted.eu/rankings~/Rankings
/intelligence/reports~/Reports
http://sifted.eu/talks~/Talks
http://sifted.eu/podcasts~/Podcasts
https://summit.sifted.eu/External Subdomain ~/Summit
https://jobs.sifted.eu/?source...External Subdomain Jobs board
https://twitter.com/siftedeuNew window External IMG-ALT X Logo
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain IMG-ALT LinkedIn Logo
https://www.facebook.com/siftedeuNew window External Subdomain IMG-ALT Facebook Logo
/feed/?post_type=articleNew window IMG-ALT RSS Feed Logo
/articles/atomico-1-24-bn-fund...Atomico raises $1.24bn to back European startups from Series A and beyond
/sector/venture-capital/Venture Capital
/articles/softbank-europe-ai-s...SoftBank reveals the European AI startups it’s got its eyes on
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/articles/softbank-european-in...SoftBank’s 11 European investments since the start of 2023
/sector/venture-capital/Text duplicate Venture Capital
/articles/robotic-leg-artifica...“The first robotic leg with muscles”: breakthrough announced by European researchers
/sector/deeptech/Deeptech
/articles/doccla-raises-a-35m-...Doccla raises a £35m Series B to scale its virtual ward in France and DACH
/sector/healthtech/Healthtech
/articles/redalpine-closes-sev...N26-backer Redalpine closes seventh fund of $200m
/sector/venture-capital/Text duplicate Venture Capital
/articles/revenew-checkout-rai...Ex-Checkout.com duo raise $4.5m to help platform companies streamline their payments
https://sifted.eu/sector/fintech/Fintech
/articles/thomson-reuters-buys...Thomson Reuters buys UK AI legaltech startup as market heats up
/sector/deeptech/Text duplicate Deeptech
http://sifted.eu/tag/dealsExplore more
http://sifted.eu/latestText duplicate Explore more
/articles/how-not-to-overhire/How to not overhire
/sector/startup-life/Startup Life
/articles/expanding-into-mena-...Interested in expanding into MENA? Here's how to get access
/sector/startup-life/Text duplicate Startup Life
/articles/billionaires-body-sc...Billionaires’ body scans: Will longevity clinics ever hit the high-street?
/sector/healthtech/Text duplicate Healthtech
/articles/startup-best-and-wor...Almost two thirds of startup employees say managers are unprepared to take on the role
/sector/startup-life/Text duplicate Startup Life
/articles/milda-mitkute-vinted...First ‘project Vinted’, then ‘project kids’: What’s next for Milda Mitkute, Vinted’s cofounder?
/sector/startup-life/Text duplicate Startup Life
http://sifted.eu/latestText duplicate Explore more
/categories/analysisMore Analysis
/articles/spacetech-clothing-s...Merch wars: Why spacetechs are moonlighting as lifestyle brands
/sector/deeptech/Text duplicate Deeptech
/articles/vc-invest-balderton-...Where it’s hard to invest for VCs right now, according to Balderton's Suranga Chandratillake
/sector/venture-capital/Text duplicate Venture Capital
http://sifted.eu/subscribeSubscribe to Pro
/intelligence/reports/rising-1...Text duplicate Explore more
/intelligence/reports/rising-1...No Text
/rankings/the-early-stage-euro...No Text
/rankings/the-early-stage-euro...Text duplicate Explore more
http://sifted.eu/talksText duplicate Explore more
/talks/if-these-walls-could-talkIN-PERSON/ If these walls could talk: Tackling the work-life conundrum for European startups
https://outlook.live.com/owa/?...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://calendar.google.com/ca...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://outlook.live.com/owa/?...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://calendar.google.com/ca...New window External Subdomain No Text
http://sifted.eu/podcastsText duplicate Explore more
http://sifted.eu/aboutText duplicate About
http://sifted.eu/careersText duplicate Careers
http://sifted.eu/advertisingText duplicate Advertising
https://sifted.eu/controllership/Text duplicate Controllership
http://sifted.eu/cookie-policyText duplicate Cookie Policy
http://sifted.eu/privacy-policyText duplicate Privacy policy
/ai-code-of-conductText duplicate AI Code of Conduct
http://sifted.eu/terms-of-useText duplicate Terms of use
http://sifted.eu/subscribeText duplicate Subscribe
/pro/briefings/aboutText duplicate ~/Briefings
/pro/subscriber-eventsText duplicate ~/Subscriber Events
http://sifted.eu/scoutText duplicate ~/Scout
http://sifted.eu/newslettersText duplicate ~/Newsletters
http://sifted.eu/rankingsText duplicate ~/Rankings
/intelligence/reportsText duplicate ~/Reports
http://sifted.eu/talksText duplicate ~/Talks
http://sifted.eu/podcastsText duplicate ~/Podcasts
https://summit.sifted.eu/External Subdomain Text duplicate ~/Summit
https://jobs.sifted.eu/?source...External Subdomain Text duplicate Jobs board
https://twitter.com/siftedeuNew window External Text duplicate IMG-ALT X Logo
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...New window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT LinkedIn Logo
https://www.facebook.com/siftedeuNew window External Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT Facebook Logo
/feed/?post_type=articleNew window Text duplicate IMG-ALT RSS Feed Logo

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
The checked page does not redirect to another URL.
HTTP header
(Important)
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
This page loads 21 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is very large (540 kB).
The page response time is excellent with 0.31 seconds.
This page only loads 2 CSS files. That's ok.

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

Blacklists
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This website is not classified "for adult only".
This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 10,273 referring domains.
This page has 430,217 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 6,567 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

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