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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
71% 
Page quality
74% 
Page structure
68% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
31% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
1.42 s
File size
57.90 kB
Words
508
Media files
16
Number of links
86 internal / 6 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Theatre In Chicago - Your Source For Plays In Chicago - Chicago Plays
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 642 pixels long. Optimize title
There are word repetitions in the page title.
Meta description
(Critically important)
Theatre In Chicago is your source for whats on stage in Chicago. It includes a comprehensive list of plays in the Chicago area theaters.
The length of the meta description is perfect. (832 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
Server location: United States of America
The language is not specified in the HTML markup.
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)
No doctype markup was found.
Favicon
(Nice to have)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width
descriptionTheatre In Chicago is your source for whats on stage in Chicago. It includes a comprehensive list of plays in the Chicago area theaters.
keywordschicago, theater, theatre, plays, stages, stage, previews, reviews, calendar, listings, goodman, steppenwolf, broadway, schedule, childrens
google-site-verificationJT9WK20A8gMhL8tcSai3D9maqlYG_Q3UAHL4DAy2zVA
Content-Typetext/html; charset=UTF-8
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
This page contains 508 words. That's ok.
27.8% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
7 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.
The average number of words per sentence of 24.8 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
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 10 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)
At least one javascript file was found, which is not integrated via HTTPS.
This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.

Media list

URLAlt attributeTitle
/images/main/tic_logo.gifTheatre In Chicago
...s-cadillac-palace-theatre-in-chicago.jpgLes Miserables
/styles/arrow.pngarrow
...avaaz-at-chicago-shakespeare-theater.jpgAvaaz at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
/styles/arrow.pngarrow
...articles/northlight-theatre-new-home.jpgNorthlight Theatre new home
/styles/arrow.pngarrow
/images/play/master-of-magic-chicago.jpgXavier Mortimer: Master Of Magic at CIBC Theatre
/styles/arrow.pngarrow
/images/play/clue-cibc-theatre-chicago.jpgClue in Chicago
/styles/arrow.pngarrow
...liet-cadillac-palace-theatre-chicago.jpg& Juliet coming back to Chicago
/styles/arrow.pngarrow
/logo-footer.pngTheatre in Chicago logo
/images/main/youtube-theatreinchicago.pngNo alt attribute provided
/images/main/twitter-theatreinchicago.pngNo alt attribute provided

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.
There are 30 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 Your Source For What's on Stage in the Chicago Area
H3 Featured Show
H3 Opening Soon
H3 Closing Soon
H3 Performance Spotlight
H3 Recent Theatre News
H3 Explore More
H3 Other Sites
H4 Les Miserables
H4 Brad Williams: Tour '24
H4 Kathy Griffin: My Life On The PTSD-List
H4 Kevin Hart: Acting My Age
H4 Shucked
H4 Glassheart
H4 Andrew Santino: Freeze Peach Tour
H4 Fat Ham
H4 The Smuggler
H4 The Nutcracker
H4 Manual Cinema's Christmas Carol
H4 Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
H4 The House Without a Christmas Tree
H4 The Beatrix Potter Holiday Party
H4 The Long Christmas Dinner
H4 Portal-Prov!
H4 Who's Holiday!
H4 Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents Avaaz
H4 Northlight Theatre announces plans for new home in Evanston
H4 Magician Xavier Mortimer to Bring His "Master of Magic" to Chicago
H4 Was it Colonel Mustard? Cult Classic 'Clue' Brings Murder and Mayhem to Chicago Stage
H4 & Juliet set for Return to Chicago in 2026
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.
There are 6 links with a trivial anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 6 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.theatreinchicago.com/IMG-ALT Theatre In Chicago
/nowplayingrs.phpNow Playing
/reviewlistings.phpReviews
/tictix.phpHalf-Price Tickets
/search.phpAdvanced Search
https://www.theatreinchicago.com/Subdomain Home
/nowplayingrs.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Now Playing
/comingsoonrs.phpSubdomain Coming Soon
/tictix.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Half-Price Tickets
/reviewlistings.phpSubdomain Review Round-Up
/tictop.phpSubdomain Top Rated Plays
/broadwayinchicago.phpSubdomain Broadway In Chicago
/childrens.phpSubdomain Children's Shows
/newslistingsrs.phpSubdomain Performance Spotlight
/newswirers.phpSubdomain Chicago Theatre News
/opening/openingnight.phpSubdomain Opening Night Calendar
/seatingcharts.phpSubdomain Seating Charts
/eat.phpSubdomain Restaurant Guide
/auditions/Subdomain Auditions
/holidayplays.phpSubdomain Holiday Plays
/les-miserables/5422/IMG-ALT Les Miserables
/les-miserables/5422/Text duplicate Les Miserables
/theatre/cadillac-palace-theat...Cadillac Palace Theatre
/playdetail.php?playID=5422Trivial anchor text
Read More
IMG-ALT arrow
/brad-williams-tour-24/12549/Brad Williams: Tour '24
/theatre/chicago-theatre/103/Chicago Theatre
/kathy-griffin-my-life-on-the-...Kathy Griffin: My Life On The PTSD-List
/theatre/chicago-theatre/103/Text duplicate Chicago Theatre
/kevin-hart-acting-my-age/12645/Kevin Hart: Acting My Age
/theatre/chicago-theatre/103/Text duplicate Chicago Theatre
/shucked/12623/Shucked
/theatre/cibc-theatre/54/CIBC Theatre
/glassheart/12466/Glassheart
/theatre/city-lit-theater/12/City Lit Theater
/andrew-santino-freeze-peach-t...Andrew Santino: Freeze Peach Tour
/theatre/chicago-theatre/103/Text duplicate Chicago Theatre
/fat-ham/12507/Fat Ham
/theatre/goodman-theatre/61/Goodman Theatre
/the-smuggler/12359/The Smuggler
/theatre/broadway-armory/242/Broadway Armory
/the-nutcracker/11268/The Nutcracker
/theatre/lyric-opera/76/Lyric Opera
/manual-cinemas-christmas-caro...Manual Cinema's Christmas Carol
/theatre/the-studebaker-theate...The Studebaker Theater
/rodgers-hammersteins-cinderel...Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
/theatre/marriott-theatre/19/Marriott Theatre
/the-house-without-a-christmas...The House Without a Christmas Tree
/theatre/bramble-arts-loft/435/Bramble Arts Loft
/the-beatrix-potter-holiday-pa...The Beatrix Potter Holiday Party
/theatre/the-station/331/The Station
/the-long-christmas-dinner/12738/The Long Christmas Dinner
/theatre/bramble-arts-loft/435/Text duplicate Bramble Arts Loft
/portal-prov/11606/Portal-Prov!
/theatre/otherworld-theatre/352/Otherworld Theatre
/whos-holiday/11287/Who's Holiday!
/theatre/theater-wit/230/Theater Wit
/news.php?articleID=958IMG-ALT Avaaz at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
/news.php?articleID=958Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents Avaaz
/theatre/chicago-shakespeare-t...Subdomain Chicago Shakespeare Theater
/avaaz/12521/Subdomain Avaaz
/news.php?articleID=958Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
IMG-ALT arrow
/news.php?articleID=957IMG-ALT Northlight Theatre new home
/news.php?articleID=957Northlight Theatre announces plans for new home in Evanston
/theatre/northlight-theatre/24/Subdomain Northlight Theatre
/news.php?articleID=957Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
IMG-ALT arrow
/newswire.php?newsID=10513IMG-ALT Xavier Mortimer: Master Of Magic at CIBC Theatre
/newswire.php?newsID=10513Magician Xavier Mortimer to Bring His "Master of Magic" to Chicago
/xavier-mortimer-master-of-mag...Subdomain Xavier Mortimer:...
/newswire.php?newsID=10513Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
IMG-ALT arrow
/newswire.php?newsID=10512IMG-ALT Clue in Chicago
/newswire.php?newsID=10512Was it Colonel Mustard? Cult Classic 'Clue' Brings Murder and Mayhem to Chicago Stage
/clue/12651/Subdomain CLUE
/newswire.php?newsID=10512Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
IMG-ALT arrow
/newswire.php?newsID=10511IMG-ALT & Juliet coming back to Chicago
/newswire.php?newsID=10511& Juliet set for Return to Chicago in 2026
/-juliet/12437/Subdomain & Juliet
/newswire.php?newsID=10511Text duplicate Trivial anchor text
Read More
IMG-ALT arrow
https://www.youtube.com/channe...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/theatrechi...New window External No Text
https://www.theatreinchicago.com/Subdomain Text duplicate Home
/aboutus.phpSubdomain About Us/Contact Us
/theatre-newsletter.phpSubdomain Sign Up For Our Newsletter
/nowplayingrs.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Now Playing
/comingsoonrs.phpSubdomain Text duplicate Coming Soon
/tictix.phpSubdomain Half Price Tickets
/comedians-coming-to-chicago.phpSubdomain Comedians Coming To Chicago
/videos.phpSubdomain Videos
/auditions/Subdomain Text duplicate Auditions
https://www.theatreinla.com/External Subdomain Theatre In LA
https://www.theatreindc.com/External Subdomain Theatre In DC
https://www.theatreinnewyork.com/External Subdomain Theatre In New York
https://www.theatreinboston.com/External Subdomain Theatre In Boston

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.theatreinchicago.com/"
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)
This page uses GZip for compressed data transmission.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is slow (1.42 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 (58 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
content-typetext/html
dateThu, 26 Dec 2024 16:31:53 GMT
serverApache
x-powered-byPHP/5.5.38
expiresThu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
cache-controlno-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0
pragmano-cache
set-cookie50 Characters
content-encodinggzip
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 1,853 referring domains.
This page has 35,821 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 743 different ip addresses.

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Theatre In Chicago is your source for whats on stage in Chicago. It includes a comprehensive list of plays in the Chicago area theaters.

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Chicago Area67%Check
Show or theatre65%Check
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Theatre News61%Check
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