Tidbits.com - SEO Checker

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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
61% 
Page quality
83% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
82% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.26 s
File size
79.00 kB
Words
1029
Media files
14
Number of links
103 internal / 13 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
TidBITS - Thoughtful, detailed coverage of everything Apple for 35 years
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 645 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://tidbits.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://tidbits.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
(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, initial-scale=1
apple-mobile-web-app-titleTidBITS
application-nameTidBITS
msapplication-TileColor#80298e
theme-color#ffffff
robotsindex, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1
msapplication-TileImagehttps://tidbits.com/uploads/2025/01/cropped-TidBITS-TB-for-WordPress-favicon-512-x512-270x270.png
langen
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:site@TidBITS
og:localeen_US
og:typewebsite
og:titleTidBITS
og:urlhttps://tidbits.com/
og:site_nameTidBITS
nexthttps://tidbits.com/page/2/
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
This page contains 1029 words. That's ok.
24.7% 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.
17 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 20.6 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" 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 21 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

URLAlt attributeTitle
...ls-Desktop-19-icon-140x140-c-default.pngParallels Desktop 20.3
...Copy-Cloner-5-icon-140x140-c-default.pngCarbon Copy Cloner 7.1.1
...Outlook-16.24-icon-140x140-c-default.pngMicrosoft Office for Mac 16.96
.../PowrPhotos-2-icon-140x140-c-default.pngPowerPhotos 3.0.1
.../03/Keycue-11-icon-140x140-c-default.pngKeyCue 11.1.1
...ntastical-3_3-icon-140x140-c-default.jpgFantastical 4.0.8
...oads/2024/03/ListenLater-1456x180_v1.pngListen Later: Listen to articles as podcasts. Email us a link, and our AI will deliver human-like narration directly to your podcast app.
...05/TB-Special-Characters-ad-1456x180.pngmacOS Hidden Treasures: Typing Exotic Characters
...SoundSource-5-icon-140x140-c-default.jpgSoundSource 5.8.1
...04/Numbers-13-icon-140x140-c-default.pngKeynote 14.4, Numbers 14.4, and Pages 14.4
.../10/Vivaldi-7-icon-140x140-c-default.pngVivaldi 7.3
...0/Firefox-106-icon-140x140-c-default.pngFirefox 137
.../06/Cardhop-2-icon-140x140-c-default.jpgCardhop 2.3.5
...nrderbird-115-icon-140x140-c-default.pngThunderbird 137

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Text Fragments Enable Deep Linking on Web Pages
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
There are 29 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 Text Fragments Enable Deep Linking on Web Pages
H1 Staying the Course After 35 Years of TidBITS
H1 AI Answer Engines Are Worth Trying
H1 Parallels Desktop 20.3
H1 Carbon Copy Cloner 7.1.1
H1 Microsoft Office for Mac 16.96
H1 PowerPhotos 3.0.1
H1 KeyCue 11.1.1
H1 Fantastical 4.0.8
H1 Apple’s x.4.1 OS Updates Patch Exploited Security Vulnerabilities
H1 Bill Gates on Microsoft’s Original Source Code
H1 Add Protection from Scammers with Cyber Insurance
H1 New Organizational Features in Photos in macOS 15 Sequoia
H1 Beware Comcast Deleting “Inactive” Email Accounts
H1 Restoring MagSafe to the iPhone 16e (Up to a Point)
H1 Apple Releases iOS 18.4, macOS 15.4, and Other x.4 OS Updates
H1 New Tab Feature in Google Docs Improves Document Organization
H1 WWDC 2025 Scheduled for June 9–13
H1 SoundSource 5.8.1
H1 Keynote 14.4, Numbers 14.4, and Pages 14.4
H1 Vivaldi 7.3
H1 Firefox 137
H1 Cardhop 2.3.5
H1 Thunderbird 137
H1 Google Translate Forks Up
H1 Like Apple, Garmin Launches Large-Scale Health and Happiness Study
H1 AirPods Max to Support Lossless Audio and Ultra-Low Latency Audio
H2 TidBITS Watchlist – Mac App Updates
H2 TidBITS Watchlist – Mac App Updates Duplicate text
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 13 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://tidbits.com/Anchor Skip to content
https://tidbits.com/TidBITS
https://tcn.tidbits.com/apple-...External Subdomain TidBITS Content Network
https://tidbits.com/login/Log In
/tb-login/?action=lostpasswordForgot password?
https://tidbits.com/issues/1752/#1752: TidBITS 35th anniversary, OS x.4.1 updates, deep dive into AI-powered answer engines
https://tidbits.com/issues/1751/#1751: Deep dive into organizational features in Photos, personal cyber insurance, Microsoft’s first source code
https://tidbits.com/issues/1750/#1750: Comcast deleting “inactive” accounts, tabs in Google Docs, MagSafe on the iPhone 16e
https://tidbits.com/issues/1749/#1749: OS x.4 updates, WWDC to occur online June 9–13, Garmin Health and Happiness Study
https://tidbits.com/issues/1748/#1748: Time zones in calendar events, Hyperspace utility, tales from Silicon Valley’s past, AirPods Max update, pondering AI search
https://tidbits.com/issues/All Back Issues
https://talk.tidbits.com/External Subdomain TidBITS Talk
https://talk.tidbits.com/c/com...External Subdomain Post Comments
https://talk.tidbits.com/c/tid...External Subdomain Discussions
https://talk.tidbits.com/c/sit...External Subdomain Site Feedback
https://join.slack.com/t/slack...External Subdomain SlackBITS 🗣
/membership/benefits/Benefits
/membership/levels/Join TidBITS!
https://tidbits.com/members/TidBITS Members
/mailing-lists/Email
https://apple.news/TjCWZPx-CS2...External Apple News
https://www.facebook.com/pages...External Subdomain Facebook
https://news.google.com/public...External Subdomain Google News
https://itunes.apple.com/us/ap...External Subdomain iOS App
https://tidbits.com/feed/RSS
https://www.twitter.com/TidBITSExternal Subdomain Twitter
https://www.youtube.com/channe...External Subdomain YouTube
/category/aapl/Apple Inc.
/category/apple-tv/Apple TV
/category/apple-watch/Apple Watch
/category/enterprise/Enterprise
/category/entertainment/Entertainment
/category/automation/Home Automation
/category/inside/Inside TidBITS
https://tidbits.com/category/ios/iPhone, iPad, & iOS
https://tidbits.com/category/fun/Just for Fun
https://tidbits.com/category/mac/Mac & macOS
https://tidbits.com/watchlistMac App Updates
/category/creative/Media Creation
https://tidbits.com/category/net/Networking
/category/opinion/Opinion
/category/problem-solving/Problem Solving
/category/productivity/Productivity
/category/security/Security
/category/tech/Tech News
https://tidbits.com/category/tip/Tip
/author/adam-engst/Adam Engst
/2025/04/23/text-fragments-ena...Anchor 5 comments
/2025/04/23/text-fragments-ena...Text Fragments Enable Deep Linking on Web Pages
/author/adam-engst/Text duplicate Adam Engst
/2025/04/18/staying-the-course...Anchor 40 comments
/2025/04/18/staying-the-course...Staying the Course After 35 Years of TidBITS
/author/adam-engst/Text duplicate Adam Engst
/2025/04/17/ai-answer-engines-...Anchor 46 comments
/2025/04/17/ai-answer-engines-...AI Answer Engines Are Worth Trying
https://tidbits.com/watchlistTidBITS Watchlist – Mac App Updates
/watchlist/parallels-desktop-2...Parallels Desktop 20.3
IMG-ALT Parallels Desktop 20.3
/watchlist/carbon-copy-cloner-...Carbon Copy Cloner 7.1.1
IMG-ALT Carbon Copy Cloner 7.1.1
/watchlist/microsoft-office-fo...Microsoft Office for Mac 16.96
IMG-ALT Microsoft Office for Mac 16.96
/watchlist/powerphotos-3-0-1/PowerPhotos 3.0.1
IMG-ALT PowerPhotos 3.0.1
/watchlist/keycue-11-1-1/KeyCue 11.1.1
IMG-ALT KeyCue 11.1.1
/watchlist/fantastical-4-0-8/Fantastical 4.0.8
IMG-ALT Fantastical 4.0.8
/author/adam-engst/Text duplicate Adam Engst
/2025/04/17/apples-x-4-1-os-up...Anchor 16 comments
/2025/04/17/apples-x-4-1-os-up...Apple’s x.4.1 OS Updates Patch Exploited Security Vulnerabilities
/author/adam-engst/Text duplicate Adam Engst
/2025/04/14/bill-gates-on-micr...Anchor 6 comments
/2025/04/14/bill-gates-on-micr...Bill Gates on Microsoft’s Original Source Code
/author/glenn-fleishman/Glenn Fleishman
/2025/04/11/add-protection-fro...Anchor Text duplicate 5 comments
/2025/04/11/add-protection-fro...Add Protection from Scammers with Cyber Insurance
https://www.listenlater.net/?r...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Listen Later: Listen to articles as podcasts. Email us a link, and our AI will deliver human-like narration directly to your podcast app.
/author/adam-engst/Text duplicate Adam Engst
/2025/04/10/new-organizational...Anchor 7 comments
/2025/04/10/new-organizational...New Organizational Features in Photos in macOS 15 Sequoia
/author/adam-engst/Text duplicate Adam Engst
/2025/04/07/beware-comcast-del...Anchor 2 comments
/2025/04/07/beware-comcast-del...Beware Comcast Deleting “Inactive” Email Accounts
/author/julio-ojeda-zapata/Julio Ojeda-Zapata
/2025/04/07/restoring-magsafe-...Anchor 3 comments
/2025/04/07/restoring-magsafe-...Restoring MagSafe to the iPhone 16e (Up to a Point)
/2016/07/11/os-x-hidden-treasu...IMG-ALT macOS Hidden Treasures: Typing Exotic Characters
/author/adam-engst/Text duplicate Adam Engst
/2025/03/31/apple-releases-ios...Anchor 52 comments
/2025/03/31/apple-releases-ios...Apple Releases iOS 18.4, macOS 15.4, and Other x.4 OS Updates
/author/adam-engst/Text duplicate Adam Engst
/2025/03/28/new-tab-feature-in...Anchor No comments
/2025/03/28/new-tab-feature-in...New Tab Feature in Google Docs Improves Document Organization
/author/adam-engst/Text duplicate Adam Engst
/2025/03/25/wwdc-2025-schedule...Anchor Text duplicate 7 comments
/2025/03/25/wwdc-2025-schedule...WWDC 2025 Scheduled for June 9–13
https://tidbits.com/watchlistText duplicate TidBITS Watchlist – Mac App Updates
/watchlist/soundsource-5-8-1/SoundSource 5.8.1
IMG-ALT SoundSource 5.8.1
/watchlist/keynote-14-4-number...Keynote 14.4, Numbers 14.4, and Pages 14.4
IMG-ALT Keynote 14.4, Numbers 14.4, and Pages 14.4
/watchlist/vivaldi-7-3/Vivaldi 7.3
IMG-ALT Vivaldi 7.3
/watchlist/firefox-137/Firefox 137
IMG-ALT Firefox 137
/watchlist/cardhop-2-3-5/Cardhop 2.3.5
IMG-ALT Cardhop 2.3.5
/watchlist/thunderbird-137/Thunderbird 137
IMG-ALT Thunderbird 137
/author/adam-engst/Text duplicate Adam Engst
/2025/03/25/google-translate-f...Anchor 1 comment
/2025/03/25/google-translate-f...Google Translate Forks Up
/author/adam-engst/Text duplicate Adam Engst
/2025/03/25/like-apple-garmin-...Anchor 4 comments
/2025/03/25/like-apple-garmin-...Like Apple, Garmin Launches Large-Scale Health and Happiness Study
/author/adam-engst/Text duplicate Adam Engst
/2025/03/24/airpods-max-to-sup...Anchor 12 comments
/2025/03/24/airpods-max-to-sup...AirPods Max to Support Lossless Audio and Ultra-Low Latency Audio
https://tidbits.com/page/2/Older
https://tidbits.com/page/1021/Oldest
https://tidbits.com/about/About
/about/advertise/Advertise
/about/code-of-conduct/Code of Conduct
/about/contact/Contact
/about/copyright/Copyright
/about/privacy/Privacy Notice
/about/privacy/Cookie and Privacy Notice

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://tidbits.com/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is excellent with 0.26 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (79 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
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servercloudflare
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cf-cache-statusHIT
last-modifiedWed, 23 Apr 2025 23:21:29 GMT
link<https://tidbits.com/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/"
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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 685 referring domains.
This page has 3,515 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 294 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

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