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Meta information
80% 
Page quality
91% 
Page structure
97% 
Link structure
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Server
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External factors
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SEO Score
Response time
0.07 s
File size
236.70 kB
Words
811
Media files
30
Number of links
55 internal / 16 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Aeon | a world of ideas
The length of the page title is perfect. (205 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
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Aeon is a magazine of ideas and culture. We publish in-depth essays from the world's most incisive and ambitious thinkers, and a mix of original and curated videos — free to all.
The meta description is too long: 1089 pixels from max. 1000 pixels. Optimize description
Crawlability
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There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
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https://aeon.co/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
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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
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There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
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There is no rel next meta tag on this page.
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Domain
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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 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
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The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
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The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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Page quality

Content
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There are 4 text duplicates on this page:
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  • Duplicate 2: The precipitous decline of birthrates throughout the world poses a ser...
This page contains 811 words. That's ok.
35.6% 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.
19 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 16.38 words is good.
Frames
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This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
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A viewport "width=device-width" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
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The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 16 tags for this page.
Image SEO
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Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
Social Networks
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This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
Additional markup
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HTTPS
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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)
We are just one branch of a diverse human family tree. Aside from Neanderthals, who were they – and why did we replace them?
The H1 heading is too long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

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H1 We are just one branch of a diverse human family tree. Aside from Neanderthals, who were they – and why did we replace them?
H2 The other Homo sapiens
H2 Popular this month
H3 Sign up to our newsletter
H4 Updates on everything new at Aeon.
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 16 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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https://www.instagram.com/aeonmagNew window External Subdomain A-TITLE Instagram
https://bsky.app/profile/aeon.coNew window External A-TITLE Bluesky
https://www.youtube.com/@AeonV...New window External Subdomain A-TITLE YouTube
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https://aeon.co/scienceScience
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https://aeon.co/societySociety
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https://aeon.co/videosVideos
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https://sophiaclub.co/New window External A-TITLE Sophia Club
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/essays/why-one-branch-on-the-...Save essay Human evolution The other Homo sapiens We are just one branch of a diverse human family tree. Aside from Neanderthals, who were they – and why did...
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/essays/why-does-every-film-an...Save essay Stories and literature Our narrative prison The three-act ‘hero’s journey’ has long been the most prominent kind of story. What other tales are th...
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/essays/no-schrodingers-cat-is...Save essay Physics The cat that wouldn’t die The weird paradox of Schrödinger’s cat has found a lasting popularity. What does it mean for the future of quant...
IMG-ALT Abstract colourful illustration showing various sections of a face and a black cat with lines and geometric shapes, from the perspective of someone peeing in...
/essays/population-decline-wil...Save essay Demography and migration The vanishing of youth The precipitous decline of birthrates throughout the world poses a serious threat to humanity. Wha...
IMG-ALT An elderly couple sit beside a child standing next to a canal with bare trees behind them. The man talks to the child and has a walking stick beside him.
/essays/why-pale-blue-dot-gene...Save essay Cosmology Just a pale blue dot When we see the Earth as ‘a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam’ what do we learn about human significance? Tim Bayne
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/essays/why-caspar-david-fried...Save essay Art Out of the fog It’s a ‘failed painting’ that obscures the profound power of German Romanticism. Why do we love the ‘Wanderer’ so much? Gianluc...
IMG-ALT Painting of a man on a rocky cliff overlooking a foggy mountainous landscape, with a walking stick in hand.
/videos/humanity-eradicated-sm...Save video Illness and disease Humanity eradicated smallpox 45 years ago. It’s a story worth remembering 25 minutes
IMG-ALT Engraving of a classroom with children sewing, some highlighted in red, teachers stand at the front with windows above.
/essays/a-philosophical-view-o...Save essay Ethics Moral refuge You can believe in border control yet protect those fleeing to safety. So what is our ethical obligation to refugees? Bradley ...
IMG-ALT People collecting water from a makeshift station in a camp, surrounded by orange netting and tents in the background.
/videos/a-culture-is-no-better...Save video Nature and landscape ‘A culture is no better than its woods’ – what our trees reveal about us, by W H Auden 5 minutes
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/videos/a-little-thief-turned-...Save video Personality A ‘little thief’ turned career criminal recounts a life on the wrong side of the law 5 minutes
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/essays/how-the-human-brain-is...Save essay Neuroscience The entangled brain The brain is much less like a machine than it is like the murmurations of a flock of starlings or an orchestral s...
IMG-ALT A murmuration of starlings forming a large, swirling shape in the early evening sky above silhouetted trees.
/essays/what-if-your-body-unra...Save essay Illness and disease Permission to be ill It took months for my functional neurological disorder to finally be diagnosed. It’s a condition that mus...
IMG-ALT A silhouetted figure sitting on a chair behind frosted glass partitions in a waiting room with overhead lights.
/videos/a-stunning-visualisati...Save video Oceans and water A stunning visualisation explores the intricate circulatory system of our oceans 5 minutes
IMG-ALT Satellite image showing swirling ocean currents in vivid colours off the east coast of the US.
/essays/what-a-history-of-unde...Save essay Cities Cars beneath the ground The explosion of automobiles shaped cities and lives. But an enduring problem remains: where to put them when they’...
IMG-ALT A colourful underground car park with numbered pillars and painted lanes with directional arrows.
/videos/what-happened-when-a-c...Save video Social psychology What happened when a crypto scam swept over a sleepy town in the Caucasus 18 minutes
IMG-ALT Photo of three people stacking hay bales under a cloudy sky with a pink sunset.
/essays/why-does-every-film-an...Text duplicate Save essay Stories and literature Our narrative prison The three-act ‘hero’s journey’ has long been the most prominent kind of story. What other tales are th...
IMG-ALT Abstract digital collage with classical statue overlayed by red lines, geometric shapes and layered images on a textured background.
/videos/a-catchy-tune-explains...Save video Gender A catchy tune explains the world’s ‘isms’ – according to your mum doing the laundry 5 minutes
IMG-ALT Fisheye photo of a man in a suit leaning close to camera in a laundrette, with two people talking in the background.
/essays/the-many-lives-of-eura...Save essay Religion Demonology By turns benign and malign, powerful and vulnerable, earthbound and aerial, daimons across the world resemble one another Davi...
IMG-ALT Ancient Chinese painting of a man under a tree with a trail of smoke coming from his mouth containing scenes of various figures, surrounded by miniature figu...
/essays/why-alien-languages-co...Save essay Philosophy of language Extraterrestrial tongues Imagining how aliens might communicate prepares us for first contact and illuminates the nature of...
IMG-ALT A man looking up from the driver’s seat of a yellow vehicle with an open window and side mirror visible.
/videos/a-3d-rendering-of-the-...Save video Architecture A 3D rendering of the Colosseum captures its architectural genius and symbolic power 17 minutes
IMG-ALT 3D digital rendering of a cross-section of a Roman amphitheatre, showing architectural details and a large crowd inside.
/essays/what-stendhal-says-abo...Save essay Art The ecstatic swoon As Stendhal knew, the reason for art is to make you feel. Do not try to grasp the artwork: allow it to grasp you instead Ro...
IMG-ALT Painting of a girl with a pearl earring in an ornate frame, viewed by three people in a gallery setting.
/videos/surreal-dazzling-visua...Save video Human rights and justice Surreal, dazzling visuals form an Iranian expat’s tribute to defiance back home 10 minutes
IMG-ALT Abstract image of a woman’s face with vivid swirls of blue, green, red and yellow on a black background.
/essays/population-decline-wil...Text duplicate Save essay Demography and migration The vanishing of youth The precipitous decline of birthrates throughout the world poses a serious threat to humanity. Wha...
IMG-ALT An elderly couple sit beside a child standing next to a canal with bare trees behind them. The man talks to the child and has a walking stick beside him.
/videos/do-button-pushing-dogs...Save video Language and linguistics Do button-pushing dogs have something new to say about language? 9 minutes
IMG-ALT Photo of a black dog lying on a blue background with a purple button on its left and a yellow button on its right.
/essays/the-viking-age-is-unde...Save essay Global history Vikings on the Silk Roads The Norse ravaged much of Europe for centuries. They were also cosmopolitan explorers who followed trade ...
IMG-ALT Medieval painting of soldiers in armour on a boat and horseback near a fortress with Cyrillic script above.
/essays/who-needs-ai-text-gene...Save essay Information and communication Methodical banality Like today’s large language models, 16th-century humanists had techniques to automate writing – ...
IMG-ALT A satirical painting of a giant man being fed with spoons by tiny attendants.
/videos/when-east-met-west-in-...Save video Art When East met West in the images of an overlooked, original photographer 9 minutes
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/videos/ideas-of-pure-genius-h...Save video History of science Ideas ‘of pure genius’ – how astronomers have measured the Universe across history 29 minutes
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/essays/why-my-campaign-to-pro...Save essay Human rights and justice Struggling to wake After a murderous kidnapping in Nigeria, I launched a campaign to put a stop to the abductions. Why di...
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HTTP redirects
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No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
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The page response time is excellent with 0.07 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (237 kB).

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Aeon is a magazine of ideas and culture. We publish in-depth essays from the world's most incisive and ambitious thinkers, and a mix of original and curated videos — free to all.

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