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Meta information
93% 
Page quality
77% 
Page structure
74% 
Link structure
76% 
Server
78% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.14 s
File size
64.90 kB
Words
724
Media files
28
Number of links
97 internal / 21 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The Scientist - Science News, Educational Articles, Expert Opinion
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 598 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Your guide to the most essential developments in life sciences
The length of the meta description is perfect. (383 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.the-scientist.com/
There is a valid canonical link 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 prev meta tag on this page.
Rel next URL https://www.the-scientist.com/?page=2
The rel next and prev tags are set correctly.
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
(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)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
These Typos were found:
  • jospeh => Joseph
This page contains 724 words. That's ok.
23.6% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
14 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 18.13 words is good.
Frames
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This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, minimum-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
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The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 14 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
2 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)
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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...small-credit-marzia-munafo-800x560-s.jpgImage of a cancer cell skipping across the water. Image of a cancer cell skipping across the water. 
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...mg/45262/istock-1191730476-800x560-t.jpgSalmonella living within macrophages can survive antibiotic treatment and potentially give rise to resistance by two different mechanisms that slow or arrest their growth.Salmonella living within macrophages can survive antibiotic treatment and potentially give rise to resistance by two different mechanisms that slow or arrest their growth.
...o/72094/aImg/53886/71401-800x560-1-t.jpgImage of a Baobab tree with star trails overhead.Image of a Baobab tree with star trails overhead.
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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Latest
The H1 heading consists of only one word. There should be more information given.
The H1 heading is too short (6 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

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H1 Latest
H2 September 2024, Issue 1
H2 Summer 2024
H2 Skipping Toward Resistance: The Gradual Adaptation of Cancer Cells
H2 Why Pain During Wound Healing May be a Good Sign
H2 A Gene Editing System Corrects Cystic Fibrosis Mutation
H2 Engineered Yeast Brew a Vaccine Adjuvant
H2 Crafting Science Stories for Young Audiences
H3 Introducing a New Version of the Cell Cycle
H4 AN INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE
H4 Quarterly Magazine
H4 Facebook Pages
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.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are 21 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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/tag/immunologyImmunology
/tag/microbiologyMicrobiology
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/tag/physiologyPhysiology
/tag/public-healthPublic Health
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/universityTS University
/page/scientific-servicesScientific Services
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/tag/technique-talksTechnique Talks
/tag/journal-clubJournal Club
/tag/ts-scicommTS SciComm
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/skipping-toward-resistance-th...IMG-ALT Image of a cancer cell skipping across the water. 
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/reporter-cell-line-developmen...Subdomain IMG-ALT Reporter Cell Line Development and Optimization for High Throughput Screening 
/reporter-cell-line-developmen...Subdomain Reporter Cell Line Development and Optimization for High Throughput Screening
/why-pain-during-wound-healing...Why Pain During Wound Healing May be a Good Sign
/a-gene-editing-system-correct...A Gene Editing System Corrects Cystic Fibrosis Mutation
/engineered-yeast-brew-a-vacci...Engineered Yeast Brew a Vaccine Adjuvant
/crafting-science-stories-for-...Crafting Science Stories for Young Audiences
/a-prime-editing-based-approac...IMG-ALT 3D illustration of a DNA molecule with sparkling effects symbolizing.
/a-prime-editing-based-approac...A Prime-Editing Based Approach Records Cellular Genetic History
/tiny-test-tubes-sort-stem-cel...IMG-ALT A micrograph shows grey sickle-shaped nanovials containing single, fluorescent green mesenchymal stem cells. Some of the cells have secreted high levels of m...
/tiny-test-tubes-sort-stem-cel...Tiny Test Tubes Sort Stem Cells for Improved Therapy
/spying-on-the-enemy-using-bac...IMG-ALT Spying on the Enemy: Using Bacteria to Fight Antibiotic Resistance
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/older-oligodendrocytes-live-l...Older Oligodendrocytes Live Longer Despite Damage
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/studying-organ-development-an...Text duplicate Studying Organ Development and Disease Using Organoids
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/slow-bacterial-growth-enables...Slow Bacterial Growth Enables Antibiotic Resistance
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/night-science-podcast-a-walk-...Night Science Podcast: A Walk on Science’s Creative Side
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/exploring-the-gut-microbiome-...Exploring the Gut Microbiome’s Role in Neurodegeneration
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/biotechs-bolster-biosecurity-...Biotechs Bolster Biosecurity to Safeguard the Future of Nucleic Acid Sequencing
/improving-t-cell-tumor-specif...IMG-ALT Improving T Cell Tumor-Specificity Using Single Cell Co-culture
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HTTP redirects
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This page redirects to "https://www.the-scientist.com/"
HTTP header
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The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
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The page response time is slow (1.14 seconds). The response time should be less than 0.4 seconds. Slow websites are bad for search engine bots and also result in bad user experience.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (65 kB).

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External factors

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This page has backlinks from 14,268 different ip addresses.

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