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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
82% 
Page quality
66% 
Page structure
45% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
56% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.53 s
File size
241.80 kB
Words
1656
Media files
52
Number of links
114 internal / 18 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
The Journal
The page title is too short. (109 pixels of 580 max pixel length) Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Read, share and shape the news on TheJournal.ie - Breaking Irish and International News
The length of the meta description is perfect. (554 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 prev meta tag on this page.
Rel next URL https://www.thejournal.ie/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
(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 XHTML 1.0 Transitional 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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og:site_nameTheJournal.ie
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are 2 text duplicates on this page:
  • Duplicate: The Explainer is a weekly podcast from TheJournal.ie that takes a deep...
This page contains 1656 words. That's ok.
28.4% of the text are stop words.
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
12 paragraphs were found on this page.
The text content is perfect.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
The average number of words per sentence of 16.44 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No viewpoint tag is provided.
This page loads 13 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
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 33 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
46 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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Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Today's Top Stories
Too many H1 headings
The H1 heading is too short (19 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Today's Top Stories
H1 OJ Simpson, whose trial for the killings of Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman gripped America, has died
H1 Driver in his 20s killed after crash between car and lorry on N25 near Midleton
H1 'Highly likely' more EU states will recognise Palestine, Harris says after von der Leyen meeting
H1 Garda killer Aaron Brady pleads guilty to perverting course of justice during 2020 murder trial
H1 Man (20s) dies in hospital following two-car crash in Kerry last night
H1 Empty heading
H4 Thursday 11 April
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.
45 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are 18 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
/contribute/?mode=recurring&am...€2 a Month
/contribute/?mode=recurring&am...€5 a Month
/contribute/?mode=one-offOne-off amount
https://www.thejournal.ie/irish/Subdomain Irish News
/factcheck/news/Subdomain FactCheck
https://www.thejournal.ie/voices/Subdomain Voices
/climate-change/news/Subdomain Climate Crisis
/ukraine/news/Subdomain Ukraine
/contribute?utm_source=thejour...Support Us
/the-explainer/news/?utm_sourc...Subdomain Weekly Podcast The Explainer The Explainer is a weekly podcast from TheJournal.ie that takes a deeper look at one big news story you need to know about. List...
/climate-newsletter-temperatur...Subdomain Temperature Check
/sign-up-factcheck-newsletter-...Subdomain Text duplicate FactCheck
/stardust-inquests-newsletter-...Subdomain The Stardust Inquests
/inside-the-newsroom-2-6047744...Subdomain Inside The Newsroom
/climate-change/news/Subdomain Text duplicate Climate Crisis
/business/Subdomain Business
/international/Subdomain International
/politics/Subdomain Politics
/culture/Subdomain Culture
/housing/news/Subdomain Housing
https://www.the42.ie/New window External Subdomain The 42 The latest Irish and international sports news for readers and subscribers
https://www.noteworthy.ie/New window External Subdomain Noteworthy A platform helping fund the type of in-depth journalism that the public wants to see
/contribute/?utm_source=thejou...Subdomain Support The Journal
https://www.thejournal.ie/weatherDublin: 14°C
https://www.thejournal.ie/Subdomain No Text
/the-explainer/news/?utm_sourc...Subdomain Text duplicate Weekly Podcast The Explainer The Explainer is a weekly podcast from TheJournal.ie that takes a deeper look at one big news story you need to know about. List...
/climate-newsletter-temperatur...Subdomain Text duplicate Temperature Check
/sign-up-factcheck-newsletter-...Subdomain Text duplicate FactCheck
/stardust-inquests-newsletter-...Subdomain Text duplicate The Stardust Inquests
/inside-the-newsroom-2-6047744...Subdomain Text duplicate Inside The Newsroom
/climate-change/news/Subdomain Text duplicate Climate Crisis
/business/Subdomain Text duplicate Business
/international/Subdomain Text duplicate International
/politics/Subdomain Text duplicate Politics
/culture/Subdomain Text duplicate Culture
/housing/news/Subdomain Text duplicate Housing
https://www.the42.ie/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate The 42 The latest Irish and international sports news for readers and subscribers
https://www.noteworthy.ie/New window External Subdomain Text duplicate Noteworthy A platform helping fund the type of in-depth journalism that the public wants to see
/contribute/?utm_source=thejou...Subdomain Text duplicate Support The Journal
/have-you-driven-along-the-wil...Subdomain Have you driven along the Wild Atlantic Way?
/wild-atlantic-way-worth-3-bil...Subdomain €3 billion per yea
https://www.thewildatlanticway...External Subdomain one of the longest
/have-you-driven-along-the-wil...Subdomain See Results
/oj-simpson-6352079-Apr2024/Subdomain IMG-ALT OJ Simpson pictured in a Las Vegas court in 2013 during an armed robbery case.
/oj-simpson-6352079-Apr2024/Subdomain OJ Simpson, whose trial for the killings of Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman gripped America, has died
/man-dies-in-crash-between-car...Subdomain IMG-ALT File Photo
/man-dies-in-crash-between-car...Subdomain Driver in his 20s killed after crash between car and lorry on N25 near Midleton
/simon-harris-ursula-von-der-l...Subdomain IMG-ALT Taoiseach Simon Harris meeting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels this afternoon.
/simon-harris-ursula-von-der-l...Subdomain 'Highly likely' more EU states will recognise Palestine, Harris says after von der Leyen meeting
/aaron-brady-pleads-guilty-to-...Subdomain IMG-ALT File photo. Aaron Brady.
/aaron-brady-pleads-guilty-to-...Subdomain Garda killer Aaron Brady pleads guilty to perverting course of justice during 2020 murder trial
/man-in-critical-condition-fol...Subdomain No Text
/man-in-critical-condition-fol...Subdomain Man (20s) dies in hospital following two-car crash in Kerry last night
/readme/united-ireland-cost-63...Subdomain No Text
/readme/young-adult-fiction-63...Subdomain No Text
/oj-simpson-6352079-Apr2024/Subdomain No Text
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/man-sexually-assaulted-teenag...Subdomain No Text
/fianna-fail-not-inviting-isra...Subdomain No Text
/margot-robbies-production-com...Subdomain No Text
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/have-you-driven-along-the-wil...Subdomain No Text
/readme/israel-war-crimes-6348...Subdomain No Text
/israel/news/Subdomain Gaza
/readme/larry-donnelly-boston-...Subdomain No Text
/larry-donnelly/news/Subdomain US politics
/readme/cork-english-market-63...Subdomain No Text
/rebel-market/news/Subdomain Market life
/readme/neurodiversity-6339906...Subdomain No Text
/inclusivity/news/Subdomain Understanding neurodiversity
/uk-police-reinvestigate-charg...Subdomain No Text
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/helen-mcentee-hate-speech-law...Subdomain No Text
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/wild-atlantic-way-worth-3-bil...Subdomain No Text
/iran-threatening-to-launch-si...Subdomain No Text
/former-premier-league-duo-on-...Subdomain No Text
/japanese-astronaut-to-be-firs...Subdomain No Text
/pakistan-truck-crash-kills-17...Subdomain No Text
/simon-harris-ursula-von-der-l...Subdomain No Text
https://www.thejournal.ie/page/2/Subdomain 2
https://www.thejournal.ie/page/3/Subdomain 3
https://www.thejournal.ie/page/4/Subdomain 4
https://www.thejournal.ie/page/5/Subdomain 5
https://www.thejournal.ie/page/2/Subdomain Next Articles
/cookies-policyNew window cookies policy
/about-us/About Us
https://careers.thejournal.ie/External Subdomain We're Hiring!
/contact/Contact Us
https://advertising.thejournal...External Subdomain Advertise With Us
/the-journal-factcheck/Subdomain The Journal FactCheck
https://www.thejournal.ie/terms/Terms of Use
/cookies-privacy-policy/Cookies & Privacy
/advertising-policy/Advertising
/comments-policy/Comments
/copyright-policy/Copyright
/competitions-terms-and-condit...Competition
https://www.presscouncil.ie/New window External Subdomain www.presscouncil.ie
https://www.alamy.com/New window External Subdomain Alamy
http://rollingnews.ie/New window External RollingNews.ie
https://www.inpho.ie/New window External Subdomain Inpho Photography
https://www.afp.com/en/agency/...New window External Subdomain AFP
https://pamediagroup.com/New window External Press Association
/?switcher=touchSwitch to Mobile Site
/?switcher=desktopSwitch to Desktop Site
https://www.facebook.com/thejo...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://twitter.com/thejournal_ieNew window External No Text
https://www.instagram.com/thej...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.thejournal.ie/No Text
https://ifcncodeofprinciples.p...New window External Subdomain No Text
https://www.presscouncil.ie/New window External Subdomain No Text

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.thejournal.ie/"
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)
The page response time of 0.53 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.
This page loads 6 CSS files. This may affect the page load time negatively.
This page loads 13 JavaScript files. This may affect the load time negatively.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (242 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateThu, 11 Apr 2024 18:12:39 GMT
content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
servernginx
x-powered-byPHP/7.1.33-44+ubuntu18.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
set-cookie140 Characters
expiresThu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
cache-controlno-store, no-cache, must-revalidate
pragmano-cache
content-encodinggzip
varyAccept-Encoding
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

Blacklists
(Nice to have)
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 19,901 referring domains.
This page has 2,267,581 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 12,725 different ip addresses.
Facebook popularity
(Somewhat important)
The page has 0 shares and comments on Facebook.

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Robots.txt

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